His father, former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who is also a doctor, last week referred to the coronavirus crisis as a "hoax." The pandemic has infected more than 300,000 people worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. 1. Your neighbor waits in hiding for you to come out and cut your lawn, then whips your ass. You lose part of a lung. What's up with that? 2. Your Dad, an M.D., dismisses the virus that could be extra hard on his pulmonary-limited son? 3. What are you thinking now?Paul suffered lung damage as a result of having his ribs broken during an altercation with a neighbor in 2017. Last year, he had part of his lungs removed. Paul's chief of staff told NBC News that the surgery puts the senator "in a higher-risk category as it relates to pulmonary issues."