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.
