Accelerated Urgent Care, one of the main places to get tested in town, is giving an absolutely wild press conference that goes against SO much medical advice. One doc just cited Biblical practices on leprosy rn https://bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/accelerated-urgent-care-provides-statistical-update-on-covid-19

One doctor said that if you’re young and healthy you shouldn’t stay home, we should just quarantine the sick the way we did with lepers in Biblical times

Same doc said that our immune systems are currently weakening because of shelter in place orders. He’s saying that not being exposed to other people and their viruses means we’re getting weaker and less healthy and “that’s basic virology and immunology.”

This doctor says there is no science behind the policy to open grocery stores but not restaurants. He recommends schools open so kids’ immune systems can improve. I just...this is a place that has tested 5,000 people.

They also said we stayed open for bird flu and swine flu, why are we closing for this?

One doctor said that asymptomatic people should be spreading the version they have because this means it is a less virulent strain and this will give us herd immunity. HOW IS THIS REAL?

These guys are the owners and they say they’re not getting enough business. Fees for the uninsured to get a test is $175 plus lab fees, and he’s wondering why no one is coming in.

“Did you stay home for the flu? This is just like the flu.”

So many people in Kern County are convinced this is just like the flu or that we already had it this winter. This is absolutely wild disinformation and, frankly, propaganda coming from one of the main medical facilities dealing with COVID-19 in town.