Dear Senator Doctor Paul

 

by Pa Rock 

Citizen Journalist

Dear Senator Doctor Paul,

I can understand people who are already in the throes of a life-threatening illness rushing about trying to find any possible cure, regardless of how spurious the evidence of its effectiveness might be.  The most unlikely hope would be better than no hope at all.  But what I cannot understand are people who pursue wild and risky measures to prevent the disease in lieu of tested and proven prevention measures like wearing masks and the use of COVID vaccines.

First people should avail themselves of what works, and if that fails, then turn to the quackery.

But when a sitting United States Senator, a man who also happens to be a physician, speaks out against government health mandates to curb a raging pandemic -  mandates on things like wearing masks and getting vaccinated - and at the same time criticizes the government and researchers for not being more open to studying an animal de-wormer to treat COVID patients, well that is just beyond my powers of comprehension!

Let's avail ourselves of the research that has been completed.  Masks help to limit the spread of the COVID virus, so let's quit telling people that they do not work.  Lying is not helpful, and, in fact, it can be deadly.  Then let's quit trying to interfere with a plan to defeat the pandemic through mass inoculations.  Our military should have one more mandatory vaccine, the one to fight COVID, both for the health of our military members as well as for the health of our nation.  Interference in that effort poses a threat not only to the lives of our service men and women, but to our national defense as well.  Stand down, Senator Doctor!

And while we are at it, Senator Doctor Paul, please do not try to profit off of this awful situation.  Your wife's $15,000 purchase of Gilead stock, the first stock purchase that either of you had made in over ten years - and a purchase that came after you had been briefed on the developing pandemic as a part of your Senate duties, but three weeks before the World Health Organization declared the situation to be a pandemic, was almost as "inside" as "insider trading" can get.  Serving in the United States Senate is an honor, sir, not a get-rich-quick scheme.  

As a physician and a United States Senator, you are in a unique position to influence and enhance the lives of countless people.   Please use that privilege and responsibility wisely.  It's not just about you, Senator Doctor Paul, it's about all of us.

With all due respect, I am

Pa Rock