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Peter McCullough 質疑疫苗 被打壓

彼得·安德魯·麥卡洛

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_A._McCullough

1962年12月29日(62歲),美國紐約州布法羅

貝勒大學(理學學士),德克薩斯大學西南醫學中心(醫學博士)及密歇根大學(公共衛生碩士)

學科:醫學,心臟病學分支學科,內科

彼得·安德魯·麥卡洛(生於1962年12月29日)是一位美國前心臟病專家。他曾任貝勒大學醫學中心內科副主任和德克薩斯A&M大學教授。自新冠疫情爆發以來,麥卡洛就一直在散布有關新冠疫情、其治療方法以及mRNA疫苗的錯誤信息和陰謀論。

2022年10月,美國內科醫學委員會 (ABIM) 建議撤銷麥卡洛的委員會認證,原因是他宣傳有關新冠疫苗的錯誤信息[7][8]。到2025年1月,ABIM已撤銷了他的兩項認證[9][10]。

早年生活和教育

彼得·安德魯·麥卡洛於1962年12月29日出生於紐約州布法羅。他於1984年獲得貝勒大學理學學士學位,並於1988年獲得德克薩斯大學西南醫學中心醫學博士(MD)學位。他在西雅圖華盛頓大學完成了內科住院醫師培訓,並於1991年獲得心臟病學專科培訓。之後,他在密歇根州格雷林從事了兩年的內科工作,之後進入密歇根大學公共衛生學院學習,並於1994年獲得公共衛生碩士(MPH)學位。

職業生涯

獲得公共衛生碩士學位後,麥卡洛在底特律大都會區威廉·博蒙特醫院擔任心血管專科研究員,直至1997年。之後,他在底特律亨利·福特心血管研究所工作至2000年,並擔任密蘇里大學堪薩斯城醫學院心臟病科主任。之後,他於2002年至2010年回到威廉·博蒙特醫院工作。隨後四年,他擔任底特律聖約翰普羅維登斯醫療系統的首席學術和科學官,之後於2014年加入貝勒大學醫學中心。

2021年2月,麥卡洛與貝勒斯科特和懷特醫療中心簽署了一份保密離職協議。7月,貝勒大學因麥卡洛散布有關新冠肺炎的虛假信息而起訴麥卡洛,以阻止他謊稱與貝勒醫療有任何關聯。2023年1月17日,德克薩斯州達拉斯縣第191司法地區法院駁回了此案。雖然具體細節尚未披露,但據《德克薩斯人報》報道,“通常在達成和解協議後,才會主動撤銷有偏見的訴訟請求。”

麥卡洛是美國心腎學會(現已解散)的創始人之一,並於2021年擔任會長。該學會的期刊《心腎醫學》(Cardiorenal Medicine)也擔任聯合主編,同時還是《心血管醫學評論》(Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine)的編輯。他開展了多項關於跑步與心臟病的研究,並共同描述了“菲迪皮德斯心肌病”(Phidippides cardiomyopathy),這是一種在一些高耐力運動員中發現的心臟病。 麥卡洛的其他研究項目包括心臟病與腎臟疾病之間的關係以及心臟病的風險因素。他是保守派倡導組織美國醫師和外科醫生協會的成員,並宣揚該組織所倡導的陰謀論。

COVID-19

在 COVID-19 疫情期間,麥卡洛倡導使用信譽不佳的羥氯喹和伊維菌素進行早期治療,批評了美國國立衛生研究院和美國食品藥品監督管理局的應對措施,不同意公共衛生建議,並助長了 COVID-19 的錯誤信息傳播。

羥氯喹的早期倡導

2020 年 4 月,麥卡洛領導了貝勒斯科特和懷特醫療中心一項關於羥氯喹治療 COVID-19 的研究。麥卡洛告訴《華爾街日報》,公共衛生危機的緊迫性使得在醫學研究的最佳實踐上做出妥協是合理的。7月,在主要研究發現羥氯喹對新冠肺炎無效,且美國食品藥品監督管理局(FDA)撤銷了其緊急使用授權(EUA)後,麥卡洛支持第二次EUA。

