He didn't provide any statistics, let alone fake ones. People dying are not fake statistics.
And no worries about lives getting ruined, doctors have been departingly such states because they worry of any risk that might land them in trouble. Can a doctor get in trouble for recommending prophylactics? Not worth going to prison for.
In addition, as if there was wasn't already a shortage of homegrown doctors, particularly in those states, people simply aren't going to med school or at least they're not attending it in said Red States.
And despite what some folks might think, so what we'll just bring it more Indian or Middle Eastern doctors, well it seems that they might have an aversion to prison also, so not happening.