The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. has dropped its professional misconduct case against a former Lytton doctor who was accused of spreading misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, describing vaccines as “lethal” and recommending unproven treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The investigation into Dr. Charles Hoffe was launched in 2021. The following year, the college cited him on three allegations<\/a> \u2014 that he publicly recommended ivermectin for treating COVID-19 and told people to buy it from animal feed stores; that he publicly stated that COVID-19 vaccinations cause microscopic blood clots, neurological harm, female infertility and a high number of deaths; and that he publicly stated that people who have received the COVID-19 vaccine can harm those who are unvaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hoffe worked as a physician in Lytton prior to the devastating fire in that community on June 30, 2021. Later that year, he was part of a \u201cDoctors on Tour\u201d anti-COVID-vaccine road show, and he subsequently became one of the leading doctors in the Canadian anti-vaccine movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His lawyer did not respond to a query from Castanet, but Hoffe told the Western Standard<\/a> he was happy to hear the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was poking the bear \u2026 at some risk to myself, knowing that this is maybe being a career kamikaze kind of thing, but I have no regrets,\u201d he said. \u201cI have done what I\u2019ve done because it was right, and that\u2019s why I sleep well at night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. confirmed the citation against Hoffe has been withdrawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement provided in response to questions from Castanet, the college said investigations were launched against physicians spouting “unqualified opinions inconsistent with widely accepted views of the profession\u201d during the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis included Dr. Hoffe, who was issued a citation in February of 2022,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe circumstances around his citation have materially changed. As such, CPSBC\u2019s inquiry committee has determined it is no longer necessary to proceed with Dr. Hoffe\u2019s citation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The material change in circumstances is the fact that the emergency phase of COVID-19 has passed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hoffe told attendees at an anti-vaccine event in Kelowna in 2021<\/a> that COVID-19 vaccines are \u201clethal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is like Russian roulette,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou never know what you\u2019re going to get \u2014 some people are getting saline, some people are getting the death shot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hoffe also touted ivermectin at the event, recommending two feed stores in Kamloops that sell it \u201cwithout too many questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was present at a well-attended Sept. 1, 2021, rally outside Royal Inland Hospital<\/a> carrying a sign that read, \u201cSay no to the clot shot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Health Canada\u2019s most recent data<\/a>, 488 people were reported to have died in Canada after taking the COVID-19 vaccine. Four of those deaths were deemed to be associated to the shot, while 77 more were labeled undetermined due to insufficient or conflicting evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo: Contributed Dr. Charles Hoffe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. drops misconduct allegations against prominent anti-vaccine doctor https:\/\/www.castanetkamloops.net\/news\/Kamloops\/532217\/College-of-Physicians-and-Surgeons-of-B-C-drops-misconduct-allegations-against-prominent-anti-vaccine-doctor The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. has dropped its professional misconduct case against a former Lytton doctor who was accused of spreading misinformation … Continue reading Change in circumstances?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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