2020年8月,麥卡洛與耶魯大學公共衛生學院的哈維·里施及其合著者在《美國醫學雜誌》上發表了一項觀察性研究,提出了一種新冠肺炎的早期門診治療方案。[38] 基於先前的證據,該文章對治療門診新冠肺炎患者提出了建議,但未提供任何新證據。該文章在社交媒體上被分享,主要由此前發布過新冠肺炎虛假信息的團體發布,這些團體錯誤地將該文章解讀為……

該期刊官方認可羥氯喹可作為新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 的治療方法。巴西衛生部在其網站上認可了這篇文章,導致巴西出現了嚴重的新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 錯誤信息問題。 這篇文章在致編輯的信中受到了批評;編輯們回應說,文章中包含一些“充滿希望的推測……去年夏天基於實驗室實驗看似合理的推測後來被證明是不真實的”。

麥卡洛和里施是委員會主席羅恩·約翰遜參議員傳喚的三名證人中的兩位,他們被要求在2020年11月舉行的美國參議院國土安全和政府事務委員會關於新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 治療的聽證會上作證。麥卡洛作證支持保持社交距離、接種疫苗以及包括羥氯喹在內的有爭議的治療方法。布朗大學公共衛生學院院長阿希什·賈(Ashish Jha)應資深成員的傳喚出庭作證,他表示,“基於壓倒性的證據,醫學界和科學界的明確共識”是羥氯喹對治療新冠肺炎無效。麥卡洛表示,賈正在傳播錯誤信息,賈對該藥物的反對“對國家來說是魯莽且危險的”。賈在《紐約時報》的評論版上回應道:“通過舉證那些看似聰明卻支持毫無根據的療法的證人,我們冒着危及一個世紀以來醫學進步的風險。”

新冠肺炎錯誤信息

麥卡洛的一些公開聲明助長了新冠肺炎錯誤信息的傳播。

2021年3月,麥卡洛在德克薩斯州參議院一個委員會作證時,視頻被邊緣組織美國醫師和外科醫生協會發布到YouTube上。視頻中,他對新冠肺炎和新冠肺炎疫苗做出了虛假陳述,包括聲稱50歲以下人群和倖存者不需要接種疫苗,以及沒有證據表明新冠肺炎會無症狀傳播。

2021年4月,麥卡洛接受了右翼組織約翰·伯奇協會旗下雜誌《新美國人》的採訪,該採訪發布在加拿大在線視頻分享平台Rumble上。在採訪中,他傳播了反疫苗接種的言論,包括謊稱新冠肺炎疫苗造成了大量死亡。2021年5月,麥卡洛在一次採訪中聲稱,新冠肺炎和新冠肺炎疫苗“不準確、具有誤導性和/或缺乏證據支持”,包括聲稱倖存者不會再次感染,因此無需接種疫苗,以及疫苗具有危險性。

在電視節目中,麥卡洛與公共衛生建議相悖,例如,當被問及新冠肺炎在兒童中迅速傳播時,他暗示30歲以下的健康人無需接種疫苗;當被問及疫苗誘導免疫與“自然”(倖存者)免疫的相對優劣時,他質疑接種疫苗以實現群體免疫的必要性。 2021年12月,麥卡洛出現在《喬·羅根體驗》(Joe Rogan Experience)節目中,宣傳已被揭穿的陰謀論和錯誤信息(例如,新冠疫情是有人策劃的、刺突蛋白會導致細胞死亡、醫療當局正密謀非法抑制羥氯喹和伊維菌素)。

自2022年6月佛羅里達州膳食補充劑和遠程醫療公司The Wellness Company成立以來,麥卡洛一直擔任該公司的首席科學官。[57][58]

2022年10月,美國內科醫學委員會(ABIM)建議撤銷麥卡洛的委員會認證,原因是他宣傳有關新冠疫苗的錯誤信息。[7][8] 到2025年1月,ABIM又撤銷了他的心血管疾病和內科醫學認證。[9][10]

