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The Sacramento Bee reports:
The head of the California Medical Board says members of an anti-vaccine group known to spread misinformation about COVID-19 treatments targeted her at her home and workplace in Walnut Creek on Monday.
Kristina Lawson, president of the state agency that licenses and disciplines medical doctors, first shared the “terrifying experience” on Twitter Wednesday.
Lawson, through a spokesman, told The Sacramento Bee that the men identified themselves as belonging to a group called America’s Frontline Doctors, a right-wing political organization known to oppose COVID-19 vaccines and offer unproven treatments for those infected with the virus.
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? On Monday, I was followed and confronted by a group that peddles medical disinformation, promotes fake COVID-19 treatments, and is under investigation by Congress for stealing millions of dollars from consumers. It was a terrifying experience. /1
— Kristina Lawson (@kdlaw) December 8, 2021
For context, in addition to my job as the chief executive of a law firm, I am the President of the @MedBoardOfCA. I have served on the Board for 6 years as a gubernatorial appointee. /2
— Kristina Lawson (@kdlaw) December 8, 2021
To start the day, the group parked their rental SUV near the end of my driveway, and then flew a drone over my house. They watched my daughter drive herself to school and watched me walk out of my house, get in my car, and take my two kids to school. /3
— Kristina Lawson (@kdlaw) December 8, 2021
At least one of the members of the group had flown across the country to stake me out. They followed me to work, and parked the SUV head-to-head with my car in the parking garage that is attached to my office building. /4
— Kristina Lawson (@kdlaw) December 8, 2021
That evening, when I left the office building and entered the parking garage four men jumped out of the SUV with cameras and recording equipment and confronted me as I tried to get into my car to drive home. /5
— Kristina Lawson (@kdlaw) December 8, 2021
When contacted by law enforcement, the group indicated that it just wanted to interview me. Not surprisingly, they never contacted the Board’s press office to request an interview. They also never contacted the company I work for or me directly to ask for an interview. /6
— Kristina Lawson (@kdlaw) December 8, 2021
Instead, they ambushed me in a dark parking garage when they suspected I would be alone. The private investigator traveling with them told law enforcement they are producing a video about me that will include footage of my house and neighborhood, and, of course, me. /7
— Kristina Lawson (@kdlaw) December 8, 2021