Anti-vaxxer tells Ohio lawmakers COVID-19 vaccine can leave people magnetized, interfaced with 5G towers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH)– A Cleveland doctor and anti-vaccine advocate went on a rant about 5G internet and metal objects sticking to the bodies of vaccinated people while giving testimony at an Ohio House Health Committee meeting Tuesday.
Dr. Sherri Tenpenny testified in favor of House Bill 248 which would keep a business or the government from requiring vaccinations.
During her testimony Tenpenny stated:
“I’m sure you’ve seen the pictures all over the internet of people who have had these shots and now they’re magnetized. They can put a key on their forehead. It sticks. They can put spoons and forks all over them and they can stick, because now we think that there’s a metal piece to that.
“There’s been people who have long suspected that there’s been some sort of an interface, ‘yet to be defined’ interface, between what’s being injected in these shots and all of the 5G towers.”
Vaccines for COVID-19 do not contain metals or microchips that make recipients magnetic at the site of injection, physics and medical experts have told Reuters.
There’s no evidence that 5G harms the immune system scientific director of SciProof International in Sweden Myrtill Simko told the Associated Press last year.
The theories gained momentum in 2019 from Russian state media outlets, which helped push them into U.S. domestic conversation, disinformation experts said in that same AP report.
The Poynter Institute’s PolitiFact fact check sheet on Tenpenny shows that she has lied in 100% of videos they have reviewed of hers, and she “has previously said vaccines cause autism, a claim public health officials have debunked.”
Tenpenny’s testimony comes one day after the Ohio Department of Health hosted conference dispelling myths about the COVID-19 vaccine.
There's a whole lot of crazy to pick from in that article, but the 5G thing is really baffling to me.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
Her license should be reviewed. She may be a doctor but that doesn’t preclude her from being nuts. If she’s spreading misinformation, knowingly, or not in the case she’s certifiably insane, she’s breaking her oath to do no harm and should be under review. If I started telling my patients crazy crap while treating it as medical advise, I’d lose my license. She should suffer the same fate.
Her license should be reviewed. She may be a doctor but that doesn’t preclude her from being nuts. If she’s spreading misinformation, knowingly, or not in the case she’s certifiably insane, she’s breaking her oath to do no harm and should be under review. If I started telling my patients crazy crap while treating it as medical advise, I’d lose my license. She should suffer the same fate.
Agreed...It's a thin like between freedom of speech and window into one's mental state.
We don't have to agree with each other, to respect each others opinion.
Her license should be reviewed. She may be a doctor but that doesn’t preclude her from being nuts. If she’s spreading misinformation, knowingly, or not in the case she’s certifiably insane, she’s breaking her oath to do no harm and should be under review. If I started telling my patients crazy crap while treating it as medical advise, I’d lose my license. She should suffer the same fate.
Don't totally disagree with you. We need to walk a fine line that doesn't punish everybody just for speaking up or having an opinion that runs counter to the the norm.. but this woman appears to be off the rails.
In first federal ruling on vaccine mandates, judge sides with Houston hospital, dismissing claims from staff resisters
HOUSTON – In the first federal ruling on vaccine mandates, a Houston judge has dismissed a lawsuit by hospital employees who declined the COVID-19 shot – a decision that could have a ripple effect across the nation.
The case involved Houston Methodist, which was the first hospital system in the country to require that all its employees get vaccinated. U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes ruled Saturday that federal law does not prevent employers from issuing that mandate.
After months of warnings, Houston Methodist had put more than 170 of its 26,000 employees on unpaid suspension Monday. They were told they would be fired it they weren't vaccinated by June 21.
The hospital had made it clear it meant what it said: It fired the director of corporate risk – Bob Nevens – and another manager in April when they did not meet the earlier deadline for bosses.
In recent weeks, a few other major hospitals have followed Houston Methodist's lead, including the University of Pennsylvania, University of Louisville, New York Presbyterian and several major hospitals in the Washington, D.C., area.
Houston Methodist's CEO Marc Boom predicts more hospitals soon will enact vaccine mandates. Many hospitals and employers were waiting for legal clarification before acting.
“We can now put this behind us and continue our focus on unparalleled safety, quality, service and innovation," Boom said after the ruling. "Our employees and physicians made their decisions for our patients, who are always at the center of everything we do."
The lawsuit was filed by 117 workers led by Jennifer Bridges, a nurse at Houston Methodist's Baytown hospital who declined the vaccine because she considers it experimental and dangerous. The judge disagreed, writing: "This claim is false, and it is also irrelevant."
Learning of the dismissal from USA TODAY, Bridges vowed not to give up. She has initiated a change.org petition that as of Saturday had drawn more than 9,000 signatures and a GoFundMe to pay for the lawsuit that has raised $130,000.
"This doesn't surprise me," she said. "Methodist is a very large company, and they are pretty well-protected in a lot of areas. We knew this was going to be a huge fight, and we are prepared to fight it."
The lawsuit claimed federal law prohibits employees from being required to get vaccinated without full U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the vaccines. The FDA has authorized the Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines under a special provision for emergencies.
The judge dismissed that argument as well, saying that law does not apply to private employers. He also dismissed an argument that anyone who gets the vaccine is effectively a human subject in an experimental trial.
"The hospital's employees are not participants in a human trial," he wrote. "They are licensed doctors, nurses, medical technician, and staff members. The hospital has not applied to test the COVID-19 vaccines on its employees."
The lawsuit was filed in Texas state court but was moved to federal court at Houston Methodist's request. The federal judge ruled Saturday that Texas state law protects workers from being fired only if they are forced to commit a crime.
