As if the world isn’t shitty enough right now, patients of Dr. Steven LaTulippe can’t even trust that they’ll get good advice from their doctor. Or that he won’t give them covid.
It’s been reported that LaTulippe misinforms patients about masks repeatedly, and if they persist in asking questions–drops them entirely. ((See link at end of post)
Suspending his medical license was the right thing to do.how can he be a doctor if he clearly doesn’t believe in science???
This reminds me of how I feel about healthcare workers refusing the flu shot. I personally think it should be a mandatory condition of employment, unless you have a medical contraindication. There is absolutely no reason to not protect yourself but also your patients and fellow healthcare works from the flu as much as each years flu shot allows.
I don’t want to get sick because you’re an anti-vaxxer. Besides, if you don’t believe in science, should you really work in healthcare???
Speaking of keeping your fellow healthcare workers from getting sick, I received a disheartening call this Friday. My hospital’s covid tracking team was alerting me that I had been exposed to a fellow healthcare worker who was found to have covid. This exposure happened during the week of Thanksgiving.
The funny thing is, I had just heard through the rumor mill, as the saying goes, that I worked with someone who was now covid posit. Literally from one night to the next.
I feel like in that timeframe, this person definitely knew they had been exposed (or had just traveled for thanksgiving g.d.it) and probably had already taken a test–they were probably just waiting for results.
So, I’ve been exposed twice. And it’s not from taking care of patients. It’s from other f*cling healthcare providers. And I’m pretty pissed off. Do you know what I did for thanksgiving? I cancelled all my plans. I worked instead. I did not eat turkey or see my family. I won’t see them for Christmas either.
I’m toeing the line, doing my part not to get sick, not to get other people sick. This is especially important for nurses and other healthcare providers because we put our trust and our health in each other’s hands every single shift.
I should have my results by tomorrow. But then I’ll get tested again later this week. Should I go to work? Well, if the first result is negative, I feel like I could work but that I should definitely wear an N95 all shift. At least until I have a second test to cover the timeframe for the second exposure as well.
Stay healthy. Protect yourself and others by wearing a mask.
A Doctor Who Boasted That He And His Staff Don’t Wear Masks Has Had His Medical License Suspended
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/salvadorhernandez/doctor-masks-covid19-conspiracies-oregon-license-suspended