Deluded medics fail to show Ohio lawmakers that COVID vaccines magnetise patients
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/06/15/magnetic_medics_ohio_covid_vaccines/
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Joanna Overholt was appearing at a hearing about [1]House Bill 248 , a piece of Republican-sponsored legislation which would forbid schools and businesses in the Buckeye State from refusing service or admission to individuals on the basis of whether they have been vaccinated.
Overholt's bizarre testimony then progressed to a demonstration of her alleged newly gained magnetism, which involved her resting a key on her chest and then trying to stick metal items to her neck.
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Although the key stuck to her chest, neither the key nor a hairpin stuck to her neck at all, to the obvious amusement and embarrassment of some of the bill's supporters standing behind her.
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[5]Youtube video of Nurse Joanna Overholt giving testimony at a Ohio hearing
Having taken up the legislature's time performing an underwhelming parlour trick [5:59 in the [6]video above] that failed to prove her point in any meaningful way, Overholt then defiantly fronted up to the assembled lawmakers and asked: "Any questions?"
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Pin-tumbler lock keys of the sort used by Overholt in her demonstration are invariably not made from ferrous metals, meaning they would not be attracted to magnets under the conditions prevailing in most US statehouses even if she had been magnetised.
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Overholt's peculiar slapstick outburst came after Ohio osteopath and globally renowned anti-vaxx hairdryer Dr Sherri Tenpenny made similar claims earlier in the session, along with equally unfounded allegations that COVID vaccinations can alter patients' DNA and cause recipients to "interface" with 5G phone towers.
Dr Tenpenny alleged that COVID vaccines cause these effects due to the presence of "magnetic vaccine crystals", an entirely fanciful substance that only exists in discernible quantities in the imaginations of the osteopath and her supporters.
[12]Youtube video of a news report about an anti-vaxxer telling Ohio lawmakers that the COVID-19 vaccine can leave people magnetized
While both medical professionals made wild claims about vaccination-induced magnetism, neither seemed to notice or be troubled by the fact they both wore partially metal-framed glasses during their testimony.
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House Bill 248 still has to clear votes in the Ohio State House and Senate. If it passes these hurdles – which it may do, due to the fact that [14]the GOP have a majority in both houses of the state General Assembly – it will require the signature of State Governor Mike DeWine to become state law.
DeWine, also a Republican, has already signalled [15]his opposition to the bill , partly due to the negative effect the testimony of Overholt and Dr Tenpenny has had on the image of his state and its legislative process. ®
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[8] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/15/western_australia_contact_tracing_law/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/11/punjab_vaccine_sim_card/
[10] https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/05/5g_vaccine_chip_boss_metal_zone_mt2/
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[14] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_General_Assembly
[15] https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/10/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-opposes-anti-vaccine-bill-drawing-big-attention/7647434002/
[16] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Re: Struck off?
exposed for being the charlatans they are and be barred from practice?
Dr. Tenpenny has been [1]a vocal anti-vaxxer for years. For example, in 2015 she was barred from entering Australia where she had been invited to speak to anti-vaccine groups. Despite spreading harmful information on a grand scale, she has retained her [2]osteopathic license because it's an "alternative medicine" license. Facebook might've banned her, but the [3]Ohio Board of Medicine has been steadily renewing her license every 2 years.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Tenpenny
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathy
[3] https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicensedetails?pid=a0Rt000000084mlEAA
Re: Struck off?
The technical name for alternative medicine that works is 'medicine'.
Everything else is charlatanry and snake oil.
Re: Struck off?
Come now. Sometimes the snake oil is so heavily diluted it's basically pure water.
Re: Struck off?
What you have to remember is that many of the early European settlers of America were religious extremists who left Europe to start a new life where the could be as kooky as they liked. It's a bit of a pity that the natives helped the Pilgrim Fathers survive their first winter because this helped stoke the myth of American Exceptionalism…
Conspiracy theory is, of course, a big business in America, and the coat tail riders are not limited to the Republican Party: it was only a few years ago that the pampered, very Democrat middle classes of California decided that vaccinations against measles were the stuff of the devil. Whatever you believe, someone is willing you to sell you just the right kind of snake oil. And, if you want to sue someone, then there will always be a lawyer willing to represent you. For the right price™.
This doesn't mean that medical malpractice doesn't go on. Nor does it discount the potentially fatal side effects of some vaccinations: the flu vaccine can cause meningitis; causing magnetism is probably less likely than predicting next week's lottery numbers…
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" the flu vaccine can cause meningitis"
No, no it can't. It may fail to prevent some meningitis but it never causes it.
Re: Struck off?
the flu vaccine can cause meningitis
I think you may have meant to say that the flu vaccine can cause Guillan-Barre Syndrome, which is possible because the flu virus itself (like many other infections) is capable of causing Guillan-Barre Syndrome. Since the annual vaccine is almost always made from an attenuated (ie drastically weakened rather than completely inert) flu virus, there is still a very small chance that the immune response which the vaccine triggers might also lead to a mild form of Guillan-Barre. It's not something you'd want to contract, but you're far more likely to contract it if you leave yourself open to a full-force flu infection, especially if you are elderly (fuck, I'm now in that category!), have a weakened immune system or a pre-existing respiratory condition.
