UCLA Anesthesiologist livestreams himself being escorted away rather than accept vaccination

[Big Swinging Doc]

UCLA anesthesiologist, vocal against COVID vaccine mandates, is escorted out of workplace

UCLA anesthesiologist Dr. Christopher B. Rake was escorted out of his workplace for not being vaccinated against COVID-19.

www.latimes.com

I wonder how he got hospital credentials (to say nothing of access to primary, secondary, collegiate, or medical school) without Hepatitis B, MMR, and DTaP. Or was there no social media audience to witness his grandstanding back then?

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[Southpaw]

It’s only the covid vaccine that infringes upon ones freedom and liberty. The rest of the required vaccines? Oh they’re fine.

 

[Southpaw]

 

[chessknt]

UCLA anesthesiologist, vocal against COVID vaccine mandates, is escorted out of workplace

UCLA anesthesiologist Dr. Christopher B. Rake was escorted out of his workplace for not being vaccinated against COVID-19.

www.latimes.com

I wonder how he got hospital credentials (to say nothing of access to primary, secondary, collegiate, or medical school) without Hepatitis B, MMR, and DTaP. Or was there no social media audience to witness his grandstanding back then?

This guy did it without social media, it is about standing up for your

 

[nimbus]

LA Times:

“This is what happens when you stand up for freedom and when you show up to work, willing to work, despite being unvaccinated, and this is the price you have to pay sometimes,” he says. “But what they don’t realize is that I’m willing to lose everything — job, paycheck, freedom, even my life for this cause.”



The Onion:

“On the plus side, if get vaccinated, I could get to continue to live my life healthy and happy with no drawbacks, but is that really worth giving up the right to die while out of work?” said the healthcare worker, who had spent the past weeks agonizing over a long list of pros and cons of getting vaccinated that she had written up for each side of the issue. “On one hand, I have way more items listed under the pros column, like ‘keep job,’ ‘protect others,’ and ‘protect myself,’ but on the other, I have ‘freedom’ written in big red letters, circled, and underlined multiple times. I’m pretty torn between the two. Who would issue such a cruel ultimatum?”

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www.theonion.com

 

[IlDestriero]

He picked a strange hill to die on.
Good luck!

 

[anonperson]

Dr. Rake was on a local Southern California radio show to discuss his situation.

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Sheriff Alex Villanueva comes on the show to discuss the progress he has made with clearing the homeless encampment near the VA in Brentwood. What exemptions are going to be allowed for students to not get the COVID-19 vaccine? Dr. Christopher Rake comes on the show to talk about being escorted...

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[Guillemot]

Rake is an apt name for someone that is such a tool.

 

[DrOwnage]

I worked with Dr. Rake as a resident and talked to the guy many times... He was a staff anesthesiologist at UCLA. Never had any issues, was well liked by everyone. I think all of this stemmed from the fact he got a lot of social media kickback from attending an anti-vax rally in Santa Monica and did some Q-ANON chant when he gave a small speech.

 

[GassYous]

So are they hiring now

 

[nimbus]

I worked with Dr. Rake as a resident and talked to the guy many times... He was a staff anesthesiologist at UCLA. Never had any issues, was well liked by everyone. I think all of this stemmed from the fact he got a lot of social media kickback from attending an anti-vax rally in Santa Monica and did some Q-ANON chant when he gave a small speech.

It’s sad that he disrupted his own life over this. Politics has made some previously reasonable people crazy. I have experienced this in my own family. I wonder what his family thinks of this.

 

[Endee]

Take stupid position + make a scene + find a way to get cancelled/fired/etc for it = Profit.

 

[Blockit]

He’s not representing science. He’s basically acknowledging to everyone that he’s ignoring everything he learned in medical school because it’s more important to him to get famous and become a martyr for a very stupid cause.
I ain’t got time for that.

 

[Volatile]

Who gives a **** 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[Goro]

He’s not representing science. He’s basically acknowledging to everyone that he’s ignoring everything he learned in medical school because it’s more important to him to get famous and become a martyr for a very stupid cause.
I ain’t got time for that.

He must have failed his Med Micro, Biostats, and Epidemiology courses.

 

[repititionition]

So are they hiring now

Yes.

