On March 26, talk show host Mark Levin was called by a woman who told him about a New York State health order that required nursing homes to accept recovering coronavirus patients discharged from hospitals. Levin’s show is one of the most listened to radio programs and podcastsin the U.S.

The caller identified herself as Elaine and described herself as a physician and medical director in a long-term care facility in New Rochelle, a coronavirus hotspot at that time. Elaine said:

Citing its “Community Guidelines,” YouTube took down a viral video of two California doctors holding a press conference in which they disputed the need for quarantines, the closures of businesses and even the need for masks.

The doctors, Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi of Bakersfield, California, discussed their findings based on their clinical experience and treatment of over 5,000 COVID-19 patients. Claiming that government and medical authorities had ramped up fear with dire predictions of over two million deaths in the U.S. alone, the doctors observed that people were not going to the hospital for other necessary treatments and operations not related to COVID-19. People suffering heart attacks and strokes were not calling for ambulances, for example, putting their lives in further jeopardy. Emergency rooms are nearly empty around the country, the doctors pointed out, as people needing emergency treatment feared exposure to COVID-19. That’s not a good thing. The doctors asked whether anyone is tracking deaths related to these unintended consequences of the coronavirus hype.

There are growing calls to make the abortion pill more readily available to women across the country during the COVID-19 crisis. This is a profound mistake, and one that may potentially result in more women seeking emergency medical attention for abortion pill-related complications.

As reported by The New York Times, “abortion through telemedicine is a quietly growing phenomenon, driven in part by restrictions from conservative states and the Trump administration that have limited access and increased the distance many women must travel to abortion clinics.”

This is both true, but also a bit misleading. ThoughTexas did successfully ban abortions for a small period of time, the state has now rescinded this order. Other states have attempted to institute bans on surgical abortions, but not all have been successful and the abortion pill is still readily available. In fact, some Planned Parenthood locations have closed due to the pandemic, not because of “restrictions from conservative states.”