Posted on 04/03/2026 6:13:39 PM PDT by Auntie Mame
Freepers, where's gasdr? He touted the wonderfulness of the covid vaccine and defended it vociferously. He was also a welcome poster on other topics. I note he hasn't posted anything since 10/31/25 and it's worrisome.
gasdr, if you're out there, plaase pick up the courtesy phone and let us know all is well. Thank you.
Taxpayer money in California used to pay PR firms millions for COVID outreach, celebrity influencers
By Lucas Manfredi FOXBusiness
November 12, 2020
https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/los-angeles-county-millions-taxpayer-funding-pr-covid-influencers
Los Angeles County's Board of Supervisors, Department of Public Health and Department of Health Services have renewed contracts with two public relations firms for the second time after spending millions in taxpayer funding since March to have them craft and guide a Coronavirus Response Media campaign, despite the county having its own fully-staffed communications team.
According to documents obtained by FOX 11's Bill Melugin, Fraser Communications and Mercury Public Affairs were originally awarded separate, no-bid contracts of $200,000 on March 12 and 30 respectively. Fraser was hired to draft press releases and talking points, monitor public perception of COVID-19 and the county's reponse to it, and develop and implement an advertising campaign via local outlets and social media on key messages and best practices, among other duties.
As for Mercury, the firm was tasked with creating a “Multicultural and Ethnic Outreach and Communications” plan in order to reach diverse audiences in LA County, part of which includes “recruiting and deploying non-County messengers, celebrity influencers, and other surrogates" to help with messaging on social media.
The contracts show that LA County had applied for the cost to be reimbursed via federal or state disaster aid money.
The lack of disclosure by the firms or individuals is particularly disturbing. There's no "this ad paid for by..." as there would be for political campaigns or most product endorsements.
They weren't getting paid by Pfizer or MurdeRNA, they were getting paid by taxpayers.
I remember calling him Gasbag_Dr as well. Good riddance to that medically brainwashed idiot!
Yeah I guess I misunderstood when you said the government admitted to paying “people” to spread misinformation about the Covid Vaccines. I knew they were spreading the advertisements for PFizer, Moderna, J&J and all the other BS advertisements to “slow the spread” to “mask up” and having celebrities doing PSAs that were pro COVID, but I thought you meant like private individuals were paid to spread this via online.
I do mean exactly that. Here are just a few examples. There was an entire trickle-down operation to send grants to korporations and states who then passed it down to "local micro influencers".
The posts were a dead giveaway as it was clear they needed to include certain text in the narrative to get paid. They would continue with an argument as someone who got paid for each post, not someone who knew the material or was listening to any responses.
Anti-vaxxers make up to $1.1 billion for social media companies
https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/social-media-profit-pandemic-antivax/
Social media ‘micro-influencers’ join effort to get America vaccinated
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/30/vaccine-rollout-influencers-463917
Colorado Paying Social Media Influencers $1K to Encourage Followers to Get COVID Shot
https://www.newsweek.com/colorado-paying-social-media-influencers-1k-encourage-followers-get-covid-shot-1617904
OCCHD To Pay Social Media Influencers To Promote COVID-19 Vaccine (Oklahoma City-County Health Department)
https://www.news9.com/story/604bfca8f8d68c46c10e4526/occhd-to-pay-social-media-influencers-to-promote-covid19-vaccine
Why the UK government is paying social media influencers to post about coronavirus
https://theconversation.com/why-the-uk-government-is-paying-social-media-influencers-to-post-about-coronavirus-145478
Colorado is paying social media influencers to tout COVID-19 vaccines
https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2021/07/23/colorado-paying-social-media-influencers-covid-vaccine
Good point. I wonder how many “Freepers” were in on this cash grab and did their part to influence, persuade and guilt people into getting the clot shots and boosters???? Hmmmmm .... Probably the same people mentioned in this thread perhaps????
Many would get zotted quickly but a few had accounts already in place and guarded their wording well enough as to not get zotted.
I prefer they don't get shut down. It's better to expose their flawed arguments here and have it spread out to other platforms. The truth will prevail.
Amen.
He must have left an impression if you are digging up threads that are four months old to comment.
Take a breath. Go outside and enjoy some sunshine.
The bad doctor won’t hurt you any more.
Jeez…get a life.
I just went through a thread from 2021 which was linked to in this thread and I recall seeing you an a bunch of flying monkey’s in a circle jerk around the gasbag_Dr. He was wrong, you were wrong and you are still unapologetic for buying the Covid bullshit he was spreading back then. You should be ashamed of yourself just like Fauxci. You’re telling me get a life? I didn’t listen to the powers that be to get a vaccine. Did you?
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