 

[USCTrojan11]

So are they hiring now

They always are, they are more than happy to take anyone who is willing to accept the peanuts they're offering. For reference, our CRNAs in an ACT model make $100k more than a friend of mine who is double fellowship trained in cardiac/icu there. You better really LOVE academics

 

[nimbus]

They always are, they are more than happy to take anyone who is willing to accept the peanuts they're offering. For reference, our CRNAs in an ACT model make $100k more than a friend of mine who is double fellowship trained in cardiac/icu there. You better really LOVE academics

The county hospitals (Harbor , Olive View) are the places to be if you want to make money. But they have a lot of old timers and low turnover for good reason.

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[We'llBeDoneIn15Minutes]

They always are, they are more than happy to take anyone who is willing to accept the peanuts they're offering. For reference, our CRNAs in an ACT model make $100k more than a friend of mine who is double fellowship trained in cardiac/icu there. You better really LOVE academics

How bad is it? What's the starting yearly salary for a Generalist?

 

[GassYous]

They always are, they are more than happy to take anyone who is willing to accept the peanuts they're offering. For reference, our CRNAs in an ACT model make $100k more than a friend of mine who is double fellowship trained in cardiac/icu there. You better really LOVE academics

Why don't you hire your friend as a crna and save 100k

 

[nimbus]

How bad is it? What's the starting yearly salary for a Generalist?

Looks to be about $200k

 

[Justice4all]

?200k with 24 weeks vacation hopefully

 

[repititionition]

average person taking average call at UCLA does mid 400’s. Low/no call takers do mid 300’s. The hustlers scratch at high 500’s.

The base salary published is for 7-330, four days a week. All hours and days in addition to that pays more.

 

[nimbus]

average person taking average call at UCLA does mid 400’s. Low/no call takers do mid 300’s. The hustlers scratch at high 500’s.

The base salary published is for 7-330, four days a week. All hours and days in addition to that pays more.

The transparent California link shows his total compensation around 200k but maybe he’s also compensated through non state funds too (eg VA).

 

[DrOwnage]

He was always staff, per diem. Not full time there. so that 200k is part time work salary. Can confirm the numbers repitiontion said above. The base salary is 235k for 4 days a week with incentive pay for call.

 

[We'llBeDoneIn15Minutes]

Looks to be about $200k

Thank you. That is horrible.

 

[pgg]

Why don't you hire your friend as a crna and save 100k

I'm betting that despite his username he's not in LA and his friend won't leave LA.

 

[We'llBeDoneIn15Minutes]

He was always staff, per diem. Not full time there. so that 200k is part time work salary. Can confirm the numbers repitiontion said above. The base salary is 235k for 4 days a week with incentive pay for call.

Ok, that sounds much better.

 

[USCTrojan11]

I'm betting that despite his username he's not in LA and his friend won't leave LA.

You would be correct

 

[nimbus]

average person taking average call at UCLA does mid 400’s. Low/no call takers do mid 300’s. The hustlers scratch at high 500’s.

The base salary published is for 7-330, four days a week. All hours and days in addition to that pays more.

The transparent California link shows his total compensation around 200k but maybe he’s also compensated through non state funds too (eg VA).

I stand corrected. Looks like most faculty are in the 400-500k range including junior folks who were boarded very recently.

 

[Twiggidy]

So are they hiring now

They actually are

 

[Twiggidy]

I stand corrected. Looks like most faculty are in the 400-500k range including junior folks who were boarded very recently.

Now it makes me curious if there’s competition for call and if it’s distributed/redistributed equally. LA hasn’t gotten any cheaper.

 

[DrOwnage]

Now it makes me curious if there’s competition for call and if it’s distributed/redistributed equally. LA hasn’t gotten any cheaper.

Staff physicians like Rake didn't take call. So the call pool is probably the same. Also, some of the older faculty have their regular call shifts that are hard to change since its set. If you were a resident on a weekend you would work with the same small group of attendings usually throughout the year. But then again a lot of people didn't want to take weekend call.

