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How a rogue doctor who called the vaccine 'needle rape' was made an Idaho public-health official in
Credit The Damage Report/TYT for the heads-up.Original reporting: A Boise charter school passed a mask mandate. After these doctors spoke, it was reversed (Idaho Statesman)
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Source: Business Insider
How a rogue doctor who called the vaccine 'needle rape' was made an Idaho public-health official in its worst COVID crisis yet
• A doctor who called the COVID-19 vaccine "needle rape" made it to one of Idaho's top health boards.
• Dr Ryan Cole, a pathologist with no public health experience, was championed by the GOP.
• His victory came as Idaho was overrun with severe COVID-19 cases, its lowest ebb in the pandemic.
Mia Jankowicz 9 hours ago
In Boise, Idaho, a doctor in a lab coat offered comforting words to concerned parents and school governors about COVID-19 restrictions for the new semester.
"There's really statistically no efficacy in masks," Dr. Ryan Cole said airily, and incorrectly, on an August 26
Zoom call with Peace Valley Charter School, which was deciding what measures to implement when lessons restarted.
"I think we need to be prudent and say it's time to let children be children," Cole said.
Cole's specialism is dermopathology — a discipline focused on diseases of the skin which has little relevance to respiratory conditions like COVID-19.
Nonetheless, Cole is a celebrated figure among anti-vaxxers. He made headlines in July by calling the vaccine the "clot shot" and "needle rape" in a presentation to America's Frontline Doctors (AFD), a group known for COVID-19 misinformation.
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• A doctor who called the COVID-19 vaccine "needle rape" made it to one of Idaho's top health boards.
• Dr Ryan Cole, a pathologist with no public health experience, was championed by the GOP.
• His victory came as Idaho was overrun with severe COVID-19 cases, its lowest ebb in the pandemic.
Mia Jankowicz 9 hours ago
In Boise, Idaho, a doctor in a lab coat offered comforting words to concerned parents and school governors about COVID-19 restrictions for the new semester.
"There's really statistically no efficacy in masks," Dr. Ryan Cole said airily, and incorrectly, on an August 26
Zoom call with Peace Valley Charter School, which was deciding what measures to implement when lessons restarted.
"I think we need to be prudent and say it's time to let children be children," Cole said.
Cole's specialism is dermopathology — a discipline focused on diseases of the skin which has little relevance to respiratory conditions like COVID-19.
Nonetheless, Cole is a celebrated figure among anti-vaxxers. He made headlines in July by calling the vaccine the "clot shot" and "needle rape" in a presentation to America's Frontline Doctors (AFD), a group known for COVID-19 misinformation.
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Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/idaho-ryan-cole-public-health-board-anti-vaccine-2021-9