Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., claimed on Thursday that it is “impossible” to stop the coronavirus.
Paul made his comments during an interview with Bret Baier on Fox News.
“It’s impossible, really, to stop the virus and put it dead in its track,” he said.
And he noted herd immunity is taking place in some cities.
“I think what you found in New York is that we ended up having horrendous death, we had 30-some-odd-thousand people die,” he said. “Their death rate is about 1,600 per million — the highest in the country, eight times worse than Florida, 10 times worse than Texas — even now with the surge if Texas and Florida.
“In fact, I really think Governor (Andrew) Cuomo ought to be impeached for the worst public policy, public health decision maybe in a century, sending patients with coronavirus back to nursing homes.
“But I think the one story people are missing is amidst this resurgence, or surge in the disease New York has very few deaths and very few new cases. It has nothing to do with the lockdown. I believe it has a great deal to do with the level of immunity they have achieved.”
In a Tuesday interview on Newsmax TV’s “American Agenda,” Paul had said: "The virus has a mind of its own, and ultimately it runs its course.”
Jeffrey Rodack ✉
Jeffrey Rodack, who has nearly a half century in news as a senior editor and city editor for national and local publications, has covered politics for Newsmax for nearly seven years.
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