Some doctors who signed a letter to the support of RFK Jr. have revoked the licenses.

Providence, RI (AP) – A letter subject to the American Senate which stipulates that it was sent by doctors in support of Appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As the Secretary of Health and Social Services includes the names of doctors who have seen their license revoked, suspended or confronted with another discipline, noted the Associated Press.

The letter was to bring credibility to the appointment of Kennedy, who was faced with a painful opposition of medical experts because of his Two decades of anti-vaccination activism. The Republican Senator Bill Cassidy de LouisianaA doctor who boasts on his official website of an effort he created to vaccinate 36,000 children against hepatitis B, expressed hesitation about the appointment of Kennedy and is considered a key vote.

The PA noted that in addition to the doctors who had faced disciplinary measures, many of the nearly 800 signatories are not doctors. The letter with the names of those who signed was provided to the AP by the office of Senator Ron Johnson after entering the Congress file on Wednesday during the first of the two confirmation hearings of Kennedy.

Among those who signed it were a self-written journalist, a certified accountant, a paramedical firefighter / ambulance, a certified health coach and someone who said he had a baccalaureate “by emphasizing the Jungian psychology ”. The signatories include at least 75 nurses, as well as the assistants of the doctors. Over 90s included any identification information.

More than 20 were chiropractors, representing an industry that financed Kennedy’s work. A The AP investigation found that the gifts of a chiropractic group represented a sixth of the income received by Kennedy anti-vaccin non-profit in 2019.

The letter has been organized and submitted by Maha Action, which is led by Del Bigtree, who worked for the presidential campaign of Kennedy and is a long-standing anti-vaccine activist. THE Washington Post reported on Wednesday That Kennedy transferred the “Maha” slogan brand to a limited liability company led by Bigtree. Kennedy reported that he Received $ 100,000 in income of the slogan license and said in his financial disclosure that he had transferred the brand to “no compensation. “”

Maha means “Make America Healthy Again”, a play on “Make America Great” by President Donald Trump.

Emma Post, a spokesperson for Maha Action, said in an e-mail that the letter had been “shared and disseminated in a popular manner with explicit instructions that doctors are only in connection”. She did not answer AP questions on the other stages of the group to verify the identification information, if necessary.

Bigtree and Kennedy did not return messages looking for comments. A White House spokesman Kush Desai said that the administration is looking forward to the rapid confirmation of the Kennedy Senate.

The letter includes the header ” Doctors for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “And start with the words:” We, the undersigned doctors. “He says below that” reflects the collective voice of doctors and health professionals “committed to treating chronic diseases.

The AP exam revealed that at least 10 doctors who signed the letter had trouble with state medical advice or their certification body for an allegedly missed variety. The sanctions they faced included the fact that their license revoked or suspended, being put in probation, receiving a reprimand or another action. One received a Warning letter from the Federal Trade CommissionWho declared that he illegally published products such as Treatments or Prevention of COVID-19, including intravenous nutritional therapy and vitamins.

Among the signatories was Paul Thomas, an anti-vaccine doctor who voluntarily assigned his medical license In 2022, after Oregon’s Medical Board noted that he was engaged in repeated and serious negligence in the practice of medicine.

Thomas has not admitted or denies the observation. NBC News reported That Thomas was part of a team gathered by Kennedy who remotely advised an anti-vaccine activist in the Samoa during a measles epidemic on how to treat children with vitamins. A person who responded to the name of Thomas, Deedee Hoover, said that the information that the AP was inaccurate but had not answered when they were asked what was specifically bad.

The other signatories included Dr. Simone Gold, who was reprimanded by the California medical council After pleading guilty to an offense to His driving at the American Capitol on January 6, 2021. Gold was recently forgiven by Trump and said at the AP in an email that his reprimand and other disciplinary measures had been canceled by a judge before forgiveness.

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an honorable and honest person having a vast knowledge and experience of subjects who appreciate the health of the American people, and moreover because he is ready to challenge the interests of companies in which they come into conflict With the best interests of these citizens, ”Gold wrote in an email.

Meryl Nass, whose medical The permit was suspended in Maine on her Treatment of COVVI-19 patients, also signed. She told the AP that she appealed the decision and expects to be fully justified.

At least two of the doctors were disciplined before the pandemic, for incorporating vaccine derogations, including one that If his license had been revoked And another that was probation. Another doctor’s license was revoked For refuse to follow the COVVI-19 directives.

Post said that the letter from Maha Action was only one of the various provided to the Senate supporting Kennedy, one with which she provided a link with what she said was signed by “17,000 professionals from the health”. This letter indicated that it came from international medical suppliers and did not include the names of those who signed.

Opponents of the appointment of Kennedy sent their own letter with signatures of what they said to be more than 18,000 doctors “approved and verified”. The group, the committee to protect health care, said that the letter was initially disseminated among the checked doctors and that, as additional signatures have been added, their skills securities have been verified. The group provided the list of signatories to the AP but with anonymized names which included the initial first of their first name as well as the first three letters of their last name, as well as their medical references. They said the names of doctors were anonymized for their privacy and to protect them from harassment.

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