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Sen. Rand Paul said his family has received at least five death threats over his public disagreements with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci.

This week, Ive had five death threats just for being outspoken on it, Paul said during an episode on Fox Newss Hannity.

Paul, who has repeatedly called for Faucis firing, told host Sean Hannity that having a civil disagreement was no longer possible as his family suffered as a repercussion to the public feuds.

I dont know what the worlds coming to. You cant ask honest, difficult questions that, in the end, have proved out that Dr. Fauci was not being honest with us, but as a repercussion, my family had white powder sent to our house and five death threats phoned in, the Kentucky Republican said.

In May, Paul shared that his family received an envelope containing white powder. It included a threatening letter with a photo of a gun to Pauls head and the words Ill finish what your neighbor started, you motherf*****," referring to a 2017 incident in which Paul was hospitalized with broken ribs after his neighbor assaulted him.

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The senator told Hannity that Faucis professional emails, which were recently acquired through a Freedom of Information Act request and published online, justify his past criticisms.

Theres been no more prominent scientist in favor of gain-of-function research than Dr. Fauci, Paul said. He still hasnt backed off of that position. He still believes that its OK to take animal viruses and make them into superviruses to infect humans. Even if a pandemic should occur, he says the research is worth it.

But you know what? Theres a host of other scientists in this field, and they say its not worth it at all, that we havent learned anything, he added. All weve done is put ourselves at risk.

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Paul said the gain-of-function research used at the virology lab in Wuhan, China, needs to stop.

This is a bad one, Paul said of the coronavirus pandemic. This has about 1% mortality 3.5 million people have died. But theyve been experimenting with some viruses that have 15% mortality. That would be 50 million deaths right now.

So, this kind of research needs to not be funded by the U.S. taxpayer, he added. Its very, very dangerous.

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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told Fox News on Friday that he's been receiving death threats for his public criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious diseases expert.

In recent days, Paul has accused Fauci of misleading the public about the origins of the coronavirus.

The accusation is based on recently released emails Fauci exchanged at the beginning of the pandemic, discussing the possibility of COVID-19 being created in a lab, at a time when he was publicly downplaying the theory.

He also said Fauci lied about funding research into the weaponizing of coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab now being considered as a possible site COVID-19 originated.

"I've had five death threats just for being outspoken on it this week," Paul told Sean Hannity on Friday. "I've had five death threats. I don't know what the world is coming to, you can't ask honest, difficult questions that in the end have proved out that Dr. Fauci was not being honest with us, but as a repercussion, my family had white powder sent to our house, and five death threats phone in."

A representative of the Warren County Sheriff's Office, in Paul's home state, referred Insider to the US Capitol Police for confirmation of the death threats on Sunday. As of Sunday morning, the US Capitol Police had not returned Insider's email requesting confirmation of the death threats.

Meanwhile, Fauci has defended himself against the attacks he's been receiving from the right.

In an interview with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC Friday night, Fauci called the accusations that he lied to the public "fabricated," "nonsense" and a "distraction.

"My job was to make a vaccine and use my institute and these talented scientists that we have there and that we fund in the various universities to get a vaccine that was highly safe and highly effective," he said.

"We succeeded. All the other stuff is just a terrible, not happy type of distraction. But it's all nonsense."

He also maintained in a CNN interview on Thursday that he believes the coronavirus originated naturally.

"I still believe the most likely origin is from an animal species to a human, but I keep an absolutely open mind that if there may be other origins of that, there may be another reason, it could have been a lab leak," Fauci said.

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Sen. Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard Paul Rand Paul calls planned Fauci book 'science fiction' Biden sheds hawkish past on deficit with debt-laden budget Bipartisan 'family visitor visa' unneeded and unwise MORE (R-Ky.) on Thursday called Anthony FauciAnthony Fauci Rand Paul calls planned Fauci book 'science fiction' White House embarks on push to vaccinate hard-to-reach Americans Fauci, Jill Biden to appear together on 'Live with Kelly and Ryan' next week MORE's planned book on the coronavirus pandemic science fiction."

The book developed by National Geographic, titled Expect the Unexpected: Ten Lessons on Truth, Service, and the Way Forward, was taken off Amazon and other sites as a spokesperson told The Hillit was prematurely posted for pre-sale."

Oh, I dont know. I think they should publish it, Paul tweeted. I love science fiction.

Oh, I dont know. I think they should publish it.

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Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, and Paul have clashed multiple times before over the necessity of wearing masks and the origins of the coronavirus.

I just don't understand what the problem is with him," Fauci said in an interview after Paul accused the National Institutes of Healthof sending funding to a lab in Wuhan.

Fauci came under criticism after the announcement of the book as many accused him of making money from the pandemic.

"He will not earn any royalties from its publication or from the upcoming documentary," the spokesperson for National Geographic said.

Paul has stated he is not getting the coronavirus vaccine due to the natural immunity he has from having the virus in March 2020.

Until they show me evidence that people who have already had the infection are dying in large numbers or being hospitalized or getting very sick, I just made my own personal decision that Im not getting vaccinated because Ive already had the disease and I have natural immunity, Paul said.

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The political condition of our country is as pivotal as it ever has been. The integral part of the narrative becomes more and more sinister as layers of the COVID-19 investigation unfolds.

I got a call Tuesday morning from Sen. Rand Paul's office that the senator was going to be part of a business roundtable discussion that day at Murray State. Of course, we wanted to attend. Anything dealing with business possibilities interests me, as I'm sure it does you as well.

