I will point out the obvious thing about all these trials by quoting Vinny Prasad MD. While it did state that Dr. Ferrer had no part in the study (despite being listed in the acknowledgement section), they did not mention Barnes once, nor the complaints of the undisclosed mother-daughter relationship. However, it is disclosed that Dr. Ferrer is living with her husband in the Southland. However, despite many refuting Ferrers assessment, including the LA County Chief Medical Examiner, who called it media hype, others still support the Countys public health department, with businesses now bracing for a return of the mandate. . But at the same time, Ferrer was the coordinator of chronic disease prevention and health promotion in Massachusetts. During the beginning of her career, Dr. Ferrar became the headmaster of Boston Districts high school. June 30, 2020 / 5:22 PM Jennifer Van Laar, RedState's Managing Editor, is an unapologetic California conservative, sports fanatic, mom of three boys, and Gramie to a perfect little girl. With significant responsibilities comes prominent hatred for some people like Barbara Ferrer. Follow her work on Facebook and Twitter. In June 2019, when nearly everyone in the Southern California area was focused on potential disease outbreaks in downtown Los Angeles due to the massive amounts of garbage and human waste festering in the streets along with an exploding homeless population, Ferrers Monthly Message was focused on something entirely different: Reproductive choice and access to care for women is under attack; the basic right to decide whether and when to have children is now threatened. Ferrer then went on to earn a master's degree in public health from Boston College and a Ph.D. in social welfare from Brandeis. Did she consult, or was she merely quoted or Public Health info in the study approved by use by her? But her career as a champion for public health initiatives has been in the works for decades. On Sunday, about 50 people gathered outside Dr. Barbara Ferrer's home to protest tightened restrictions that prohibit gatherings and severely limit capacity at most retail establishments. The daughter who is not a medical doctor- of Barbara Ferrer-who in not a medical doctor. Discursive practices on film developed within local frameworks of understanding, ideas available via specialist reviews and periodicals, and regular contact with 'foreign' films following the growth of alternative distribution and exhibition networks. Who cares if her daughter was part of a study. I never thought I would have to put out this again, an anonymous Glendale restaurant owner told the Globe Thursday, motioning to a masking sign. Public Health Week is a time to acknowledge the extraordinary work being done by . We could see glimpses of Ferrers work during the recent spread of the Covid19 concern. WKKF spearheaded the first National Day of Racial Healing on January 21, 2017, the day after President Trumps inauguration. . Ferrer also mandated the use of masks in Los Angeles County. 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I, among many, am not going back. You could say Barbara Ferrer's path to her job as Los Angeles County's top public health official began with what she believed was a betrayal. I didn't review that study. That is offensive to all wicca! Jul 19, 2020. networkforphl.org . <> All Rights Reserved. 4 0 obj Oct 31, 2021. filmla.com . A cluster RCT in Bangladesh was negative for cloth masks, and very modestly positive for surgical masks. [6] She also served as the executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission (2007-2014) and the chief strategy officer for the W.K. Over the weekend she made media appearances defending her qualifications to lead the public health response to the coronavirus pandemic in Los Angeles County. View 262 Complaints Submitted on Aug. 9th, 2022 HERE Adding to the controversy, Ferrers daughter, Kaitlin Barnes, was found to not be a doctor or have any scientific background, as RedState reported. ", "I have no family relatives that work at the Department of Public Health. If she and other social workers want to work on racial justice initiatives privately funded have at it. Fluent in Spanish, Ferrer said she started her career as a community organizer. She is married, and has two children and two grandchildren.[5]. Ferrer earned her PhD in social welfare from Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University in 1994. All Rights Reserved. VIEW MORE PROVIDERS. But if the details of it continue to go unaddressed, we may be looking at some bumps in the road for them in the next several weeks. Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer was recorded saying the country's largest county would not reopen its schools until "after the election." "We don't realistically . The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is reviewing the revised guidelines the state released today and will have additional information next week. with real-world experience working as a family practice physician at urban and rural health clinics. now this is journalism .California globe and redstate.com doing what other will not do. So there's no conflict of interest here at all.". The Public Health Department is saying she wasnt involved in it, but it needs to expand on that since Ferrer was acknowledged in the study. ; she gained the title of Doctor by virtue of her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Brandeis University. Your email address will not be published. Copyright 2023 RedState.com/Salem Media. May 13, 2020 1:26pm. Considering the amplified role in our cities this position should at least require an undergrad in medicine and become a position that is elected. KFI News radio reporter Steve Gregory said he received a partial audio recording of a conference call between Dr. Ferrer and "a collection of school nurses, school . ; she gained the title of Doctor by virtue of her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Brandeis University.Ferrer is paid more than $500,000 a year by the financially-strapped county, and one of her top priorities is "advancing health equity." Suggested activities