Rand Paul says coronavirus survivors should ‘throw away their masks’ while falsely claiming they’...

Senator Rand Paul (R—Ky) delivered false information and misleading claims surrounding the novel coronavirus in a new interview, wrongly stating Covid-19 survivors were immune to the virus while encouraging them to forego social distancing measures.

Speaking to Fox News, the senator encouraged the 11 million Americans who have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began earlier this year to “celebrate” by no longer using the personal protective equipment that doctors have cited as having saved tens of thousands of lives across the country.

Mr Paul said the nation’s leaders should urge Americans who have already contracted Covid-19 to essentially abandon safety measures: “We should tell them to throw away their masks, go to restaurants, live again, because these people are now immune.”

There is no evidence to indicate coronavirus survivors are immune to the disease caused by the novel virus. Furthermore, there is no evidence that survivors cannot pass on the virus to others.