Posted on 04/29/2020 10:38:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
(CNN)A news conference by two California doctors that downplayed the threat of the coronavirus and made dubious claims that the disease had already spread widely, and therefore was not dangerous, struck a chord with those itching for states to ease stay-at-home orders -- but is being condemned by public health officials and experts.
A widely shared local television video of last week's news conference, which was posted on YouTube, reached more than 5 million views and was amplified by Elon Musk and Fox News, where Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi appeared on primetime shows two nights in a row.
The video has since been taken down by YouTube for violating the platform's policy on misinformation, a YouTube spokesperson said.
The doctors, who are not epidemiologists and who own and operate urgent care centers in the Bakersfield area, held the news conference on April 22 to share their conclusions about the results of 5,213 coronavirus tests at their clinics, extrapolating their findings to the California population as a whole.
"Do we need to still shelter in place? Our answer is emphatically no. Do we need businesses to be shut down? Emphatically no. Do we need to test them and get them back to work? Yes, we do," Erickson said at the news conference.
The comments and conclusions of the doctors drew widespread condemnation from health officials and medical experts.
"There is a lot to object to from a scientific point of view," Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist, told CNN. He said one big problem is that the doctors made estimates based on their clinics' clients who were tested, not a sampling of the general population.
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I'm still trying to figure out how this can occur, it's scary. If these sites are now utilities, then the government needs to step in and stop the censorship.
The video also prompted the American College of Emergency Physicians
and
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
to issue a forceful joint statement on Monday calling the pair’s claims “reckless and untested musings” that “are inconsistent with current science and epidemiology regarding COVID-19.”
“As owners of local urgent care clinics, it appears these two individuals are releasing biased, non-peer reviewed data to advance their personal financial interests without regard for the public’s health,” the statement read, “COVID-19 misinformation is widespread and dangerous. Members of ACEP and AAEM are first-hand witnesses to the human toll that COVID-19 is taking on our communities. ACEP and AAEM strongly advise against using any statements of Drs. Erickson and Massihi as a basis for policy and decision making.”
CNN: Only OUR doctors are correct because OUR doctors agree with the lies that we have told.
Shove it up your collective Obamaholes, CNN.
Then do it again.
And again, and again ad infinitum.
I am sure they were “panned.” Cannot have sn6y TRUTH messing with the OWO narrative.
The Derp State is pulling all the stops against these guys...
God Bless these two!
Would these experts be the ones who have been wrong about everything so far?
How many covid patients have those health officials and experts treated?
YOUTUBE’s policies are totally wrong.
The antidote against bad information (assuming what these doctors provided is bad info) is GOOD INFORMATION, better speech, better data, NOT suppression of speech.
I see the virus is already mutating ... to the Chinese Cornhole Virus.
weren’t these guys just reinforcing the results of the Stanford study???
Yup. When you do a web search for these guys all you find are articles where “public health experts” denounce them.
1984 is finally here.
Those Drs in the field are at least as expert as those behind a desk. Real life observation either bolsters or debunk theory. To condemn them shows there is a hidden agenda and it’s time to follow the money.
It may come down to conservative/libertarian owned new companies to compete with youtube, twitter, facebook etc. FOX has proven competition with liberal outlets works
Apparently there was 2 million deaths from Corona.
Is this another case of consensus science? Counter their science and not their stats for a moment please.
I’m one for ‘let the consumer decide’, but Zuckerberg & Co. won’t allow it.
Bet your arse DjT has noticed and will do something. Barr noticed too.
RE: Apparently there was 2 million deaths from Corona.
SOURCE?
The video has since been taken down by YouTube for violating the platform’s policy on misinformation,
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Just what is this ‘policy on misinformation?’
Seems like if it is NOT truly ‘misinformation’ then it has to go. That is, mainstream media can stay. Any opposing is misinformation.
Experiment:
Post two Utubes -
1)Obama is a God, savior of the universe
2) Obama is satan on earth, who wants all to burn.
See which one is removed.
Other similar experiments could be conducted, maybe a little more subtle.
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