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Posted: May 16, 2021 6:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 16
Dr. Stephen Malthouse of Denman Island, B.C., appeared in a video posted online earlier this year, telling viewers they should not fear COVID-19.( Canadian Doctors Speak Out )
Late last year, Dr. Michael Vance received a letter from a fellow physician accusing B.C. health officials of terrorizing the general populace with public health measures related to COVID-19.
Dr. Stephen Malthouse, a family doctor on Denman Island whose musings on the pandemic have gone viral in conspiracy-minded circles, urged his colleagues to stand up and speak out against restrictions meant to control the spread of COVID-19.
“I was, you know, living like a zombie,” Amanda says. “Not even living,” she corrects herself. “Just existing.”
Her illness wrecked her career as a veterinary technician. It robbed her of the ability to effectively parent her daughter who was just six when Amanda went into the hospital.
After she was discharged, she moved from Surrey to Sechelt. She was still suicidal, she tells me.
Then two years ago, her life changed. On one of the days Amanda was able to get out of bed, she saw psychiatrist Dr. Anthony Barale at the Sechelt Hospital. Barale had begun prescribing ketamine to help people with treatment-resistant depression.
Colleges stress public responsibilities as MD, nurse set to speak at rally against COVID-19 measures
As a B.C. doctor and a registered nurse get set to speak at a Vancouver freedom rally this weekend, their regulatory colleges say health professionals have a duty not to encourage people to violate public health advice on COVID-19.
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