Rand Paul says no 'clear thinking' in fed COVID response

Just The News reports, "Sen. Rand Paul, one of the few medical doctors in Congress, says there is 'no clear thinking' in the government's current strategy for fighting COVID-19 as he urges regulators to develop a revised vaccine to better ward off new variants like Delta.

'Why don't we actually tell the FDA to speed up the approval of a Delta variant vaccine? See the one they're wanting you to take now is a booster that apparently doesn't work as well. It's got about a 30 to 40%' breakthrough rate on Delta, the Kentucky Republican told Just the News in an interview on the John Solomon Reports podcast.

'I'm not saying don't take it, I am for it. But I am saying that if [the virus] is escaping 30% or 40%, rather than just give a booster of the same thing why don't we have quick FDA approval,' he said, speaking of a revised vaccine. 'Make sure it's voluntary, because it will be a brand new vaccine, and it won't have several months of testing. But for the vulnerable people say, 'Look, this is now targeted towards the Delta variant, it uses the same technology. And we think it'll go back to maybe a 90 or 95% chance of working."

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