Stand with Dr. Anthony Fauci a scientist and highly skilled infectious disease expert

 #IStandWithDrFauci  An opinion echo letter to the editor published in The New York Times.

Dr. Anthony Fauci vs. the stupid Senator Rand Paul about Vaccines: No ‘Bromance’ Here.

Human Rights Hero: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci

Since President Biden's administration took office, the esteemed infectious disease specialist Dr. Anthony Fauci has been free to speak the truth, no longer having to humor and placate a dangerous #FormerGuy president. It was gratifying to see Dr. Fauci use a congressional hearing to publicly rebuke his consistent tormentor, (the stupid*) Senator (who claims to be a doctor) Rand Paul, of Kentucky.

A Cornell grad, Dr. Fauci rose to the top of his field. In 2008, Dr. Fauci was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush, who cited the doctor's "determined and aggressive efforts to help others live longer and healthier lives."

Senator Paul is an ophthalmologist, (he is supposed to be...) a medical professional, but has consistently sought to poke holes in the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines, and in so doing has sought to drag Dr. Fauci into the mud by challenging his competence and veracity.

Thankfully, it is clear that Dr. Dr. Fauci will not allow himself to be used as a punching bag.

Kentucky has one senator, Mitch McConnell, who is acting honorably for a change, having adopted what is the true pro-life position in consistently urging his fellow Kentuckians and Americans to be vaccinated. I thank him for being willing to step over the wreckage of the hijacked Republican Party to do the right thing.

Senator Paul should heed the sage words of Representative Liz Cheney: “History is watching.”

From Oren Spiegler, in Peters Township, Pennsylvania

*Maine Writer, I am a Registered Nurse.  I have the credibility to tell Senator Paul that he is an idiot!