No medical intervention is absolutely guaranteed to be 100% safe. People have died from an allergic reaction to sticking plasters, but far more people have died from leaving a wound open to the risk of infection.
Strike out!
May I remind you of the example of medical professionals - real doctors! - of Oklahoma and other stalwart centers of braininess, that after having been elected to state legislatures, now put forward anti-abortion bills, because... you can't get pregnant from rape.
"I'm a trained doctor", they'd say, "and I know the human body. You can only get pregnant when you've enjoyed it!"
That they could go through medical school, have read the science, passed the tests, earned the postfix letters, and still came away with all their prejudices intact saddens me, but does not surprise me.
Always look for whether the information they are relating, is from being *informed* or from being incurably *biased*.
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I don't know what speciality or qualifications the nurse has, so she may be a medical professional but Osteopaths are not doctors and manipulating joints while it may give some temporary relief will not cure anybody and can cause irrepairable damage to ligaments and tissue.
Governor DeWine has an unimpressive political career filled with the usual 1990s-2010s Republican positions, but he has a few respectable points in his resume. He greatly accelerated [1]criminal DNA testing , shut down "pill mill" dispensaries, and most recently showed [2]a little common sense about medicine:
On Thursday, DeWine said he opposes House Bill 248 and asked Ohioans to think of the impact vaccines have had on society. "Before modern medicine, diseases such as mumps, polio, whooping cough were common and caused great, great, great suffering and death to thousands of people every single year."
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DeWine#Criminal_justice
[2] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/06/10/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-opposes-anti-vaccine-bill-drawing-big-attention/7647434002/
I take it she wasn't worried about being blasted by the 500THz radiation from the courtroom lighting either
If it is LED lighting then she probably is ...
It was the 400 THz ... 700 THz spread that made her uncomfortable. However, the spread around 1.2 PHz outside did the real damage and her skin has taken a red tint and is starting to peel. Currently, the 20 THz ... 150 THz range touching the skin are causing serious discomfort.
The tribunal option
In many states it is quite difficult to get the State Medical Board to act. Texas, for example, is notorious for its libertarian views on letting any crackpot or grifter who once managed to get a few letters after their name carry on lying about the services they offer, to the point that the SMB there is seriously underfunded and understaffed. Maybe Ohio will be different, but who knows? Ohio does currently have a Republican governor and both houses of the State Assembly are Republican-controlled, but maybe those are the responsible Republicans who care about the health of their citizens and would recoil in horror if they knew that dangerous lies were being spread in the midst of a global pandemic.
Anyway, I can't look to see if a complaint against Tenpenny has been registered because right now the Ohio SMB web site appears to be down.
Re: The tribunal option
Sorry, that was meant as a reply to Rich 2 above.
Evidence is
showing how much stupidity there is in the world. Pro/Anti vac, doesn't matter.
From what I see, the only people that have real answers aren't allowed to talk. People that are allowed to range from these two nuts, to profiteer and recent media hero turned flop Faucie. I don't know anyone who isn't crazy - either to start with - or from all the crazies around them.
Please, please, please can I have the vaccine that gives me direct 5G. Because it's a huge drag to have to stick a plug into the back of my neck so I can jack in to jack off.
Lately, I think this applies.
All the world has gone mad except for me and thee... and I'm worried about thee.
"neither seemed to notice or be troubled by the fact they both wore partially metal-framed glasses during their testimony."
They probably can't take them off because they're magnetically attached.
Seriously - they easiest way to test for something being magnetised is a simple compass. I don't suppose they considered demonstrating their magnetism with that. What a pity nobody asked for that to be demonstrated when she asked "Any questions?"
Glass magnets
I just tested my spectacles frame with a proper magnet and there was no attraction.
Mind you, they are made from titanium so that's to be expected.
Are syringes made from fine bore magnetic steel? Wouldn't the vaccine get stuck in the tube?
magnetic vaccines.
Had a dude at the marina spout that one whilst I was hanging off his binnacle. I just pointed.
Re: magnetic vaccines.
Considering there is only about 3-4 grams of iron in the human body, not much is going to be attracted to it, plus you would think 'medical professionals' would know that.
Just a theory
Perhaps nothing stuck to her neck because brass is non-magnetic.
Struck off?
One would hope these two “medical professionals” will be hauled up in front of a tribunal, exposed for being the charlatans they are and be barred from practice?
Really, people are actually fucking insane in the US(*)!! And they’re backed up by morons in the Republican Party that seem, on a daily basis, to go out of their way to fuck-over everyone and anyone they can to further their loony mindset. It really beggars belief - it’s the stuff of a nutty sitcom
(*) yes, I’m well aware we’re have our own loonies this side of the water too.