他是2023年一篇綜述的合著者,該綜述題為《新冠疫苗接種後死亡屍檢結果的系統評價》,現已被撤回。[59][60][7][61]

部分出版物

McCullough, Peter A.;Ronco, Claudio 編 (2020)。《心腎醫學教科書》。倫敦:Springer Nature。ISBN 978-3-030-57459-8。
Rangaswami, Janani;Lerma, Edgar V.;McCullough, Peter A. 編 (2020)。《心導管實驗室中的腎臟疾病:一種實用方法》。倫敦:Springer Nature。ISBN 978-3-030-45413-5。
Leake, John;McCullough, Peter A.;Kennedy, Robert F. Jr. (2022)。直面新冠疫情的勇氣:在對抗生物製藥綜合體的同時預防住院和死亡。Skyhorse出版社。ISBN 9781510776807。

COVID-19 mRNA 疫苗:從註冊試驗和全球疫苗接種運動中汲取的經驗教訓

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10810638/

M Nathaniel Mead 1,✉, Stephanie Seneff 2, Russ Wolfinger 3, Jessica Rose 4, Kris Denhaerynck 5, Steve Kirsch 6, Peter A McCullough 7,8

此文章已被撤回。參見 Cureus。2024 年 2 月 26 日;16(2):r137。

摘要

自首批疫苗推出以來,我們對 COVID-19 疫苗及其對健康和死亡率影響的理解已發生重大變化。最初隨機 3 期試驗的已發表報告得出結論,COVID-19 mRNA 疫苗可以顯著減輕 COVID-19 症狀。在此期間,這些關鍵試驗的方法、執行和報告方面的問題也逐漸顯現。對輝瑞試驗數據的重新分析發現,疫苗組的嚴重不良事件 (SAE) 顯著增加。

緊急使用授權 (EUA) 後發現了許多 SAE,包括死亡、癌症、心臟事件以及各種自身免疫、血液、生殖和神經系統疾病。此外,這些產品從未按照先前制定的科學標準進行充分的安全性和毒理學測試。本敘述性綜述討論的其他主要主題包括已發表的關於嚴重人體危害的分析、質量控制問題和工藝相關雜質、不良事件 (AE) 的潛在機制、疫苗無效的免疫學基礎以及基於註冊試驗數據的死亡率趨勢。迄今為止的證據證實的風險-收益不平衡表明,進一步加強注射是禁忌的,並建議至少在進行適當的安全性和毒理學研究之前,應將 mRNA 注射從兒童免疫接種計劃中移除。聯邦機構批准COVID-19 mRNA疫苗進行全民覆蓋,這缺乏對所有相關註冊數據的誠實評估,也缺乏對風險與收益的相應考量。鑑於廣泛且有據可查的嚴重不良事件(SAE)以及令人無法接受的高傷害回報比,我們敦促各國政府批准全球暫停使用經修飾的mRNA產品,直至所有與因果關係、殘留DNA和異常蛋白生成相關的問題得到解答。

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA 疫苗的先天免疫抑制:G-四鏈體、外泌體和微小RNA的作用

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027869152200206X

致編輯的信:“SARS-CoV-2 mRNA 疫苗的先天免疫抑制:G-四鏈體、外泌體和微小RNA的作用”:關於本文有效性的重要擔憂

《食品與化學毒理學》,第178卷,2023年8月,第113897頁
Jérôme Barrière、Fabrice Frank、Lonni Besancon、Alexander Samuel、Véronique Saada、Eric Billy、Abraham Al-Ahmad、Nans Florens、Barbara Seitz-Polski、Jacques Robert

