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riversedge

(80,811 posts)
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 03:17 AM Aug 2023

Ohio Doc Who Said COVID-19 Vaccine Was 'Magnetic' Suspended Indefinitely

Source: daily beast



Published Aug. 10, 2023 1:23AM EDT
Sherri Tenpenny Ohio Channel

An Ohio physician who sparked widespread ridicule in 2021 after spreading bizarre COVID-19 vaccine conspiracies to the House Health Committee by claiming the jabs magnetize their hosts and “interface” with cell towers had her medical license indefinitely suspended Wednesday. Anti-vaccine spreader Sherri Tenpenny sparked a firestorm in June, 2021 after making the comments, which saw 350 complaints sent to the State Medical Board. According to Cleveland.com, the board’s decision was not based on the comments, rather on procedural grounds, citing Tenpenny’s refusal to cooperate with investigators during the inquiry. “Dr. Tenpenny, neither you nor any doctor licensed by this board is above the law, and you must comply with the investigation,” said Dr. Jonathan Feibel, an orthopedic surgeon and medical board member, according to the outlet. “You have not done so, and therefore, until you do, your license will be suspended.” A lawyer for Tenpenny, Tom Renz, described the investigation as a form of “harassment” on her “free speech rights.” Tenpenny did not speak after the announcement, however Renz declared, “This appears very much like a lynch mob.”


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I wish RW reporters, TV hosts and their type could be suspended



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Ohio Doc Who Said COVID-19 Vaccine Was 'Magnetic' Suspended Indefinitely (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2023 OP
Dr. Tenpenny is a couple of pennies short . . . Aussie105 Aug 2023 #1
She can say whatever she wants as a private citizen ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #18
Like Gym Jordan doesn't bring enough shame and ridicule to Ohio. mwb970 Aug 2023 #2
Many of us in the Big Ten conference states still moniss Aug 2023 #3
Why did Woody Hayes eat oatmeal from a plate? Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 2023 #4
I used to root for moniss Aug 2023 #6
Ouch. Ray Bruns Aug 2023 #9
Along with the flag, freedom, and patriot; now they've taken over & besmirched First Amendment and NBachers Aug 2023 #5
+1 SouthernDem4ever Aug 2023 #14
Lies from a doctor may be free speech intheflow Aug 2023 #7
Exactly. Free speech all you want, lady, but you'll have to do it while frying fries at McDonald's. tanyev Aug 2023 #10
She has the right to say what she wants as a citizen ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #19
If republicans spent as much time in science class truthisfreedom Aug 2023 #8
You have to be a man ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #20
I miss her BlueIn_W_Pa Aug 2023 #11
Ohio and Fl-higher Covid deaths even after vaccines Marthe48 Aug 2023 #12
Thanks KARMA, little slow, you OK? Brainfodder Aug 2023 #13
Tenpenny, along with RFKjr is one of the biggest misinformation spreaders. Fiendish Thingy Aug 2023 #15
See? "They" are going after everyone. JohnnyRingo Aug 2023 #16
Another republican who let stupidity rule her life. republianmushroom Aug 2023 #17
FAFO maxsolomon Aug 2023 #21

Aussie105

(7,921 posts)
1. Dr. Tenpenny is a couple of pennies short . . .
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 04:09 AM
Aug 2023

Proves the point, you can educate some people but you can't make them think.

Cue the predictable 'harassment' and 'free speech rights' background babble.

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
18. She can say whatever she wants as a private citizen
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 02:06 PM
Aug 2023

But she has no inherent right to a medical license. That's something she has to earn and then maintain by adhering to evidence-based standards and practices. So she can forfeit that license if she'd rather not adhere to the requirements for having her license. Or she can have it revoked for failure to follow said requirements.

Her choice.

moniss

(9,056 posts)
3. Many of us in the Big Ten conference states still
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 04:43 AM
Aug 2023

haven't forgiven Ohio for Woody Hayes. I'm pretty sure somewhere the ghost of Woody is fighting with someone over something. Just for old times' sake.

moniss

(9,056 posts)
6. I used to root for
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 05:50 AM
Aug 2023

Michigan just because of Woody. Just imagine Woody and Bobby Knight out on a drinking binge together at about 3:00 a.m. It might be alright if you could get them to turn on each other otherwise the two of them would be the ultimate in obnoxious drunks.

NBachers

(19,438 posts)
5. Along with the flag, freedom, and patriot; now they've taken over & besmirched First Amendment and
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 05:12 AM
Aug 2023

Free Speech.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,619 posts)
14. +1
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 11:03 AM
Aug 2023

Anyone that lies should first be made to state "This is a lie" then tell there bullshit. They have the right to say it but also must identify it as a lie at the same time - otherwise it doesn't qualify as free speech.

intheflow

(30,179 posts)
7. Lies from a doctor may be free speech
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 06:11 AM
Aug 2023

but medical professionals spreading lies about treatments are dangerous and should be illegal. And of course, like her hero the orange one, if she had cooperated it wouldn’t have to this point. Her actions led her to today, she can cry me a river.

tanyev

(49,297 posts)
10. Exactly. Free speech all you want, lady, but you'll have to do it while frying fries at McDonald's.
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 08:39 AM
Aug 2023

Actually, most McDonald's would probably fire her, too. Your employer doesn't pay you spread loony conspiracy theories while you're on the clock.

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
19. She has the right to say what she wants as a citizen
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 02:25 PM
Aug 2023

That's an inherent right--one that can't be taken from you without just cause.

However, a medical license isn't a right; it's a privilege. The privilege can be taken away for refusing to follow the requirements for the profession. The most important requirement for getting and maintaining a medical license is demonstrating the necessary training in, and adherence to, evidence-based medical standards and practices.

She decided that her delusions mattered to her more than her license, so she can live without that license to her heart's content.

She's now free to spew her nonsense all she wants, but she won't be doing it as a medical professional. Because she isn't one.

truthisfreedom

(23,532 posts)
8. If republicans spent as much time in science class
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 06:21 AM
Aug 2023

as they do learning dirty tricks and controlling women’s bodies…

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
20. You have to be a man
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 02:37 PM
Aug 2023

Otherwise you would know that plenty of traitor thugs have sat through science classes to become doctors, because you'd have first hand experience with how all of that training does absolutely bugger all from curbing the lust for domination over women.

I'll safely state that every woman on DU can tell you horror stories about the many misogynistic traitor party doctors she's encountered over her lifetime.

Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
12. Ohio and Fl-higher Covid deaths even after vaccines
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 09:17 AM
Aug 2023

were available. At least some of those deaths are right on her.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,240 posts)
15. Tenpenny, along with RFKjr is one of the biggest misinformation spreaders.
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 11:04 AM
Aug 2023

Glad to see her reaping the consequences.

republianmushroom

(22,326 posts)
17. Another republican who let stupidity rule her life.
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 12:54 PM
Aug 2023

She deserves to be suspended from practicing medicine.

maxsolomon

(38,729 posts)
21. FAFO
Thu Aug 10, 2023, 10:09 PM
Aug 2023

She'd have gotten a vague reprimand if she'd cooperated. Defiance caused the suspension.

Anyone know what her speciality is?

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