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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 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/
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)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.
FarPoint
(12,275 posts)They can lose business...boycott their Urgent Cares...hurt them in the wallet.
samnsara
(17,602 posts)LuvLoogie
(6,906 posts)Republicans always look for "scientific" backing for their bigoted nihilism and greed.