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Some people escape with sports or by going to the gym or cooking or reading a good book. Though I may do all of the above, its theater that lifts my heart. I recall the last Broadway show I attended, the musical Moulin Rouge, all cheekily garish sets, loud music, stylish dancing and a plot you could see coming from a mile away. I loved every minute, and even had a picture taken close by the stage. When I shared it on social media, and it was liked by one of my favorites, Danny Burstein, who played the club impresario, I was in theater nerd heaven. Then, when it was announced that Burstein, along with many of the shows cast, had come down with the virus, I knew it was time to rip up the tickets for my next theater outing. Everything had changed.

Its not that I dont dearly miss visiting family members, hugging my friends or returning to the now-dark Broadway scene.

But when Anthony Fauci says to keep wearing masks, at least for now, Im going to listen to him, not Rand Paul. And when leaders work to figure out a way to make Americans feel safe from violence when they do venture out, I wont immediately attack their efforts and their motives, which is Ted Cruzs go-to move.

Its about knowing the difference between real life and make believe.

MaryC.Curtishas worked at The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Charlotte Observer, as national correspondent for Politics Daily, and is a senior facilitator with The OpEd Project.Follow her on Twitter@mcurtisnc3.

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Sen. Rand Paul has made people upset before. In 2017, Paul's neighbor Rene Boucher became so upset that he physically attacked him. According to NBC News,the skirmish caused Paul to suffer "five rib fractures, including three displaced fractures." The senator also "required medical attention for pneumonia" after the attack.

So what caused this vicious incident?The Washington Post called the incident a "long-standing landscaping dispute." Paul was awarded $580,000 in a civil suit in 2019. Paul is definitely not at fault for his neighbor's violence, but the senator does have a knack for getting into arguments.

In September 2020, Rand Paul got into a fight with Dr. Anthony Fauci during a hearing about opening schools during the pandemic.Paul attempted to argue the concept of virus "herd immunity" with Fauci, who is one of the world's leading infectious disease expertsandthe director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. After listening to Paul's opinion, the ordinarily calm Faucilost his patience.

The Daily Beast reported that Fauci snapped at the Kentucky Senator: "You are not listening to what the director of the CDC [Robert Redfield] said that in New York, it's about 22 percent [that have tested positive]. If you believe 22 percent is herd immunity, I believe you're alone in that." That was far from their first disagreement.

Paul's controversial opinions don't end there. After the 2020 vice presidential debate, Paul accused the "deep state" of planting a fly on Vice President MikePence's head.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nations top expert on infectious diseases, said in an interview with CBS News that Sen. Rand Paul is dead wrong in claiming that masks offer no protection against spreading COVID-19 for those who have already contracted the virus or been vaccinated.

Last Thursday during a Senate committee hearing, Paul confronted Fauci and accused him of wearing two masks only for show, falsely adding that there was no science behind policies that suggest masks should be worn after contracting the virus or vaccination.

Fauci pushed back against Paul during the hearing on Thursday.

Let me just state for the record that masks are not theater, masks are protective," Fauci said.

During an interview with CBS News on Friday, Fauci explained that while he doesnt have anything personally against Paul, the senator was just quite frankly incorrect."

"Sen. Paul has this message that we don't need masks, which goes against just about everything we know about how to prevent spread of the virus," Fauci said. "He was saying if you've been infected, or you've been vaccinated, don't wear a mask which is completely against all public health tenets."

Fauci explained that Paul was incorrect in assuming that because a person has been infected with COVID-19 or vaccinated, that it is impossible to contract the virus again. Studies have shown that it is possible to contract the virus twice and pass it on to others particularly now that several variant strains are spreading throughout the globe.

While vaccines have been proven to be ultra-effective in preventing serious cases of the virus and death, no shot is 100% effective in preventing all cases of COVID-19. Even contracting a mild case of the virus could result in passing it to a person who is more vulnerable.

In February, Fauci said that its possible that Americans may need to continue to wear masks while in public until into 2022, but added that the U.S. will likely be approaching a degree of normality by the end of the year.

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Sen. Rand Paul came to Louisville Friday to again discuss gun violence in the city and to present community activist Christopher 2X with an official copy of an entry he made in the Congressional Record featuring areport from 2X's Game Changers group.

Thereport detailshow gun violence impacts children.

Paul entered Game Changers' report into the Congressional Record a year ago, in March 2020, and originally wanted to publicly give 2X a framed copy of it last year. The pandemic delayed those plans, but they finally came together Friday morning at the Galt House Hotel.

"I'm a 'glass is half-full' kind of guy," Kentucky's junior senator said. "I know this hasn't been an easy year in Louisville and there continue to be problems, but as we look at the problems, you know, I want to see the glass half-full. I want to see how we fix problems.

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"The answers aren't always easy," Paul continued. "How do you fix violence in Louisville? How do you fix violence in America? ... This is an ongoing problem. But I think we need people with optimism, and I think Chris has that optimism."