亮點

  1. mRNA 疫苗促進 SARS-CoV-2 刺突蛋白的持續合成蛋白。

  2. 刺突蛋白具有神經毒性,它會損害DNA修復機制。

  3. 抑制I型干擾素反應會導致先天免疫受損。

  4. mRNA疫苗可能會增加感染性疾病和癌症的風險。

  5. 密碼子優化會導致富含G的mRNA,其具有不可預測的複雜效應。

摘要

mRNA SARS-CoV-2疫苗是為了應對新冠肺炎(Covid-19)的公共衛生危機而推向市場的。mRNA疫苗在感染性疾病領域的應用史無前例。疫苗mRNA的諸多改變使其躲避細胞防禦,並延長了生物半衰期並提高了刺突蛋白的產量。然而,對疫苗的免疫反應與對SARS-CoV-2感染的免疫反應截然不同。

本文提出證據表明,疫苗接種會嚴重損害I型干擾素信號傳導,這會對人類健康產生多種不利後果。吸收了疫苗納米顆粒的免疫細胞會釋放大量含有刺突蛋白的外泌體以及關鍵的microRNA,這些microRNA會在遠處的受體細胞中誘導信號傳導反應。我們還發現,在蛋白質合成和癌症監測的調控方面存在潛在的嚴重紊亂。這些紊亂可能與神經退行性疾病、心肌炎、免疫性血小板減少症、貝爾氏麻痹症、肝病、適應性免疫功能受損、DNA損傷反應受損以及腫瘤發生存在因果關係。我們從疫苗接種與死亡報告系統(VAERS)數據庫中提供了證據,支持我們的假設。我們認為,對mRNA疫苗進行全面的風險/收益評估,對其作為公共衛生積極貢獻者的地位提出了質疑。

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines: Lessons Learned from the Registrational Trials and Global Vaccination Campaign

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10810638/

M Nathaniel Mead 1,✉, Stephanie Seneff 2, Russ Wolfinger 3, Jessica Rose 4, Kris Denhaerynck 5, Steve Kirsch 6, Peter A McCullough 7,8

his article has been retracted. See Cureus. 2024 Feb 26;16(2):r137.

Abstract

Our understanding of COVID-19 vaccinations and their impact on health and mortality has evolved substantially since the first vaccine rollouts. Published reports from the original randomized phase 3 trials concluded that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could greatly reduce COVID-19 symptoms. In the interim, problems with the methods, execution, and reporting of these pivotal trials have emerged. Re-analysis of the Pfizer trial data identified statistically significant increases in serious adverse events (SAEs) in the vaccine group. Numerous SAEs were identified following the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), including death, cancer, cardiac events, and various autoimmune, hematological, reproductive, and neurological disorders. Furthermore, these products never underwent adequate safety and toxicological testing in accordance with previously established scientific standards. Among the other major topics addressed in this narrative review are the published analyses of serious harms to humans, quality control issues and process-related impurities, mechanisms underlying adverse events (AEs), the immunologic basis for vaccine inefficacy, and concerning mortality trends based on the registrational trial data. The risk-benefit imbalance substantiated by the evidence to date contraindicates further booster injections and suggests that, at a minimum, the mRNA injections should be removed from the childhood immunization program until proper safety and toxicological studies are conducted. Federal agency approval of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines on a blanket-coverage population-wide basis had no support from an honest assessment of all relevant registrational data and commensurate consideration of risks versus benefits. Given the extensive, well-documented SAEs and unacceptably high harm-to-reward ratio, we urge governments to endorse a global moratorium on the modified mRNA products until all relevant questions pertaining to causality, residual DNA, and aberrant protein production are answered.

Innate immune suppression by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations: The role of G-quadruplexes, exosomes, and MicroRNAs

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027869152200206X

Letter to Editor “Innate immune suppression by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations: The role of G-quadruplexes, exosomes, and MicroRNAs”: Important concerns on the validity of this article

Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 178, August 2023, Pages 113897

Jérôme Barrière, Fabrice Frank, Lonni Besancon, Alexander Samuel, Véronique Saada, Eric Billy, Abraham Al-Ahmad, Nans Florens, Barbara Seitz-Polski, Jacques Robert

Highlights

  • mRNA vaccines promote sustained synthesis of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein.

  • The spike protein is neurotoxic, and it impairs DNA repair mechanisms.

  • Suppression of type I interferon responses results in impaired innate immunity.

