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Chose to give up his license, rather than follow basic guidelines of safety and take necessary precautions. I am sure some of you will admire his 'principles.'

A doctor from Oregon who said mask-wearing could lead to carbon-dioxide poisoning got his medical license revoked

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  • The Oregon Medical Board has revoked the license of a doctor who refused to wear a mask.

  • Steven Arthur LaTulippe ran a family clinic and was found to give false info about mask-wearing.

  • He told the board he would continue to refuse to follow COVID-19 guidelines like wearing masks.

An Oregon doctor who falsely described carbon-dioxide poisoning as a risk of wearing face masks has had his license revoked.

As of September 2, Steven Arthur LaTulippe was no longer allowed to practice, according to records from the Oregon Medical Board. LaTulippe also received a $10,000 fine.

An investigation conducted by the Oregon Medical Board found that LaTulippe engaged in "8 instances of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, 22 instances of negligence in the practice of medicine, and 5 instances of gross negligence in the practice of medicine."

A report relaying the investigation's findings said LaTulippe's family practice, South View Medical Arts, did not ask patients whether they had been in close contact with someone who exhibited COVID-19 symptoms or tested positive for the disease. The report said LaTulippe had also asked his receptionist to screen people for COVID-19 by looking at their facial expressions rather than asking common screening questions.

"If the patient was 'smiling and happy,' the receptionist was instructed to ask how the patient was feeling," the report said, adding: "If the patient indicated that they 'felt fine' and they were 'not ill,' the receptionist would direct the patient to sit in the waiting area" before heading to an examination room.

Neither LaTulippe nor his wife, who ran the clinic with him, wore a mask from March to December of last year while treating patients, the investigation found. LaTulippe was also found to have told patients they didn't have to wear a mask in the clinic unless they were "acutely ill," "coughing," or "congested."

Masks have been shown to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

Additionally, the report said LaTulippe told older and pediatric patients that mask-wearing was "very dangerous" for them and could exacerbate asthma or "cause or contribute to multiple serious health conditions" including strokes, collapsed lungs, and pneumonia. He also was said to have claimed mask-wearing could lead to carbon-dioxide poisoning, a falsehood debunked in the report.

The report said LaTulippe believed he'd been "a strong asset to the public in educating them on the real facts about this pandemic."

The board originally suspended his license in December. When investigators asked whether he planned to follow COVID-19 protocols like mask-wearing, LaTulippe said no.

"In a choice between losing his medical license versus wearing a mask in his clinic and requiring his patients and staff to wear a mask in his clinic, he will, 'choose to sacrifice my medical license with no hesitation,'" the report said.

Investigators wrote that his decision to flout COVID-19 guidelines like mask-wearing was irresponsible and "actively promoted transmission of the COVID-19 virus within the extended community."

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1 hour ago, BarryLaverty said:

Chose to give up his license, rather than follow basic guidelines of safety and take necessary precautions. I am sure some of you will admire his 'principles.'

A doctor from Oregon who said mask-wearing could lead to carbon-dioxide poisoning got his medical license revoked

Yelena Dzhanova
 
 
Mask sign
 
AP Photo/John Minchillo
  • The Oregon Medical Board has revoked the license of a doctor who refused to wear a mask.

  • Steven Arthur LaTulippe ran a family clinic and was found to give false info about mask-wearing.

  • He told the board he would continue to refuse to follow COVID-19 guidelines like wearing masks.

An Oregon doctor who falsely described carbon-dioxide poisoning as a risk of wearing face masks has had his license revoked.

As of September 2, Steven Arthur LaTulippe was no longer allowed to practice, according to records from the Oregon Medical Board. LaTulippe also received a $10,000 fine.

An investigation conducted by the Oregon Medical Board found that LaTulippe engaged in "8 instances of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct, 22 instances of negligence in the practice of medicine, and 5 instances of gross negligence in the practice of medicine."

A report relaying the investigation's findings said LaTulippe's family practice, South View Medical Arts, did not ask patients whether they had been in close contact with someone who exhibited COVID-19 symptoms or tested positive for the disease. The report said LaTulippe had also asked his receptionist to screen people for COVID-19 by looking at their facial expressions rather than asking common screening questions.

