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Oregon Doctor's License Revoked Over Refusal to Wear Mask During Pandemic
The Oregon Medical Board issued an emergency suspension after finding that Steven LaTulippe "engaged in unprofessional conduct or dishonorable conduct"
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The medical license of an Oregon doctor who refused to wear a face mask despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has been revoked weeks after a video surfaced of him dismissing Covid-19 as a "common cold," NBC News reports.
Steven LaTulippe made the comments Nov. 7 during a "Stop the Steal" rally in support of President Donald Trump outside the State Capitol in Salem.
"I want to expose what I call corona mania," LaTulippe said in a video posted on YouTube by the political group Multnomah County Republicans.
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/coronavirus/oregon-doctors-license-revoked-over-refusal-to-wear-mask-during-pandemic/5622150/
CurtEastPoint
(18,668 posts)According to the emergency suspension, LaTulippe in July allegedly told a patient who asked for guidance on when to get tested for the coronavirus that asymptomatic people should not be tested and that wearing a mask does not prevent transmission. LaTulippe directed the patient not to self-isolate because being around other people would provide immunity from Covid-19, according to the state board's document.
MontanaMama
(23,344 posts)These people are dangerous nutcases.
Bayard
(22,172 posts)Like they can ward off the virus the same way you ward off a vampire.
This man is a dangerous idiot. Wonder how many of his patients were infected?
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,014 posts)Meanwhile, in my very clean, very masked and eye shielded and PPE protected hospital, we are experiencing small outbreaks among staff, one traced to a patient that first tested negative then convert, and nursing students. Just here and there. This shit is incredibly contagious