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highplainsdem

(48,975 posts)
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 07:15 AM Apr 2020

The two anti-lockdown CA doctors, new RW stars, did a press conference with Kevin McCarthy in 2018

You've probably been hearing about these two Bakersfield doctors, co-owners of several urgent care clinics, who are being treated as persecuted heroes by RWers since they announced their opposition to the lockdown, calling it harmful, and then had their misleading statements removed from YouTube.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/medical-community-calls-out-fox-news-favorite-new-contrarian-docs

I'd wondered if their politics or political connections might explain their statements, so I did some googling this morning and quickly found a story about a 2018 press conference they did with Kevin McCarthy, their representative in the House, after their chain of urgent care clinics became the beneficiary of a pilot program to provide urgent care to veterans:

https://kernvalleysun.com/urgent-care-for-veterans-now-faster-and-closer/


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The two anti-lockdown CA doctors, new RW stars, did a press conference with Kevin McCarthy in 2018 (Original Post) highplainsdem Apr 2020 OP
I hope they lose their license to practice... WePurrsevere Apr 2020 #1
Well.... FarPoint Apr 2020 #2
Gupta from UW essentially called them quacks... samnsara Apr 2020 #3
Dr. Laren and Dr. Owen's? LuvLoogie Apr 2020 #4

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
1. I hope they lose their license to practice...
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 07:35 AM
Apr 2020

They don't truly care about people so I want to know who they're getting paid by since this is definitely about raking in some big bucks.

Their BS video is making the rounds with a few of my newly found bio family members and being spammed in FB groups and pages. I'm ready to rip my hair out in frustration.

LuvLoogie

(6,999 posts)
4. Dr. Laren and Dr. Owen's?
Thu Apr 30, 2020, 08:19 AM
Apr 2020

Republicans always look for "scientific" backing for their bigoted nihilism and greed.

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