Doctor Questions Orange County’s Approach to Assuaging Vaccine Fears

Doctor Questions Orange County’s Approach to Assuaging Vaccine Fears
Gov. Gavin Newsom watches as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is prepared by Director of Inpatient Pharmacy David Cheng at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in LA on Dec. 14, 2020. Jae C. Hong-Pool/Getty Images
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors (OCBS) has hired a public relations firm to help ease the public’s COVID-19 vaccination concerns, but the move is not sitting well with everyone.

“When you have to persuade, through public relations, to accept a vaccination, it brings up a question about public health: Since when should public health be in the public relations business?” Dr. Jeff Barke, who treats COVID-19 patients daily, told The Epoch Times.