Why Is Pro-Vax Aetna Paying Firm Founded by COVID Skeptic?

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Dr Eli David is a COVID skeptic who regularly tweets criticism about the settled science. But he’s also the co-founder of a company contracted by the health insurance giant, Aetna.

;” and tweeted: “Covid is a deadly pandemic. It killed science, logic, evidence-based medicine, and common sense.”

In recent days, Elon Musk, Twitter’s new CEO, has interacted directly with David, replying to some of his posts about COVID with emojis. Musk himself courted controversy when he tweeted, “My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci,” echoing a sentiment popular with anti-vaxxers, including David. Under Musk’s leadership, Twitter abandoned itsand reinstated formerly banned accounts, allowing COVID conspiracy theorists to flourish.

“Marpai Health has been able to recruit and maintain top talent largely due to potential employees wanting to work with Dr. Eli David,” the company wrote in filings with the SEC. Edmundo Gonzalez, Marpai Health’s CEO, told The Daily Beast this week that he was unaware of David’s tweets, but emphasized that David has no involvement in the daily operations of the company and is not on the corporate board. He described David’s role as a “shareholder.”

“[David’s] views and expressions on social media are entirely his own, and not those of Marpai. He is not part of Marpai’s management team, nor is he a member of our board of directors,” Gonzalez told The Daily Beast. “Marpai Health is a third party administrator that currently handles claims for a small percentage of our self-insured members. Dr. David is not employed by Aetna or CVS Health,” a spokesperson for CVS Health told The Daily Beast. “We’re proud to be the leading provider of COVID-19 diagnostic testing and vaccinations, with a focus on underserved communities.”

 

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So?

I blame the media for propping up these frauds.

You should take out that word skepticism in the quote

Aetna AetnaNews

Stop this BS

So why is Aetna aetnahelp AetnaNews still in business with him? Seems problematic at best for them from a PR standpoint and should get FAR more attention than it has. msnbc or CNN something you want to report on too here?

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