Dr. Randal Baker, plaintiff in the lawsuit against Gov. Whitmer, tells 'Fox & Friends' that 'this is a great day for the people of Michigan,' adding 'draconian lockdowns' must be stopped.
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Republican volt undermine that
effort, and I remain very
concern.
Ainsley here with me. Now is
Dr Randal: Baker, surgeon at
Grand Health partners, one of
the plaintiffs and Patrick
Wright, attorney and director of
Legal foundation, which brought
the lawsuit against Governor
Whitmer. Thank you both of you
for being with us.
Thank you,
Ainsley, Dr Baker. How are you
feeling and why this lawsuit
doctor great? We are ecstatic.
This is great day for people of
Michigan.
We were told that we couldnt
help patients and do not
preventive care and only
emergency care, and as a result
of that, a lot of people got hurt
and what the governor said is
just plain, not true.
First of all, the Supreme Court
ruled unanimously that what she
did was illegal.
The second decision that the
Supreme Court made was the four to
three decision, but what frustrates
me is I wish the governor would
roll up the sleeves and start to
working with the legislature
instead of bath mouthing Supreme
court.
This is not the time for this.
We need to help patients and we
need to stop the draconian
lockdowns
Ainsley Patrick, what made it
illegal?
Declaring emergency after
April 30th in Michigan weve
had an opportunity where the
governor and the legislature
have enacted important
legislation related to Covid, and
we are hopeful that now that the
Supreme Court says that they
have to work together that the
governor and the legislature
will help us fight this
important battle against Covid
Ainsley, Dr Baker. What happens
now
doctor? Well, what I hope
happens is that the legislature
and the governor will get
together and start to work
together on how to do this.
This is not a decision between
the safety of Covid care and
Noncovid care and harm
the ability is, we can do covid
care and noncovid care. At the
same time,
we can do this.
Science involves measurement and
adjusting based on the results,
not just doubling down on the
original hypothesis and when
this first started we didnt
know, but very quickly. We started
to realize that the lockdowns
were having unintended
consequences. You had to then
shift and had to go. Adjust.
Good intentions must ultimately
be evaluated by results and
consequences.
Ainsley. Thank you. So much for
joining us.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-17.