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SF Area Doc Removed From Position After Questioning Lockdowns

SF Area Doc Removed From Position After Questioning Lockdowns
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By    |   Wednesday, 23 December 2020 07:54 PM EST

A doctor at a San Francisco area hospital has been removed from his position as the medical director of the trauma unit after he and two other physicians authored a letter to county officials questioning the effectiveness of restrictions on businesses and social gatherings to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Dr. Michael deBoisblanc said he believes the letter to the Contra County health director and board of supervisors – in which he and his colleagues Drs. Peter Mazolewski and Brian Hopkins expressed “deep concerns regarding more lockdown measures” – directly resulted in his dismissal from the nonprofit John Muir Health system.

“Clearly the interpretation of my letter to the county … they felt the need to separate themselves and remove me from my position,” DeBoisblanc said to San Jose’s NBC affiliate KNTV.

John Muir Health officials announced last Friday that DeBoisblanc was being removed.

“The doctor is employed through an outside contract,” an official statement said. “And after careful consideration, John Muir Health is not continuing with Dr. deBoisblanc in that position.”

The trio’s letter questioned the reasoning behind the restrictions and said they were counterproductive to public health.

“The science is clear…that more lockdowns lead to much more non COVID morbidity and mortality,” they wrote, according to Oakland’s Fox affiliate KTVU. “Public policy is being based on erroneous assumptions..."

"We’re worried some of the actions the county and government is taking, can definitely have negative impacts on the public health."

The letter received a negative reaction from at least one county supervisor.

"All of these orders have been based on strong science and good data," said John Gioia, the 1st Dist. supervisor for Contra Costa County. "They are citing data that our health department believes is not reflective of accurate current thinking."

DeBoisblanc shot back on Wednesday.

"All the data that I am aware of, looking at children and the virus, shows that it’s safe" to reopen schools, DeBoisblanc said on Fox News Channel on Wednesday. "There are many other states now that have months of track records showing that it’s safe for their kids to go back to school. And the state of California and the county is just not making that possible."

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A doctor at a San Francisco area hospital has been removed from his position as the medical director of the trauma unit after he and two other physicians authored a letter to county officials questioning the effectiveness of restrictions on businesses and social gatherings...
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