California Doctors, Officials Call for Reopening State at Conference

California Doctors, Officials Call for Reopening State at Conference
Protesters call for an end to lockdowns at California's state Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., on April 20, 2020. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images
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Doctors in California who say science related to COVID-19 has been “weaponized” and decision-making has been “fear-fueled,” business owners who spoke of great losses, and elected officials who say Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken precautions too far all have called for reopening the state at a conference in Sacramento from Jan. 8 to 10.

“When the governor says he is listening to science, what he means is that he is listening to a particular group of scientists whom he happens to have some shared opinion,” said Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a University of California–L.A. Medical Center physician and policy researcher, during the live-streamed conference.

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