 

[aafisahar]

Take stupid position + make a scene + find a way to get cancelled/fired/etc for it = Profit.

this anti-vaxx **** is all about the grift, guarantee this guy sets up a gofundme type deal and grifts all the poor suckers for sticking up for "freedom"

 

[deleted126335]

this anti-vaxx **** is all about the grift, guarantee this guy sets up a gofundme type deal and grifts all the poor suckers for sticking up for "freedom"

Nah, I think some of them are true believers. Never forget that educated people burned witches, fled their homes because Orson Welles told them that the Martians had landed in NJ, bought Tesla at these levels, paid six figures for NFTs, etc.

 

[nimbus]

The guy will have to move out of state in order continue working since the vaccine mandate is statewide.

 

[yappy]

He’s not representing science. He’s basically acknowledging to everyone that he’s ignoring everything he learned in medical school because it’s more important to him to get famous and become a martyr for a very stupid cause.
I ain’t got time for that.

At my institution they allow people to accept or deny the flu vaccine as long as they sign a release of liability. This is not the case with COVID. They also allow for titers to be used interchangeably for vaccination records. Also not the case for COVID. Covid policies go beyond claims about science and have entered the arena of governance. The reason COVID is treated differently is because the powers that be are trying to engineer a situation where people are effectively compelled to vaccinate. This goes beyond hospital workers and has affected society at large in places where no vaccines were necessary in the past.
I don't think it's for evil purposes like the q-dorks say, but it isn't about the "science". Many people understand this and do not like it. Others understand this and like it because it identifies, and punishes, people they don't agree with.

 

[VA Hopeful Dr]

At my institution they allow people to accept or deny the flu vaccine as long as they sign a release of liability. This is not the case with COVID. They also allow for titers to be used interchangeably for vaccination records. Also not the case for COVID. Covid policies go beyond claims about science and have entered the arena of governance. The reason COVID is treated differently is because the powers that be are trying to engineer a situation where people are effectively compelled to vaccinate. This goes beyond hospital workers and has affected society at large in places where no vaccines were necessary in the past.
I don't think it's for evil purposes like the q-dorks say, but it isn't about the "science". Many people understand this and do not like it. Others understand this and like it because it identifies, and punishes, people they don't agree with.

My residency hospital required flu vaccines every year, no exceptions period.

We only use titers for illnesses where titers show proof of long term immunity.

 

[pgg]

At my institution they allow people to accept or deny the flu vaccine as long as they sign a release of liability. This is not the case with COVID. They also allow for titers to be used interchangeably for vaccination records. Also not the case for COVID. Covid policies go beyond claims about science and have entered the arena of governance. The reason COVID is treated differently is because the powers that be are trying to engineer a situation where people are effectively compelled to vaccinate. This goes beyond hospital workers and has affected society at large in places where no vaccines were necessary in the past.
I don't think it's for evil purposes like the q-dorks say, but it isn't about the "science". Many people understand this and do not like it. Others understand this and like it because it identifies, and punishes, people they don't agree with.

Aren't we a little far along in this thing to still be trotting out the "just like the flu" line?

I don't know about you, but I can't make it through a week without trach'ing and PEG'ing some dumb antivaxxer who's dying in the unit. I can count on, lessee, carry the one, nope, exactly zero fingers, the number of ICU patients with the flu that I've rolled to and from the OR this ENTIRE YEAR.

The flu vaccine isn't optional anywhere I work, either. Unless I wanted to lie about having had Guillain-Barré or the like to avoid it, which I wouldn't, because I'm a doctor and a trained scientist, not some antivax ***** fabricating excuses or sudden religious ideas to avoid getting it so I could be a vector in a hospital full of sick and immunocompromised people.

 

[USCTrojan11]

Nah, I think some of them are true believers. Never forget that educated people burned witches, fled their homes because Orson Welles told them that the Martians had landed in NJ, bought Tesla at these levels, paid six figures for NFTs, etc.

Just bumping for effect - up 20% since this post. At some point people have to understand that valuation is strictly driven by hype and demand - not some BS fundamentals for these meme stocks. Kathie Wood is laughing all the way to the bank

 

[nimbus]

Just bumping for effect - up 20% since this post. At some point people have to understand that valuation is strictly driven by hype and demand - not some BS fundamentals for these meme stocks. Kathie Wood is laughing all the way to the bank

Seems like her style of investing pays off in the Fall.