Doctor Who Said Masks Cause Carbon Dioxide Poisoning Has License Revoked

[Nevilledog]

https://www.newsweek.com/oregon-doctor-license-revoked-mask-covid-steven-arthur-latulippe-1630195

A doctor in Oregon has had his license revoked for continually refusing to follow COVID-19 guidelines when dealing with patients and spreading misinformation about face masks.

The Oregon Medical Board issued a final order on September 2 against Steven Arthur LaTulippe for "dishonorable or unprofessional conduct; repeated negligence in the practice of medicine; and gross negligence in the practice of medicine." He was also fined $10,000.

LaTulippe's license was first suspended last December. The suspension was upheld in May after the board found that his family practice, Southview Medical Arts in Dallas, operated in such a way that it constituted an "immediate danger" to the public and presented a "serious danger" to public health and safety.

He also spread misinformation to his patients about masks being ineffective against COVID-19 and falsely claimed they could cause carbon dioxide poisoning.

*snip*

[gratuitous]

1. Looks like his clinic has closed, too

So long, Steve!

[cojoel]

14. But it's in Oregon

and Kroger-owned stores there are called Fred Meyer. I'm sure they have openings there too.

[Gore1FL]

22. They probably require employees to wear masks. nt

[11 Bravo]

27. He sounds like a personable chap. Wal-Mart can always use greeters.

[3catwoman3]

4. Just for grins, I used my little pulse ox device both while wearing a...

...regular paper surgical mask and an N95. The readings did not vary by even a single percentage point from the reading while unmasked.

I realize I am only a sample size of 1.

[AllaN01Bear]

28. my sis insisted i get one for covid but i have afib anyways.

it has been a great little diagnostic tool for me for that reason.
helps me confirm what i already dont know what my hb is doing.
i carry it with me at all times when i am out and about,
back to original story,,, hem. so long . farewell, id hate to say goodby, but good by.

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[SergeStorms]

21. I bought one too.

I figured it would be an essential tool to have around in the spring of 2020.

I have COPD, and if I can wear a well fitting N95 mask (even different types) and still breathe comfortably, anyone can.

These idiot mask deniers just repeat any bullshit statement they read or hear, as long as it agrees with their preconceived infantile thoughts.

[Pacifist Patriot]

40. You can add nine more to your sample size.

My extended family played around with the ones we got last year and did the same. No change at all!

[Clash City Rocker]

5. I hope he's not a doctor who operates on people

Because if he was doing that without a mask, that’s not good.

[TheRealNorth]

19. I am guessing not

If you are operating in a hospital, I imagine you would have to abide by whatever infection control measures the hospital has (of course, someone still has to enforce those measures).

But if you are just running a private practice, you probably just have to follow whatever regulations there are according to licensure and statute.

[Bleacher Creature]

6. How much of a nerd am I that I first read the headline as "Doctor Who" said . . . ?

[Iggo]

8. Boy, that makes it a whole 'nother story, don't it!

[RKP5637]

10. ...

[Leith]

11. About the right amount of nerd

I read it the same way - and I immediately knew that he would never do that.

[3catwoman3]

12. How much of a nerd am I that I know...

...what a Horta is?

Thanks for the laugh -

[central scrutinizer]

13. Capitalization is vital but missing in oral speech.

Consider: “I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse.”

[ChazII]

15. You are not a nerd. That is how I read it as well. Dr. Who as

in our TARDIS traveling doctor.

[cojoel]

16. I've been having this problem too

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=15853558

[rogue emissary]

31. +1

Same 😆

[Wednesdays]

32. ...

[The Unmitigated Gall]

33. Guess he kept supplemental O2

In the TARDIS.

[Irish_Dem]

41. Anyone who travels back in time to this era is a fool.

[FakeNoose]

17. Did he really have a license to practice medicine?

Wow!

[Hekate]

20. Riiight. The docs & nurses who had my dad's chest open for 12 hours just keeled over...

Team after team had to be brought in, because all that mask-wearing kept making people pass out from carbon dioxide poisoning. Riiiight.

[griloco]

23. Won't be long before he's on a respirator claiming...

...he wax going to get vaccinated but just didn't get around to it...
or
going The Full Monty Python
with
" 'Tis but a scratch."

[forgotmylogin]

24. Carbon dioxide isn't technically "poisonous" is it?

We breathe it all the time with no ill-effects, it's just lack of oxygen would cause suffocation or hypoxia, right? CO2 isn't itself specifically harmful unless that's ALL you're breathing.

Just like water isn't "poisonous" to the body...but can cause death if you breathe it.

[Moebym]

25. Hit them where it hurts n/t

[canetoad]

26. Here's how I read your subject line

"Dr Who" says masks cause carbon dioxide.......etc.

[monkeyman1]

29. got degree at trump University!! totality academic!

[Jon King]

30. Amazing how these MAGAs throw their careers away.

An MD from Loma Linda, residency, all those years and years of work, all the money spent. Thrown away while the Trump family just chills and lives the high life. Unreal how these cultists ruin their lives for people that could care less about them.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

34. In surgery, we docs trained to pass out backwards

From the inevitable CO2 accumulation in our masks.
To avoid contaminating the sterile field.

[C Moon]

35. COVID sure shook the nuts out of the tree. I was shocked to learn a some of my friends

and neighbors were susceptible to being swept up by QAnon: some believing the anti-vax childish-silliness, some believing the anti-mask nonsense, etc.

It's like the COVID scare tapped into a childlike part of their brains that made them believe in Santa Claus again.

[C Moon]

36. This guy's doctoring sounds more like a snake-salesman style than medicine:

Ad from 2007:

[keithbvadu2]

37. Aha! He is a surgeon....... Alas! He is a surgeon.

Aha! He is a surgeon....... Alas! He is a surgeon.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

39. This makes me smile

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