A major conservative medical group working on misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines is facing medical experts over the unfortunate scientific grounding, while its leader, Dr Simone Gold, was charged earlier this week with assaulting the Capitol participated on January 6th.
Gold, who founded America’s Frontline Doctors with the help of the Tea Party Patriots organization last year, was arrested in Beverly Hills, where she lives, on Monday and is facing charges of trespassing on a restricted building. and disorderly conduct.
Before her arrest, a head shot of Gold holding a bullhorn in which she was giving a speech in the Capitol appeared on an FBI flyer with the caption ‘Seek information’ about suspects in the Capitol attack. Gold first acknowledges her presence at the Capitol and expresses the Washington Post ‘regret’ after a video of her showing up inside the Capitol.
Last May, Gold’s group quickly gained attention as several allied right-wing organizations, including the Tea Party Patriots and the FreedomWorks Foundation, launched a well-funded publicity campaign to attack state locks and downplay the risks of the pandemic.
Gold and her young group attacked policies by top scientists like Dr. Anthony Fauci and other national experts on the pandemic, and they promoted misinformation during rallies in Los Angeles and Washington and on right-wing media reported by Salem Radio and Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network owned.
Gold’s mission included the award of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, a foolish Covid-19 drug endorsed by Donald Trump, which poses serious health risks, and suggested that the consequences for the mental health of the closure were more harmful than the Covid -19 virus.
Last July, Gold delivered her message during a well-publicized rally her group hosted before the Supreme Court, which drew about ten doctors, including two ophthalmologists. Gold, who worked at two hospitals before the protest, was subsequently fired and quickly tapped Conservative lawyer and Trump ally Lin Wood to represent her.
Read more of Peter Stone’s report here: ‘Intentional ignorance’: Doctor who joined the Capitol attack convicted of Covid lies