We all have our opinion as to who, what, when and where the issues in the country exist, however, when you get the opportunity to express your concerns and hear how the government is dealing with issues, you take it.

Straight party line folks will turn a politician on or off simply because of the letter in parenthesis at the end of their name. Those people will never change. They're straight-line Democrat, Republican, Libertarian or whatever and will be until the day they die. Their dad or mom was that party and that's good enough for them. I've heard that statement countless times. I try not to do that.

In listening to Sen. Paul this week, we heard some talking points, as I'm sure you always will when politicians are involved, everyone comes from somewhere. However, I will say that Sen. Paul had good things to say across the board about the myriad of issues facing our country. I found his comments to be common sense responses, instead of the political, party line platform.

One thing that Sen. Paul said that stood out to me in the roundtable is that members of Congress often get into heated debates on social and national media. On the contrary, behind closed doors in the halls of Congress, it's not usually that way. Conversations are more civilized. That's good to know because out here in the audience, the theatrics by the national media confirms to me it's for ratings. Which in turn means advertising dollars.

After all, the play up in the media means elections for some individuals who wouldn't otherwise have a chance.

Among the issues Sen. Paul spoke about was COVID-19. We have to prevent this type of pandemic from ever happening again and it's going to take bipartisan moves to make that happen. Who knew there were 11 labs in the United States that do gain-of-function research? They take an animal virus and make them transferable to humans according to Sen. Paul. What? When I heard this, I shook my head in disbelief and my mouth went dry. Maybe that's common knowledge in your household, but it certainly wasn't in mine.

Sen. Paul introduced a bill that has passed in the early stages to halt all of this funding.

This seems like something out of a horror movie. I don't care what the national media says, I'm a firm believer that COVID-19 came from one of those research labs in China. No doubt in my mind. If we know and understand the labs that are doing this in the United States, can you imagine what they're doing in Communist China? If you can imagine it, they're doing it and more.

If there's another one, it could be even worse. The problem is, if we stop research here in the United States, there's no way foreign nations will follow suit. China's pockets are too deep and money talks when it comes to the world stage.

At least we have some of our government officials recognizing the need for a drastic measure to take care of this. Let's hope and pray they succeed.

Editors Note: Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the editorial opinion of the Murray Ledger & Times.

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Health experts are urging people who have already had COVID-19 to get vaccinated.

Their recommendation comes after Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who contracted COVID-19 in March 2020, stated he does not plan on getting vaccinated against the disease.

Until they show me evidence that people who have already had the infection are dying in large numbers or being hospitalized or getting very sick, I just made my own personal decision that Im not getting vaccinated because Ive already had the disease and I have natural immunity, he told a WABC radio show in New York.

That statement goes against the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which advises that people should be vaccinated regardless of whether they have already had COVID-19.

Experts do not yet know how long you are protected from getting sick again after recovering from COVID-19. Even if you have already recovered from COVID-19, it is possible although rare that you could be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 again, the CDC guidance states.

Dr. Julie Parsonnet, an expert in adult infectious diseases at Stanford University in California, says Pauls comments suggest a lack of understanding about the immune system.

I think its a bad message and I think it reflects a lack of understanding of how immunity works. Usually the first exposure to an infection is sort of like a taste test. Your immune system sees it and it responds, but it doesnt build up very strong memory responses and you dont have the circulating cells that allow you to respond very quickly to infection, Parsonnet told Healthline.

We know that some people who have COVID dont mount an immune response at all. We also know that some people get reinfected and that some people who have gotten reinfected have gotten quite sick. Yes, he (Senator Paul) will have some immunity, but there is good data that you will have better immunity if you get a vaccine, she added.

Dr. William Schaffner is an expert in infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. He says the recommendation for people who have already had COVID-19 to still get vaccinated is based on two factors.

The first is that the antibody levels after vaccination are much higher than the antibody levels after natural infection. And higher antibody levels are usually associated with a longer duration of protection, Schaffner told Healthline.

The second is, to use Tony Faucis word, higher antibody levels provide a greater cushion of protection against some of the variants. Obviously, those are not sufficient reasons for Dr. Paul, he added.

President Joe Biden has announced a goal of having 70 percent of adults in the United States vaccinated with at least one shot by July 4.

But that leaves almost a third of the population unvaccinated, meaning the coronavirus could still have a chance to mutate.

A substantial number of people who are unvaccinated will continue to support the transmission of the virus and I think this will be more prominent in some communities than others, said Schaffner.

Every time a new person is infected with the virus, the virus multiplies million and billions of times, he added. As it multiplies it mutates. Most of those mutations are harmless, but any one of those people could be a variant factory. They could suddenly develop a mutation or series of mutations by chance alone that would create a new and very dangerous variant. Thats a concept thats not understood at all by the vast majority of people.

Parsonnet says comments like those from Paul are damaging. She argues there needs to be a more united approach against COVID-19.

When I think about COVID-19, I think we are actually fighting a war, she said. We have a global war. Its sort of like that movie Independence Day when the aliens land on Earth. Well, the aliens have landed and theres this virus that is killing off people, and the worst thing you can do when there is an enemy that youre all fighting is for you to shoot each other.

We need to think about this in a much more were in this together way and lets figure out how we pull together to fight the enemy, Parsonnet said. The enemy is not the Democrats and its not the Republicans. The enemys a virus and we need to deal with it.

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