Austin, TX, 22 seconds ago — Dr. Peter McCullough, a respected and highly-published cardiologist from Dallas, was informed successful a caller missive from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) that they volition revoke his certifications successful interior medicine and cardiovascular disease.
The letter, dated October 18 and obtained by The Epoch Times, stated that the determination was based upon McCullough’s “public statements … astir the purported dangers of, oregon deficiency of justification for, the COVID-19 vaccines.”
McCullough was among the archetypal to people an aboriginal outpatient attraction protocol for COVID-19, and has raised concerns astir the information and efficacy of the emergency-authorized vaccines. He has been published successful assorted aesculapian journals implicit 1,000 times.
The ABIM’s Credentials and Certification Committee notified McCullough that the revocation process was being considered successful May earlier the radical met successful July to see the matter.
They cited his testimony earlier the Texas Senate Committee connected Health and Human Services successful March 2021. The ABIM committee took contented with McCullough saying determination is “no technological rationale” for steadfast radical nether 50 to person a COVID-19 vaccine.
In June, McCullough sent a missive asking for the substance to beryllium dismissed, oregon for the close to beryllium contiguous and enactment oregon person ineligible counsel present. He was not granted that right.
The committee said successful its deliberation that it focused connected McCullough’s assertion astir negligible mortality risks for those nether the property of 50 oregon 60, countering with CDC reports that much than 71,000 Americans nether 50 died of the disease.
They besides stated that his assertion that tens of thousands person died from vaccines, based connected Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) data, was “not supported by VAERS information oregon immoderate different reliable source.”
“For these reasons, the [Credentials and Certification Committee] recovered that you person provided mendacious oregon inaccurate aesculapian accusation to the public,” the committee seat wrote, adding that McCullough’s statements questioning the vaccine “pose superior concerns for diligent safety.”
The missive further explained that McCullough has the close to entreaty the revocation of his credentials by November 18 oregon it becomes final.
If helium requests an appeal, it volition beryllium held by a sheet appointed by ABIM and whitethorn beryllium successful idiosyncratic oregon by phone. The sheet volition dwell of “three autarkic physicians designated by the Board of Directors, astatine slightest 1 of which is simply a subordinate of the Board.”
At the appeal, McCullough whitethorn beryllium represented by counsel and whitethorn contiguous witnesser testimony.
McCullough told The Epoch Times that helium would appeal.
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