include host[ing] a dinner conversation or racial healing circle with friends, helping children make homemade racial healing signs and finding a place to post them, and read[ing] books to the children in your life that affirm the identities and backgrounds of all children.. For now, Ferrer appears to have the backing of her bosses, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. How on earth can Barbara Ferrer and the L.A. County Board of Supervisors get away with masking County residents up AGAIN, harmfully and unnecessarily, in light of this latest outrage, piled on top of all the others, recent and historical? Ferrer noted that some requirements -- such as mandatory mask-wearing at health care facilities -- are state orders, not county. Barbara Ferrer, director of Los Angeles County's Public Health Department. "Lots of people are going to be very happy when we start . Her significant tasks include devising strategies and plans to prevent the growth of diseases, uplifting health, and promoting equity. Batchlors and Masters are in art with a doctoral in community outreach. I have no interest or ability to control any of my family members work since they don't work for me or at this department at all. Barbara Ferrer is a nationally-known public health leader with more than 30 years of professional experience as a philanthropic strategist, public health director, educational leader, researcher, and community advocate. Gavin Newsom, local health officers have very broad and unchecked authority during an outbreak of a communicable disease. AB 262 provides that in such a situation, or even in a situation in which the health officer deems there is an imminent and proximate threat of a communicable disease outbreak or epidemic that threatens the publics health: The local health officer may issue orders to other governmental entities within the local health officers jurisdiction to take any action the local health officer deems necessary to control the spread of the communicable disease. Jennifer holds a bachelor's degree from Boston University, and prior to entering the journalism field in 2014, she worked as a court stenographer for nearly 20 years, serving as the official court reporter for more than two dozen first-degree murder cases in North Carolina. View 24 Complaints Submitted on Aug. 2nd, 2022 HERE Did Barbara Ferrer rely on school mask mandate study co-authored by her daughter? An examination of Ferrers career shows that, like many public health professionals, her focus isnt on public health as it has traditionally been known; her focus is that of an activist using data to advance an agenda of racial equity, and personal and institutional success is measured in nebulous, politically-correct terms. BARBARA FERRER PhD, MPH, MEd DIRECTOR, LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH July, 2020. LA County Public Health Director Isn't an M.D. Can we keep BA.5 in check? The image shows Ferrer speaking at a coronavirus news conference on May 13; an unedited version of it can be seen in this article here. Seems to me I remember Obama, through some executive order, made D.C. un elected bureaucrats that typically changed with administrations permanent. "I did not even know there was a field called public health at the time, and he said, 'You know, I think you might be really interested in that,'" she said. We may be not as well-understood. The one thing I do want to note is, I dont make decisions by myself. Use theEmail button below to send a pre-drafted email tomembers of the CA State Government & The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Ferrer, who had a small child at the time, went back and had to take organic chemistry, physics, advanced biology and calculus classes she had, up to that point, not had to take. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR23-014.aspx, California ended the state of emergency last month. Ferrer's date of birth lies on the 30th of September 1965. This is a big problem because: 1) Kaitlin Barnes mother, unelected bureaucrat Barbara Ferrer, clearly wants to retain power by harmfully and unnecessarily again reinstituting the mask mandate (which she has repeatedly done over the past TWO-AND-A-HALF-YEARS), and the study Barnes co-authored seeks to show that MASKS WORK, an attempt to bolster Ferrers mask mandate, in spite of a flood of studies repeatedly showing masks DO NOT work; and, 2) Ferrer used her connections with a Boston mayor friend to get her daughter a job with that mayor and other politicos in Boston, indicating she has had a hand in her daughters past employment, which the Red State report also indicates. Apart from this, Dr. Ferrer also has two grandchildren from either her son or daughter. Im very grateful to have our Director of Public Health, WATCH: Schumer Threatens Fox, Says He Has 'Right' To Tell Them 'What to Do', Sen. 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The Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts Foundation listed Ferrer, a board member, as an MD (leaving off her other credentials) in their 2007 Community Benefits Annual Report as submitted to The Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General, May 2008. At the time Ferrer was the Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission. When asked her opinion of the director's performance, Supervisor Sheila Kuehl said, in part, in an August 20 statement: "During the pandemic, Dr. Barbara Ferrer has made addressing racial inequity a centerpiece of the department's strategy. The CDC did not run a single randomized controlled trial (RCT). In this agenda for the Breastfeed LA Equity Summit, Barbara Ferrer, MD, MPH, MEd is listed as a speaker in the October 10, 2018 opening plenary session. But on Thursday, a new report by RedState.com found that a study used by Ferrer revealed that astudy the CDC Relied upon for school mask mandates was authored by the LA County Public Health Directors daughter, whos also is not an MD, the headline read. [13] She faced criticism for her response, with 233,000 residents testing positive and 5,500 dead by August 2020, with the number of deaths rising up to 24,000 by June 2021.