Rand Paul tells HHS secretary he’s ‘ignoring science,’ asks if he has a ‘science degree’

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Is the Department of Health and Human Services under the Biden administration ignoring what politicians refer to as “the science” when it comes to natural immunity from the coronavirus?

That, among other questions, is what Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing Thursday. The senator interrogated Becerra on his qualifications to be making scientific decisions for the United States regarding the coronavirus.

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