Rand Paul rightfully eviscerates HHS head Xavier Becerra

The Washington Examiner's Christopher Tremoglie writes, "Sen. Rand Paul rebuked Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra yesterday over vaccine mandates ordered by the Biden administration...

'The science is against you on this,' Paul said . 'The science is clear. Naturally acquired immunity is as good as a vaccine. This isn't an argument against the vaccine, but it's an argument for letting people make a decision who already have immunity.'

This was a rather important statement by Paul. 'Trust the science' has become an unofficial mantra for Democrats during the pandemic. It has been used to delegitimize all other opinions as intellectually inferior or not educated — to insult and discredit dissenters. Paul flipped the script.

“This isn't an argument against the vaccine, but it's an argument for letting people make a decision who already have immunity." https://t.co/7hHwYVSD6B

— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) October 1, 2021

'You, sir, are the one ignoring the science,' Paul said. 'Mr. Becerra, are you familiar with an Israeli study that had 2.5 million patients and found that the vaccinated group was actually seven times more likely to get infected with COVID than the people who had gotten COVID naturally?'

'I'm not familiar with that,” Becerra replied.

Read the entire column.