The federal judge ruled Saturday that Texas state law protects workers from being fired only if they are forced to commit a crime. /
I'm not lawyer, but this can't be correct. There are no other protections to being fired (in TX)?
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
I was waiting for one of these instances to happen (and for Pit or OCD to gleefully post about it). A privately-run hospital is a situation where I'm hesitant to criticize for mandating (and following up on that mandate) vaccination. 117 people running around un-vaccinated in a hospital is definitely a problem.
I do find it ironic that a federal judge (who's employee CANNOT mandate that they get poked) would issue such a sternly worded judgement.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
I'm a lawyer, but my litigation days are 10+ years past now.
I imagine what the judge had been referring to was a specific law or code that was raised as a matter of the litigation, but that's speculation on my part.
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I was waiting for one of these instances to happen (and for Pit or OCD to gleefully post about it).
What makes you come to the conclusion that anyone "gleefully posted about it"? You see, sometimes people use conjecture and read into things that simply aren't there. Your reply is one such instance. I made zero comment about the article or ruling.
As far as I know, this is the first ruling on employers mandating employees get the vaccine. I thought it was quite newsworthy and fit into the topic at hand.
But you do you.
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The federal judge ruled Saturday that Texas state law protects workers from being fired only if they are forced to commit a crime. /
I'm not lawyer, but this can't be correct. There are no other protections to being fired (in TX)?
Right to work states allow wide leeway. The primary reason for right to work is to give people the right to work somewhere without joining a union.
I don't think Ohio is a right to work state. If you apply to work in a union plant, the employee has to join the union. In right to work states, they don't have to join the union is they so choose.
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If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
The federal judge ruled Saturday that Texas state law protects workers from being fired only if they are forced to commit a crime. /
I'm not lawyer, but this can't be correct. There are no other protections to being fired (in TX)?
Right to work states allow wide leeway. The primary reason for right to work is to give people the right to work somewhere without joining a union.
I don't think Ohio is a right to work state. If you apply to work in a union plant, the employee has to join the union. In right to work states, they don't have to join the union is they so choose.
The judge's ruling does not have to do with Right To Work laws. As you noted, Right To Work laws simply mean that you can work for a unionized company without being forced to join the union.
The reason for the ruling is that Texas, along with many other states are At-Will employment states. At-Will employment states allow both the employer and employee to terminate the relationship for any reason. However, the employer cannot fire you if the the duty they ask you to perform is illegal. There are some exceptions to At-Will employment laws including public policy, implied contract and good faith and fair dealing.
The federal judge ruled Saturday that Texas state law protects workers from being fired only if they are forced to commit a crime. /
I'm not lawyer, but this can't be correct. There are no other protections to being fired (in TX)?
Right to work states allow wide leeway. The primary reason for right to work is to give people the right to work somewhere without joining a union.
I don't think Ohio is a right to work state. If you apply to work in a union plant, the employee has to join the union. In right to work states, they don't have to join the union is they so choose.
The judge's ruling does not have to do with Right To Work laws. As you noted, Right To Work laws simply mean that you can work for a unionized company without being forced to join the union.
The reason for the ruling is that Texas, along with many other states are At-Will employment states. At-Will employment states allow both the employer and employee to terminate the relationship for any reason. However, the employer cannot fire you if the the duty they ask you to perform is illegal. There are some exceptions to At-Will employment laws including public policy, implied contract and good faith and fair dealing.
I understand that. Someone brought up right to work. Most of the at will things you mention are commonly grouped with right to work.
Bottom line is in most states, an employer can terminate the relationship nearly as easily as can a employee.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Do the laws around wrongful termination have something to say here?
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
Responding on your post isn't the best, since I like John Stewart and Colbert and believe they are actually more genuine than most in MM (which says more about their colleagues because they established themselves playing characters).
But this bit just makes me want to look up what they were saying back when everyone was shunning the people who said it was so obvious it came from the lab.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
Do the laws around wrongful termination have something to say here?
Like I said, it can't be a civil rights violation. Most people who try to fight the termination try to turn it in to that one way or another, and maybe for good reason, but no,a company can simply decide your services are no longer needed.
Usually what happens is a company will say they are eliminating the position and merge it in to another.
Don't worry, most companies value and need employees, so it isn't like the boss walks in and starts firing people because they don't like your shoes.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
I'm not worried, I'm genuinely curious as my assumption was that this probably couldn't happen. For what it's worth, in this case I agree with the hospital. It's just that I thought the law would lean differently.
There is no level of sucking we haven't seen; in fact, I'm pretty sure we hold the patents on a few levels of sucking NOBODY had seen until the past few years.
Off topic… or at least where the topic has gotten… so really just getting back to topic…
Has anyone else been following the Delta variant of this virus? If not you should do a little research. As I’ve been saying, this isn’t over. Vaccinated or not, be smart out there.
I have to some extent. At the moment it appears the vaccines protect against it. But with less than 50% of our population being fully vaccinated, it is by far the most contagious variant to date.
What I think some people seem to be unaware of is that until Covid is dealt with on a global scale these variants will keep evolving and becoming stronger. This is truly a situation where it's a global issue and not just us "us" issue.
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Evidence is clear that the Delta variant is both more infectious and more deadly. It also has shown to pierce the vaccination wall at a higher rate than other strains.
Personally, I don't think there is much of a chance of it causing huge problems as far as outbreak type numbers; but rather a few surges here and there... at least in the US.
That variant (and a few others) ran rampant through India. Their vaccination rate is at about 3.5% of the population. W'eve reached the point now where 65% of Americans have received at least one shot.
The only possible "dire situation", IMO, is when a particular strain is able to render vaccination and previous antibodies as largely ineffective.
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