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Ron Paul's Column for 3/16/20: "The Coronavirus Hoax" (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 OP
Looks like Ron sent the harbinger of death Rand's direction as punishment. TheBlackAdder Mar 2020 #1
Both father and son are MDs dalton99a Mar 2020 #2
MD? Mentally Deficient? n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #3
Well, look at Ben Carson, idiot token Reep. ananda Mar 2020 #5
I thought Rand was only a dentist... not an MD lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #12
He's an ophthalmologist dalton99a Mar 2020 #13
and that only makes me wonder about my own doctors lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #15
I sometimes think of the old joke: Buns_of_Fire Mar 2020 #21
+1. You beat me to this little gem. Delmette2.0 Mar 2020 #30
Only by his own judgement. COLGATE4 Mar 2020 #28
+1. He did pass the real board after residency to get credentialed i.e. to get a job dalton99a Mar 2020 #29
Paul worked out in the Senate pool & gym AFTER hearing his diagnosis this am. irisblue Mar 2020 #4
Holy shit... Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #6
Wonder how many others went swimming in that petri dish. n/t zackymilly Mar 2020 #7
do we know barbtries Mar 2020 #16
Why is ANYONE EVEN STILL USING THE POOL, THE GYM OR ITS EQUIPMENT???? NT coti Mar 2020 #17
good question. barbtries Mar 2020 #23
He seem to be the type of human to disinfect his gym equipment afterwards? irisblue Mar 2020 #20
obviously not. barbtries Mar 2020 #22
This proves Rand Paul is definitely from the shallow end of the gene pool. Quemado Mar 2020 #8
Uhhh- that fucker needs to lock himself in his house. coti Mar 2020 #9
So he is yet another who got a test despite not having symptoms. cwydro Mar 2020 #11
Or, apparently, any contact with someone who did have it...? coti Mar 2020 #14
The staff who maintain & clean that pool& gym, are they getting tests? irisblue Mar 2020 #10
Hey Daddy I caught the CoronaVirus HOAX and I went swimming MagickMuffin Mar 2020 #18
He and his crap son can go to hell blogslut Mar 2020 #19
otha father and son dweller Mar 2020 #24
Who the hell still listens to this dried-up old fool? hatrack Mar 2020 #25
Trump, since the beginning by ignoring the threat in January, and now thinking about easing the still_one Mar 2020 #26
He was always a prick. Back in the day the bros loved him, then Gary Johnson. Then Tulsi RelativelyJones Mar 2020 #27

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
15. and that only makes me wonder about my own doctors
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:19 PM
Mar 2020

when someone THAT f'ing stupid gets an MD degree...

Ben Carson too.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,175 posts)
21. I sometimes think of the old joke:
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:42 PM
Mar 2020

Q: What do you call someone who finished dead last in their class in medical school?

A: Doctor.

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)
28. Only by his own judgement.
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:59 AM
Mar 2020

Instead of taking the normal Board exams in order to be able to call himself a certified Opthalmologist Rand amd his BIL decided to form their own Certification Board. Needless to say, Rand successfully passed HIS exam to be called a specialist.

dalton99a

(81,468 posts)
29. +1. He did pass the real board after residency to get credentialed i.e. to get a job
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 09:21 AM
Mar 2020

The fake board he set up was to avoid having to take the recertification exam that every ophthalmologist is required to pass every ten years. The motivation was pure self-interest, as in laziness (recertification is a minor pain in the ass, but every doctor does it)

irisblue

(32,969 posts)
4. Paul worked out in the Senate pool & gym AFTER hearing his diagnosis this am.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:03 PM
Mar 2020

Fuck Ron Paul





Libertarian using the public health system, how bitterly ironic

barbtries

(28,789 posts)
16. do we know
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:19 PM
Mar 2020

if the virus can spread through water?

it's the gym equipment and other common surfaces that better be thoroughly disinfected asap as i understand it.

barbtries

(28,789 posts)
23. good question.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:44 PM
Mar 2020

the senate's rules are not the same. in a way i don't mind that, because i believe they have a duty to be working right now.

barbtries

(28,789 posts)
22. obviously not.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:43 PM
Mar 2020

he didn't think he had it, that seems clear. he just got tested because he could. by now the gym should be closed for disinfection.

coti

(4,612 posts)
9. Uhhh- that fucker needs to lock himself in his house.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:10 PM
Mar 2020

Wasn't there some other idiot from Kentucky who wouldn't isolate and had to be arrested?

coti

(4,612 posts)
14. Or, apparently, any contact with someone who did have it...?
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:17 PM
Mar 2020

On what basis, exactly, was he tested?

irisblue

(32,969 posts)
10. The staff who maintain & clean that pool& gym, are they getting tests?
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:14 PM
Mar 2020

All that warm & damp sir, libertarian philosophical selfishness in action.

MagickMuffin

(15,936 posts)
18. Hey Daddy I caught the CoronaVirus HOAX and I went swimming
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 03:24 PM
Mar 2020

Nothing says self center as a libertarian/rebublicon.



still_one

(92,187 posts)
26. Trump, since the beginning by ignoring the threat in January, and now thinking about easing the
Mon Mar 23, 2020, 08:52 AM
Mar 2020

stay-at-home advice


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