Sherri Tenpenny

[[File:Sheri Tenpenny.png|thumb|right|165px|Tenpenny in 2019]]
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'''Sherri J. Tenpenny''' is an [[osteopath]]<ref>[https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/tag/sherri-tenpenny/ New measles myth from vaccine denier Sherri Tenpenny – not a disease] (2019/04/18) ''Skeptical Raptor''.</ref> and an [[American]] [[anti-vaccination|professional anti-vaccination liar]]<ref>[http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/comment/tenpenny.htm Dr Sherri Tenpenny]</ref> who leverages her "Doctor of [[Osteopathy|woo]]" status to promote [[Andrew Wakefield#The Lancet study|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").<ref name=cv/>

Tenpenny has a prominent following on social media.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/vaccineinfo Dr. Tenpenny on Vaccines]</ref> She will not engage in civil discourse with anyone who disagrees with her opinions, rather she follows the [[Food Babe]] social media mantra of [[Denialism|deny]], delete and block. She is effectively banned from [[Australia]].<ref>[http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/item/5105-anti-vaccination-anti-women-who-gets-to-speak-in-australia Anti vaccination, anti women — who gets to speak in Australia]</ref><ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-29/american-anti-vaccination-campaigner-cancels-speaking-tour/6053852 ABC News: Anti-vaccination campaigner Dr Sherri Tenpenny cancels Australia tour amid security concerns]</ref>

In 2012 Tenpenny implied on social media that the [[Sandy Hook massacre]] was caused by a reaction to vaccines by [[JAQing off]]:<ref>[http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/history/2012/2012awards.htm 2012 Millennium Awards]</ref>
{{cquote|I'd like to take it one step backward: How much "mental illness" in children starts from the 66 vaccine antigens and doses chemicals injected into developing brain by 6 months of age? Or the cumulative effects of 110 antigens by 5yr of age… Or by 12 years, the sum of 153 antigens (and measurable amounts of more than 63 different chemicals).

There is nothing "hysterical" about that statement — simply the facts about what comes through those needles.|4=Tenpenny speaking about Sandy Hook mass murderer Adam Lanza<ref name=facebook>[http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/history/2012/1231tenpenny.jpg Tenpenny facebook post 2012]</ref>}}

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.<ref>https://f4d9b9d3-3d32-4f3a-afa6-49f8bf05279a.usrfiles.com/ugd/f4d9b9_16ccca9c25a04445a69dcd0298fd530d.pdf</ref>

In 2023, the [[Ohio]] State Medical Board investigated Tenpenny's [[wingnut]]tery. After treating the Board contemptuously, they indefinitely suspended her medical license.<ref>Jake Zuckerman, [https://www.cleveland.com/open/2023/08/this-doctor-said-vaccines-magnetize-people-ohio-suspended-her-medical-license.html This doctor said vaccines magnetize people. Ohio suspended her medical license.] cleveland.com, 9 August 2023.</ref>

==COVID-19==
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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 practice<ref>[https://freedomplatform.tv/dr-sherri-tenpenny-face-masks-are-not-effective-against-covid-19-how-masks-are-being-used-to-control-the-population/ Tenpenny calling vaccines useless]</ref> and acted similarly in regards to social distancing and quarantine.<ref>[https://twitter.com/BusyDrT/status/1300853527959547904 calling social distancing and lockdowns propaganda with a link]</ref> Beyond more "normal" types of anti-COVID talking points Tenpenny also has pushed homegrown [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracies theories]] like arguing that [[Quebec]] was making a blacksite for citizens who don't follow quarantine<ref> [https://twitter.com/BusyDrT/status/1304935763046469642 saying there's centers or "uncooperative citizens"]</ref> or for political opponents.<ref>[https://twitter.com/BusyDrT/status/1304896667540426752 calls it a concentration camp]</ref>

Due to things like this her access to [[Facebook]] was banned to reduce COVID misinformation<ref>[https://archive.is/ZxmbO The Trump administration bailed out prominent anti-vaccine groups during a pandemic]</ref> but even now she's one of 12 people responsible for 65% of COVID misinformation.<ref>[https://archive.is/4iulZ 12 prominent people opposed to vaccines are responsible for two-thirds of anti-vaccine content online: report]</ref>

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 magnet]]s, and that the vaccines turn people into an 'interface' with [[5G]].<ref name=salcedo>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/09/sherri-tenpenny-magnetized-vaccine-ohio/ 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''.</ref> 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.<ref name=salcedo/> Some [[GOP]] representatives actually thanked her for spewing her [[bullshit]].<ref name=salcedo/>

==Other quackery==
From her 2010 CV, one can observe other sorts of [[quackery]] that Tenpenny has been trained for or involved with:<ref name=cv>[[http://www.webcitation.org/6WCaxWL8A Sherri J. Tenpenny, DO, AOBNMM] (November 5, 2010) ''WebCite'' (archived from 2015-02-09 02:09:06).</ref>
*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]]<ref>[Referral List of DAN! Doctors who Offer Mercury Detoxification Treatments for Autism] (archived from April 22, 2021).</ref>)
*Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique, a form of [[applied kinesiology]]<ref>{{wpa|Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques}}</ref>
*[[Acupuncture]]
*[[Craniosacral therapy]]
*{{wpl|Neural therapy}}
*Sanoviv Medical Institute, an alternative medicine center in [[Mexico]] — many of their treatments are banned in the [[United States]]<ref>[http://usanawatchdog.blogspot.com/2012/10/dr-mehmet-cengiz-oz-usana-true-health.html MLM Pyramid Scheme Scam? Researching and analyzing USANA and its pyramid scheme. Associates, Shareholders, and Federal Regulators should read.] (October 1, 2012) ''USANA Watch Dog''.</ref>
*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 [[Alex Jones|The Alex Jones Show]]

She has written some dubious publications, including two self-published books through her NMA Media Press<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20151003150453/https://www.pr.com/company-profile/overview/37148 NMA Media Press] (archived from October 3, 2015).</ref>
*''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 Oz]]<ref>''You: 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.</ref><ref>''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.</ref>

==External links==
*[https://youtu.be/128Q2Zw5Sg8?t=3m50s A brief appearance by Sherri Tenpenny on a 2015 YouTube] — promoting the [[cure-all]] 'medicine' [[BX Protocol]]
*[https://www.rezamusic.com/writings/law-ethics/sherri-tenpenny-fake-claims-in-with-christian-oeschs-bx-protocol-scam Sherri Tenpenny's engagement with Christian Oesch and BX Protocol Scam - an excerpt]

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