CNS Touts Rand Paul’s Medical Credentials, Censor His Lack Of Medical Expertise On COVID

CNSNews.com loves Republican Sen. Rand Paul, and it especially loves to hype his medical credentials whenever he speaks out on coronavirus-related issues or other medical-adjacent issues:

• Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a medical doctor who was infected with COVID, recovered, and is now vaccinated against the virus, advised people to stop listening to “government scolds” about the pandemic, and said once you are vaccinated, to “trash your mask and live free again.” — Michael W. Chapman, March 10
• During the hearing, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a medical doctor, questioned [Rachel] Levine about his [sic] left-wing views on sex-change surgery for minors, an issue that would be protected from discrimination under the Equality Act. — “A. Kim”, March 16
• “Sorry Dr. Fauci and other fearmongers,” physician and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) says, touting newly-released findings of a study on the effectiveness of vaccines and naturally-acquired immunity against COVID-19 variants. — Craig Bannister, March 22
• There are much worse viruses than COVID-19 – and the Chinese scientists Dr. Anthony Fauci says he trusts are working on them using U.S. taxpayer money, medical doctor Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warns. — Craig Bannister, June 7
• Paul, a medical doctor, said the risks of contracting COVID are “wildly different” for different people: — Susan Jones, July 21
• “There’s no science behind” the government forcing people with natural immunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Dr. and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Thursday. — Elizabeth Nieshalla, July 30
• As for new mask mandates, Sen. Paul, a medical doctor, said, “If you look objectively at mask mandates … there’s no correlation between a mask mandate and a reduction in terms of the disease. In fact, it’s just the opposite. The more mandates we got, the more of the disease we got.” — Michael W. Chapman, Aug. 5
• Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a physician and sitting U.S. senator, is slamming YouTube for removing two videos from his YouTube page, then suspending his ability to upload videos for seven days. — Susan Jones, Aug. 11

Just one problem: Paul has no training in viruses or epidemiology, He’s an opthamologist — an eye doctor. His experience as a doctor is not directly relevant to anything COVID-related. None of the above articles mention what Paul’s medical specialty is — or that it doesn’t really bring anything to discussions of COVID or transgender surgery.

That’s dishonest reporting — but hiding the truth about Paul serves CNS’ editorial agenda.