In his post, Bosslet says that there are some nuggets of truth in what Stock says. The data on the effectiveness of masks is largely observational up to this point, he said. It suggests that they are helpful, although probably not as much as we would like.
And, Bosslet said, many people do think that some version of the virus will continue to circulate. What he gets wrong, though, is the science around the vaccine’s impact. The vaccine is preventing people from getting severely ill, from dying and it’s working well, Bosslet said. It’s the only way forward.
“I can see why a video like this is popular,” he said. “This physician is well-spoken and clearly had a command of the audience that was impressive. The performance was really well done. But when you drill down to the substance that was said, this is the same tired, fringe stuff that we have heard for the last year.”
One video of Stock's six-minute speech was taken down earlier this week from YouTube for "violating YouTube's community guidelines" after it had received more than half a million views. The video of the full school board meeting, posted to the district's official YouTube page, has more than 550,000 views. Most of its meetings receive just a few hundred.
The problem isn't just with the internet audience he has captivated. Stock has taken his message to at least two local school board meetings, urging board members to resist adopting stricter COVID-19 safety protocols. Last month, the Greenfield Daily Reporter quoted Stock delivering a similar message to the Greenfield-Central Schools board.
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