Barbara Ferrer, @lapublichealth and @CDCgov created a feedback loop of bad science to justify the Covid-19 policies that local and national teachers unions were requesting.
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Barbara Ferrer’s daughter Kaitlin Barnes was hired by LA County Office of Education in late 2020.
Kaitlin almost immediately went to work co-authoring a @CDCMMWR study with 4 of her mom’s high level employees.
The flagrant conflict of interest wasn’t disclosed by anyone.
Jul 22, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The 5 @LACountyBOS supervisors have to be tired of the embarrassment that Ferrer has created with her scandals.
@HildaSolis was Obama’s Secretary of Labor. She is likely eyeing another big role with Kamala or Newsom as President.
📧 firstdistrict@bos.lacounty.gov
Only the five supervisors can end this nightmare. Over the next week they need to hear nothing but #FireFerrer
Jul 19, 2022 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
As kids were returning to the classroom across the country in August 2021, the CDC used a report co-authored by LA County Health Director Barbara Ferrer’s own daughter to justify school masking, vaccinations and other measures in Los Angeles and beyond.
The report was co-authored by Kaitlin Barnes of the LA County Office of Education and posted to the CDC’s website on September 3rd, 2021. Barnes had recently been hired by LA County as a Project Management Officer during the pandemic and is the daughter of Dr. Barbara Ferrer.
