Sherri Tenpenny

Sherri J. Tenpenny is an osteopathNew measles myth from vaccine denier Sherri Tenpenny – not a disease (2019/04/18) Skeptical Raptor. and an American professional anti-vaccination liarDr Sherri Tenpenny who leverages her "Doctor of woo" status to promote discredited studies and anti-vax hysteria. She also happens to be a Dame of Malta (Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, Knights Hospitaller, commonly known as the Catholic order "Knights of Malta").
Tenpenny has a prominent following on social media.Dr. Tenpenny on Vaccines She will not engage in civil discourse with anyone who disagrees with her opinions, rather she follows the Food Babe social media mantra of deny, delete and block. She is effectively banned from Australia.Anti vaccination, anti women — who gets to speak in AustraliaABC News: Anti-vaccination campaigner Dr Sherri Tenpenny cancels Australia tour amid security concerns
In 2012 Tenpenny implied on social media that the Sandy Hook massacre was caused by a reaction to vaccines by JAQing off:2012 Millennium Awards
In 2021, a report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate listed her as one of the "Disinformation Dozen," a group of 12 people responsible for about 65% of COVID-19 related misinformation circulating online.https://f4d9b9d3-3d32-4f3a-afa6-49f8bf05279a.usrfiles.com/ugd/f4d9b9_16ccca9c25a04445a69dcd0298fd530d.pdf
In 2023, the Ohio State Medical Board investigated Tenpenny's wingnuttery. After treating the Board contemptuously, they indefinitely suspended her medical license.Jake Zuckerman, This doctor said vaccines magnetize people. Ohio suspended her medical license. cleveland.com, 9 August 2023.
==COVID-19==
During the COVID-19 pandemic Tenpenny openly spoke against every measure used to contain Covid. She called masks useless, dehumanizing, apparently it is a religion has now become a popular cult-like practiceTenpenny calling vaccines useless and acted similarly in regards to social distancing and quarantine.calling social distancing and lockdowns propaganda with a link Beyond more "normal" types of anti-COVID talking points Tenpenny also has pushed homegrown conspiracies theories like arguing that Quebec was making a blacksite for citizens who don't follow quarantine saying there's centers or "uncooperative citizens" or for political opponents.calls it a concentration camp
Due to things like this her access to Facebook was banned to reduce COVID misinformationThe Trump administration bailed out prominent anti-vaccine groups during a pandemic but even now she's one of 12 people responsible for 65% of COVID misinformation.12 prominent people opposed to vaccines are responsible for two-thirds of anti-vaccine content online: report
In June 2021, Tenpenny was invited to the Ohio House of Representatives as an expert witness on COVID vaccinations. She claimed that the vaccinations turned people into human magnets, and that the vaccines turn people into an 'interface' with 5G.A doctor falsely told lawmakers vaccines magnetize people: 'They can put a key on their forehead. It sticks.' by Andrea Salcedo (June 9, 2021 at 4:18 a.m. PDT) The Washington Post. Tenpenny falsely claimed during her testimony that 5000 people in the US had died from COVID vaccines, and implausibly stated she had spent 10,000 hours researching vaccines since the pandemic. Some GOP representatives actually thanked her for spewing her bullshit.
==Other quackery==
From her 2010 CV, one can observe other sorts of quackery that Tenpenny has been trained for or involved with:[Sherri J. Tenpenny, DO, AOBNMM (November 5, 2010) WebCite (archived from 2015-02-09 02:09:06).
*Tenpenny Integrative Medical Center: "Combining MD, DO, DC Chiropractic, NP and PA"
*Medical Expert Witness for Federal Court of Claims (this is the US Vaccine Court that is supposed award payment for actual injuries from vaccines as opposed to Tenpenny's conjectures)
*Osteopathic Craniosacral Therapy Training
*DAN! Practitioner training (which gives bogus mercury detoxification for autism[Referral List of DAN! Doctors who Offer Mercury Detoxification Treatments for Autism] (archived from April 22, 2021).)
*Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique, a form of applied kinesiology
*Acupuncture
*Craniosacral therapy
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*Sanoviv Medical Institute, an alternative medicine center in Mexico — many of their treatments are banned in the United StatesMLM Pyramid Scheme Scam? Researching and analyzing USANA and its pyramid scheme. Associates, Shareholders, and Federal Regulators should read. (October 1, 2012) USANA Watch Dog.
*She has written for Joseph Mercola's website.
*She's appeared on radio and TV with Oz.
*She's appeared "many times" on Coast to Coast AM and The Alex Jones Show
She has written some dubious publications, including two self-published books through her NMA Media PressNMA Media Press (archived from October 3, 2015).
*FOWL!Bird flu: It’s Not What You Think (2006)
*Saying No to Vaccines: A Resource Guide for All Ages (2008)
*She has written chapters on vaccines in two books that were co-authored by Mehmet OzYou: Having a Baby: The Owner's Manual to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz (2010) Scribner. ISBN 1416572376.You: Raising Your Child: The Owner's Manual from First Breath to First Grade by Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz (2010) Scribner. ISBN 1439109486.
==External links==
*A brief appearance by Sherri Tenpenny on a 2015 YouTube — promoting the cure-all 'medicine' BX Protocol
*Sherri Tenpenny's engagement with Christian Oesch and BX Protocol Scam - an excerpt
==References==
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