Christopher 2X speaks during an appearance with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on March 19, 2021. Both were on hand at the Galt House East in Louisville to talk about gun violence and its effects on youth.(Photo: Pat McDonogh / Courier Journal)

2X thanked Paul and also announced an academic group wants to use Game Changers' report for a curriculum for grade-school kids concerning this public health crisis and the need for early intervention with children instead of waiting until they hit high school.

"So, not only has this report been entered into the U.S. Congressional Record, but it's still got legs to it," 2X said.

After presenting 2X with a copy of the Congressional Record entry Friday, Paul also joined a private conversation with local community advocates to learn more about GroupViolence Intervention, a policy approach aimed at reducing such violence.

Russell Coleman, a Game Changers board member and former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, led that discussion Friday and also spoke at that morning's press conference about how the nonprofit's report on violence's impact on childrenis about listening.

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"This report is about listening to voices that oftentimes are not heard," he said."It's about listening to what the impact is to those numbers that tend to wash over us."

"Listening it's not about R's or D's.It's going to neighborhoods where we have not listened," he said."It's about humbling ourselves and saying,'We have to do a better job.'"

Before Paul sat down for a private talk with Coleman and others about gun violence,hetook questions from journalists about various issues, includinghis tense exchange Thursday with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government's top infectious diseases expert.

Paul said he has lost friends toCOVID-19 and recognizes it's a serious disease. He wants to encourage people to get the coronavirus vaccine, because it's effective, but argued they shouldn't have to wear a mask once they've been immunized.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people who've previously been infected with COVID-19, as well as those who've been vaccinated against the virus, still should wear masks in public for now.

Paul, who caught the coronavirus last year, has not worn a mask on the Senate floor or at other public events, including his appearance in Louisville this week.

"If Dr. Fauci comesup with evidence that shows me that some new variant is here and thousands of people are dying and ... our hospitals are overrun with people who have already had it (COVID-19) or been vaccinated, then we should listen to him," Paul said Friday.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., answers questions from he media following a press conference in Louisville on March 19, 2021.(Photo: Pat McDonogh / Courier Journal)

"...But until that day happens, I think we really shouldn't live in fear," he told reporters.

Kentucky officials announced this week that someone who'd been vaccinated was hospitalized in the state after an outbreak of a new COVID-19 variant at a nursing home.

When The Courier Journal asked him about that Friday, Paul said: "I think there are exceptions to every rule, and what I'm looking for is something that is a public health concern."

Paul also said Friday: "And I think Dr. Fauci is probably well-intended, but he is I think he's overkill. I mean, he needs to dial it back a little bit."

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delivered a harsh rebuke of the philosophy that minor children should be allowed to use off-label hormone blockers to delay puberty for the purpose of transitioning due to gender dysphoria. He exposed the moral insanity of this idea during assistant health secretary nominee Rachel Levines Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday. Levine is transgender and advocates for the chemical altering of children with gender dysphoria.

Rand Paul, like many medical professionals, is concerned about the unknown long-term effects of puberty blockers, an off-label treatment that has not been sufficiently studied. There are many young people who have used hormones and puberty blockers and are now having difficulty de-transitioning. Paul asked Levine a question the doctor refused to answer.

Should minors be making these momentous decisions? For most of the history of medicine, we wouldnt let you have a cut sewn up in the ER but youre willing to let a minor take things to prevent their puberty and you think theyll get that back?

Paul went on to destroy the Lefts double standard, noting that many leftists screamed like hyenas that off-label use of medication was the end of the world when it came to hydroxychloroquine use for COVID-19.

I find it ironic that the Left that went nuts over hydroxychloroquine being used possibly for COVID are not alarmed that these hormones are being used off-label. Therere no long-term studies. We dont know what happens to them. We do know there are dozens and dozens of people who have been through this who regret that this happened. And a permanent change happened to them. If youve ever been around children, 14-year-olds cant make this decisionwe should be outraged that someone is talking to a three-year-old about changing their sex.

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The LGBT activist groups are already calling Rand Paul a homophobe. Ruben Gonzales, executive director of LGBTQ Victory Institute, released the following statement:

Rand Paul chose devotion to anti-LGBTQ extremist groups over substance and the health of our nation and does not deserve to hold public office. His remarks echo the talking points of the same organizations who said gay men deserved AIDS and that LGBTQ people should be criminalized. He explicitly attacked vulnerable trans youth for his own perceived political gain and it was a disgrace. Dr. Levine is an extremely qualified nominee whose experience can help America effectively tackle this pandemic, but he took this opportunity to give voice to hate groups instead.

How is being concerned about allowing minors to make life-altering medical decisions attacking trans youth? It seems to me that Rand is worried about the fact that a majority of children with gender dysphoria grow out of it before puberty.

If children who are suffering from a disorder as distressing as gender dysphoria are likely to resolve that issue without drugs and without medical intervention of any kind, shouldnt they be allowed to do that? And if it does not resolve, then thats a question for medical staff and parents to deal with. But how can we let minor children make decisions that will affect them forever, including possible sterilization? That seems criminal and devoid of any sympathy or compassion for the child who is suffering. What if we are permanently disfiguring children over a temporary problem?

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