  • The mRNA vaccines potentially cause increased risk to infectious diseases and cancer.

  • Codon optimization results in G-rich mRNA that has unpredictable complex effects.

Abstract

The mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines were brought to market in response to the public health crises of Covid-19. The utilization of mRNA vaccines in the context of infectious disease has no precedent. The many alterations in the vaccine mRNA hide the mRNA from cellular defenses and promote a longer biological half-life and high production of spike protein. However, the immune response to the vaccine is very different from that to a SARS-CoV-2 infection. In this paper, we present evidence that vaccination induces a profound impairment in type I interferon signaling, which has diverse adverse consequences to human health. Immune cells that have taken up the vaccine nanoparticles release into circulation large numbers of exosomes containing spike protein along with critical microRNAs that induce a signaling response in recipient cells at distant sites. We also identify potential profound disturbances in regulatory control of protein synthesis and cancer surveillance. These disturbances potentially have a causal link to neurodegenerative diseasemyocarditis, immune thrombocytopenia, Bell's palsy, liver disease, impaired adaptive immunity, impaired DNA damage response and tumorigenesis. We show evidence from the VAERS database supporting our hypothesis. We believe a comprehensive risk/benefit assessment of the mRNA vaccines questions them as positive contributors to public health.

Peter Andrew McCullough

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_A._McCullough

December 29, 1962 (age 62),Buffalo, New York, U.S.

Baylor University (BS),niversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (MD) & University of Michigan (MPH)

Discipline: Medicine,Sub-discipline Cardiology, Internal medicine

Peter Andrew McCullough (/məˈkʌlə/[1]) (born December 29, 1962) is an American former cardiologist.[2] He was vice chief of internal medicine at Baylor University Medical Center and a professor at Texas A&M University.[3] From the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic, McCullough has promoted misinformation and conspiracy theories about COVID-19, its treatments, and mRNA vaccines.[4][5][6]

In October 2022, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) recommended that McCullough's board certifications be revoked due to his promotion of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines,[7][8] and by January 2025, the ABIM had revoked both of his certifications.[9][10]

Early life and education

Peter Andrew McCullough was born in Buffalo, New York, on December 29, 1962.[11] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Baylor University in 1984 and his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 1988.[12] He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, a cardiology fellowship in 1991, and practiced internal medicine in Grayling, Michigan, for two years before enrolling in the University of Michigan School of Public Health, earning a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in 1994.[11][13]

Career

After receiving his MPH, McCullough was a cardiovascular fellow at William Beaumont Hospital in the Detroit metropolitan area until 1997. He then worked at the Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute in Detroit until 2000, served as section chief of cardiology of the University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Medicine, and returned to William Beaumont Hospital where he worked from 2002 to 2010.[11] He spent the next four years as chief academic and scientific officer of the St. John Providence Health System, Detroit, before joining the Baylor University Medical Center in 2014.[11][13]

In February 2021, McCullough entered into a confidential separation agreement with Baylor Scott & White Medical Center. In July, in response to his promotion of misinformation about COVID-19, Baylor sued McCullough to prevent him falsely claiming any current association with Baylor Health.[14][15][5] On January 17, 2023, the 191st Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas dismissed the case. While details were not disclosed, according to The Texan, "[v]oluntary dismissal of claims with prejudice are usually entered after a settlement agreement has been reached."[16]

McCullough is a founder and (as of 2021) president of the now defunct[17] Cardio Renal Society of America[13][18] and co-editor-in-chief of Cardiorenal Medicine, the society's journal,[citation needed] and also editor of Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine.[19][20] He has conducted several studies on running and heart disease,[21] and co-described the term Phidippides cardiomyopathy, a heart condition found in some high endurance athletes.[22][23][24] McCullough's other research projects have included the relationship between heart disease and kidney disease and risk factors for heart disease.[25][26] He is a member of the conservative advocacy group Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and has advocated conspiracy theories promoted by the group.[27][3][28]

COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, McCullough advocated for early treatment using the discredited treatments hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin,[29][30][28] criticized the response of the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration,[29] dissented from public health recommendations,[31][28][32] and contributed to COVID-19 misinformation.[33][34][35]

