Sen. Rand Paul talks double standards for COVID spreading and monoclonal antibodies

If you're speaking about Senator Rand Paul, I have to respectively disagree. We are all a product of our life experiences, and we want dedicated experienced people in positions of responsibility and power; otherwise, the special interests can sell Congress any bill of goods... and that I submit isn't good for our Country.

Yes! It does seem like that is always the Marxist (ANTIFIA, BLM, LGBTQ) threat against our Country. You allow us to change your Country to Communism, or we will destroy you and rebuild a Communist government with us in charge.

SFC (Join to see) When he points out that two monoclonal treatments were suspended, and then tries to point out that any politician who gets monoclonal treatment Is operating under a “double standard” - even though there’s a third monoclonal treatment available to everyone - then yes, he’s at least blundered. (And I’m giving the benefit of doubt).

The medical equivalent to the EIT would be the United States Medical License Exam. The last section is generally taken after the first year of residency; once passed, physicians can receive their medical license and begin practicing medicine.

Residency is where the doctor trains in his/her chosen specialty for a specific length of time; for example, internal medicine requires a three-year residency, while neurosurgery requires seven years. Ophthalmology requires four years of residency. Further specialization requires a two to three years fellowship; for example, an infectious disease specialist requires at least two years of fellowship training (3 years for pediatric specialization) following three years of residency in internal medicine. (Internal medicine has 21 subspecialties).

https://www.abms.org/member-boards/specialty-subspecialty-certificates/

I’d expect the following on Rand Paul’s reading list to keep his knowledge and skills current:

https://www.aao.org/journals

I would not, however, expect him to stay up to date outside his specialty - there is too much information. For example:

https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?area=2400&country=Northern%20America&category=2406

https://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?category=2740&country=Northern%20America

CW4 Guy Butler - I am going to try one last time sir. Some of what you are reading you are taking liberties with. You say: “When he points out that two monoclonal treatments were suspended…” when he actually said “This happened in January. [The government] withdrew the first two monoclonals because they said they weren't working in the lab”.

All 3 of the monoclonal treatments are still approved for use only our government won’t let doctors make the call. From the internet identifying the context of what the Biden Administration is doing: “The federal government is pausing shipments of two monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 because they’re unlikely to be effective against the omicron variant, the Alabama Department of Public Health announced Friday.”

In reality here Rand Paul is asking, bringing to light, that 2 of the monoclonal treatments may still have value and is asking which treatment Pelosi got, and if it was sone of the two that our government made unavailable to the public it would be hypocritical.

In his own way here Rand Paul is calling out the Biden Administration for not having enough COVID therapeutics ready for the general public. It is a fair question. All he has done was distribute vaccine already developed. Why hasn’t President Biden accelerated development of therapeutics for the general public. How many lives would have been saved if President Biden accelerated development of therapeutics?

SFC (Join to see) So… partisan. Got it.

I concede.

CW4 Guy Butler - There is no concede sir, we are just talking about things. Honestly, I think what Paul was trying to point out was that it is probably hypocritical that Pelosi was able to get a monoclonal treatment when most of our population (hoi polloi) can’t, while there might be some benefit from 2 monoclonals that are still approved, but being withheld by our Administration. As you would say, that’s about it, no big deal (shrug).