"If the patient was 'smiling and happy,' the receptionist was instructed to ask how the patient was feeling," the report said, adding: "If the patient indicated that they 'felt fine' and they were 'not ill,' the receptionist would direct the patient to sit in the waiting area" before heading to an examination room.

Neither LaTulippe nor his wife, who ran the clinic with him, wore a mask from March to December of last year while treating patients, the investigation found. LaTulippe was also found to have told patients they didn't have to wear a mask in the clinic unless they were "acutely ill," "coughing," or "congested."

Masks have been shown to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

Additionally, the report said LaTulippe told older and pediatric patients that mask-wearing was "very dangerous" for them and could exacerbate asthma or "cause or contribute to multiple serious health conditions" including strokes, collapsed lungs, and pneumonia. He also was said to have claimed mask-wearing could lead to carbon-dioxide poisoning, a falsehood debunked in the report.

The report said LaTulippe believed he'd been "a strong asset to the public in educating them on the real facts about this pandemic."

The board originally suspended his license in December. When investigators asked whether he planned to follow COVID-19 protocols like mask-wearing, LaTulippe said no.

"In a choice between losing his medical license versus wearing a mask in his clinic and requiring his patients and staff to wear a mask in his clinic, he will, 'choose to sacrifice my medical license with no hesitation,'" the report said.

Investigators wrote that his decision to flout COVID-19 guidelines like mask-wearing was irresponsible and "actively promoted transmission of the COVID-19 virus within the extended community."

I admire him for standing up to the bully pulpit; He is right for-not “going along” with the Agenda.

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5 minutes ago, CarthDawg77 said:

I admire him for standing up to the bully pulpit; He is right for-not “going along” with the Agenda.

Funny, I don't admire him at all, because I think he blew his chance in a life or death situation to be a responsible, caring credit to his profession. I just had two of my students lose loved ones in the last week to Covid.  They will both struggle now tremendously with getting through HS. 

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28 minutes ago, BarryLaverty said:

Funny, I don't admire him at all, because I think he blew his chance in a life or death situation to be a responsible, caring credit to his profession. I just had two of my students lose loved ones in the last week to Covid.  They will both struggle now tremendously with getting through HS. 

I’m sure the doctor has forgotten more about his field of study than you will ever know; especially where CO2 toxicity is concerned.

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43 minutes ago, CarthDawg77 said:

I’m sure the doctor has forgotten more about his field of study than you will ever know; especially where CO2 toxicity is concerned.

What he knows now might be as well be Trivial Pursuit answers in the state of Oregon, when it comes to anything medical. He shirked his responsibility, and he is justifiably paying for it. 

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1 minute ago, BarryLaverty said:

What he knows now might be as well be Trivial Pursuit answers in the state of Oregon, when it comes to anything medical. He shirked his responsibility, and he is justifiably paying for it. 

Do you feel justified in teaching off curriculum topics to your students?

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1 hour ago, BarryLaverty said:

Funny, I don't admire him at all, because I think he blew his chance in a life or death situation to be a responsible, caring credit to his profession. I just had two of my students lose loved ones in the last week to Covid.  They will both struggle now tremendously with getting through HS. 

Did those loved ones wear mask? Were the vaccinated? We just lost an employee that was vaccinated and wore mask to covid so there is that

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37 minutes ago, Straw said:

Did those loved ones wear mask? Were the vaccinated? We just lost an employee that was vaccinated and wore mask to covid so there is that

You know, I didn't think to ask the kids that. My guess in a county where only about 36% are vaccinated would be probably not. And, in a state where mask wearing is really almost discouraged, I would say no to that, also.

I am sorry your company lost an employee to this. 

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13 minutes ago, Wild74 said:

He would have a good practice in Texas tell him to come on down and get out of that lost God forsaken land called Oregon.  

I would bet that you would be hard pressed to find a single doctor's office anywhere in even Texas, where masks weren't required and simple protocols weren't followed. Maybe in that garden spot Waskom, though. 

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14 minutes ago, BarryLaverty said:

You know, I didn't think to ask the kids that. My guess in a county where only about 36% are vaccinated would be probably not. And, in a state where mask wearing is really almost discouraged, I would say no to that, also.

I am sorry your company lost an employee to this. 

MASKS DO NOT STOP A VIRUS 

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