Early advocacy for hydroxychloroquine

In April 2020, McCullough led a study of the medication hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 for the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center. McCullough told The Wall Street Journal that the urgency of the public health crisis justified compromises on best practices in medical research.[36][37] In July, after major studies found hydroxychloroquine was ineffective against COVID-19 and the Food and Drug Administration revoked its emergency use authorization (EUA), McCullough supported a second EUA.[29]

In August 2020, McCullough, Harvey Risch of the Yale School of Public Health, and co-authors published an observational study proposing an early outpatient treatment regimen for COVID-19 in the American Journal of Medicine.[38] Based on previous evidence, the article made recommendations for treating ambulatory COVID-19 patients, but presented no new evidence. The article was shared on social media, mainly by groups which had previously published COVID-19 misinformation, in posts falsely interpreting the publication as an official endorsement by the journal itself of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19.[39][40][41] The Ministry of Health of Brazil endorsed the article on its website, contributing to a severe COVID-19 misinformation problem in Brazil.[39][42][43] The article was criticized in letters to the editors;[44][45][46][47][48] the editors responded that the article included some "hopeful speculations ... What seemed reasonable last summer based on laboratory experiments has subsequently been shown to be untrue".[40][43]

McCullough and Risch were two of three witnesses called by committee chair Senator Ron Johnson to testify before a United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on COVID-19 treatments held in November 2020. McCullough testified in support of social distancing, vaccination, and controversial treatments, including hydroxychloroquine. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, called to testify by the ranking member, said the "clear consensus in the medical and scientific community, based on overwhelming evidence" is that hydroxychloroquine is ineffective as a treatment for COVID-19. McCullough said Jha was promoting misinformation and Jha's opposition to the drug was "reckless and dangerous for the nation".[30][49][50][51] Jha responded on The New York Times opinion page, "By elevating witnesses who sound smart but endorse unfounded therapies, we risk jeopardizing a century's work of medical progress."[52]

COVID-19 misinformation

Some of McCullough's public statements contributed to the spread of COVID-19 misinformation.[4][5]

McCullough testified before a committee of the Texas Senate in March 2021, posted to YouTube by the fringe Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, in which he made false claims about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines, including that people under 50 years of age and survivors do not need the vaccine and that there is no evidence of asymptomatic spread of COVID-19.[33]

Posted on the Canadian online video sharing platform Rumble, McCullough gave an interview in April 2021 to The New American, the magazine of the right-wing John Birch Society, in which he advanced anti-vaccination messaging, including falsely claiming huge numbers of fatalities attributed to the COVID-19 vaccines.[28] In May 2021, McCullough gave an interview in which he made claims about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines which were "inaccurate, misleading and/or unsupported by evidence", including that survivors cannot be re-infected and so do not require vaccination and that the vaccines are dangerous.[34]

During television appearances, McCullough contradicted public health recommendations, including when asked about the aggressive spread of COVID-19 among children, by suggesting that healthy persons under 30 had no need for a vaccine,[35][53] and when asked about the relative merits of vaccination-induced immunity versus "natural" (survivor) immunity, by disputing the necessity of vaccinations to achieve herd immunity.[4][27][54][55] In December 2021, McCullough appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience promoting debunked conspiracy theories and misinformation (e.g. the COVID-19 pandemic was planned, the spike protein causes cell death, medical authorities are conspiring to illegitimately suppress hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin).[31][32][56]

McCullough has served as Chief Scientific Officer for The Wellness Company, a Florida-based dietary supplement and telehealth company, since its founding in June 2022.[57][58]

In October 2022, the American Board of Internal Medicine recommended that McCullough's board certifications be revoked due to his promotion of misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines,[7][8] and by January 2025, the ABIM had revoked his certifications for Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine.[9][10]

He is a co-author of a 2023 review, "A systematic review of autopsy findings in deaths after COVID-19 vaccination", that was retracted.[59][60][7][61]

Selected publications


 
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