YouTube has censored a viral video in which two doctors criticized the logic of whether California’s stay-at-home coronavirus order is necessary.
The video, which had racked up over 5 million views, featured Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi, co-owners of Accelerated Urgent Care in Bakersfield, Calif.
In the clip, Erickson asserts that there is only a “0.03 chance of dying from COVID in the state of California,” prompting him to ask:
“Does that necessitate sheltering in place? Does that necessitate shutting down medical systems? Does that necessitate people being out of work?”
Erickson also asked why fatalities were being counted as COVID-19 deaths when other ailments were actually more to blame.
“When someone dies in this country right now, they’re not talking about the high blood pressure, the diabetes, the stroke. They’re saying ‘Did they die from COVID?’” Erickson said.
“We’ve been to hundreds of autopsies. You don’t talk about one thing, you talk about comorbidities. ER doctors now [say] ‘It’s interesting when I’m writing about my death report, I’m being pressured to add COVID. Why is that?”
The video was deleted late last night for “violating YouTube’s terms of service.”
Is it just me or did @YouTube take down Dr. Erickson’s viral video with 5 million views? https://t.co/eNjJ0e7K34— Daniel Horowitz (@RMConservative) April 28, 2020
Earlier this month, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki told CNN that the company would ban any video content that contradicted World Health Organization recommendations.
The narrative cannot be challenged. This pandemic is a crisis worldwide. Measures that normally would be taken immediately are still not implemented. Treatments are discredited as not valid, masks are not produced and the printing presses of doom continue unabated. There will be a large price to pay as history has shown us once people understand.
David DeGerolamo
We no longer need government to control us when the Nazis of the internet do such a fine job. How many still play the Facebook game and why are they licking the boot that kicks them?