The senator, who tested positive for COVID-19 in March, didn't wear a mask to the Senate even though experts don't yet have definitive proof of immunity.
Sen. Rand Paul decided not to wear a protective mask when he returned to the Senate for work this week, claiming that he has immunity from COVID-19 after getting infected with it in late March and recovering.
The senator’s lack of a mask drew criticism from people who accused Paul of putting his colleagues and others in Washington at risk of being infected. “Regardless of whether he has been infected or not, he is a political leader, and his constituents look to him for guidance. He owes it to all of us to model best public health practice ― in other words, to wear a mask in public,” Ranney said in an email.
“There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection,” the organization said in a statement on Apri 24. Paul also partially quoted Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, who said: “We know with infections like this, that at least for a reasonable period, you’re gonna have antibodies that are protective.”
Fauci has also said that many of the antibody tests that companies are making to tell whether people have immunity for the virus still need to be “validated and calibrated.”
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