Paul, an opthamologist, argued that low coronavirus mortality rates in kids should bolster the case for reopening schools. 'I don't think you're the end all,' he told Fauci.
Dr. Anthony Fauci and Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul squared off Tuesday on whether low rates of coronavirus deaths in children should bolster the case for reopening schools.Fauci pushed back, warning "I think we better be careful that we're not cavalier" when children's lives are at stake.
"Shouldn't we at least be discussing what the mortality of children is?" Paul asked White House coronavirus task force advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate hearing on reopening the economy. Paul then noted that the mortality rate of coronavirus patients age 0 to 18 "approaches zero" in New York where 12 children have died, according to the state health department. The notion of not sending students back to school in the fall is "really ridiculous," he said.
"People are hurting and we're destroying our country," Paul told reporters outside the hearing room. "We've got to open up business we got to let people vote, and we're not going to live in a perfect world without infectious disease, we're still going to have it, but we got to open the economy and that's the number one message I have."
Paul then targeted Fauci personally: "As much as I respect you Dr. Fauci, I don't think you're the end-all, I don't think you're the one person that gets to make the decision. We can listen to your advice. But there are people on the other side saying there won't be a surge and we can safely open the economy.""I never made myself out to be the end-all," he said. "I'm a scientist, a physician, and a public health official.
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