Elizabeth, Erin. On Thursday, they held their most full-throated virtual rally, storming social media platforms with positive vaccine messages and the hashtag #DoctorsSpeakUp, #NursesSpeakUp, #ResearchersSpeakUp, #ParentsSpeakUp and #TeachersSpeakUp. Frequent breaking headlines and Elizabeths repeatedly stated fears for the safety of partner, Joseph Mercola, a prominent holistic doctor with an extensive web site, have added a sense of urgency. As we reported in the earliest debunking of this conspiracy theory, between6,500 and 8,200 doctors can be expected to die each year in the United States alone. The registered nurse, who had been working at Kaiser Permanentes West Los Angeles Medical Center, was speeding at more than 90 miles per hour when she careened through a red light at Slauson and slammed into multiple cars. Thats why the driver, Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37, was charged with five counts of that crime. Her site HealthNutNews.com is barely 4 years old, but cracked the Atty. "Fit Vegan Cardiologist Dies in Freak Accident, Florida MD Dies While Jogging Saturday & More," In fact, Dr. Bradstreets office was just raided by the FDA days before he died. Within hours, his Facebook page was swarmed with hundreds of vitriolic comments, even violent threats from people opposed to vaccines. Atty. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. [New York] Daily News. Cave, Rachel. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascn said Friday that his office would be working with law enforcement throughout the weekend and the investigation could be presented to his office for consideration of charges "as early as Monday," FOX 11 Los Angeles reported. In 1969, an Amador County man hunted down and brutalized his pregnant ex-wife, kicking her belly so hard he left heel prints. The charges filed against the driver underscore a controversy in Californias fetal homicide law. This includes John Louis Lombardozzi, a chiropractor killed in a motorcycle accident (listed as suspicious because he was an experienced rider); Wade Shipman, an osteopath who died in a bike accident; John A. Harsch, a holistic doctor killed in a car accident; Thomas Bruff, an occupational medicine doctor who died in a plane crash; Mark Buller, a bioterrorism expert who died after being struck by a car; and surgeon Anita Kurmann, who was killed in a bike accident. Elizabeth, Erin. "Holistic Doctor Found Dead in Parking Lot Before Seminar" The baby was stillborn just hours after the attack, her skull severely fractured. When the coronavirus hit last year, Dr. Mercola jumped on the news, with posts questioning the origins of the disease. In fact, amongst the whole series, the only true defining similarity between all the cases described on Health Nut News is that Elizabeth promises to keep people updated on their developments if they join her email list. The practice has a video studio with podcast equipment. Lintons mental health deteriorated further after she stopped taking her psychiatric medication during the pandemic. In 2012, Dr. Mercola began writing about the virtues of tanning beds. This-bait-and-switch started right away. So Ill keep going., [Like the Science Times page on Facebook. Twenty-four thousand stillbirths still happen each year in this country.. They taught him how to block some 600 posters and expunge comments. Prosecutors in Central California have dropped a murder charge against a woman in connection with the death of her unborn child through drug use. I believe the increased traction of the vaccine choice movement may simply be the natural byproduct of consumers becoming more educated about their health, Ms. Elizabeth wrote. He alleged that shed used methamphetamine, which led to fetal demise. So, lets say the information we were given was true. She told her sister that she was flying out to meet her in Houston the next day so she could do her nieces hair. Vaccines used to be embraced almost unquestioningly in the United States as lifesavers. 14 February 2016, Elizabeth, Erin. Elizabeth, Erin. The conversation should start with the idea that everyone wants whats best for the child.. Shots Heard sprang from the ashes of a scorched-earth cyberattack on Kids Plus Pediatrics, an independent practice whose main office includes the site of a converted Chinese restaurant in a small, tired strip mall in Pittsburgh. These fourteen doctors include five chiropractors who died in car accidents (Chris Coffman, David Knotts, Thomas Eynon, William Snow and Janelle A. Bottorff) introduced with this caveat: Im not including these officially in my holistic series of doctors who have been found dead or murdered, but have had more than one of their patients write me saying that they would like me to do a story on them. Health Nut News. But it was after the cyberassault on a Cincinnati pediatrician in January that Dr. Damania called for last weeks action to flood social media with pro-vaccine posts. These laws were passed in the name of protecting pregnant people from harm from abusers, hit-and-runs, bank robbers but the laws ended up being used against pregnant people themselves, said Farah Diaz-Tello, legal director of If/When/How, a reproductive rights nonprofit based in Oakland. A report will be prepared for the coroner. They saved me, Mr. Bigford said. 28 December 2015. In 2004, a California jury convicted Scott Peterson of fetal murder in the second degree, helping to earn him the death penalty. CBC News. In the last three months the groups members have swooped in on about 10 large-scale attacks and about 60 smaller ones. In 2017, he filed an affidavit claiming his net worth was in excess of $100 million.. Im all cried out, said Shaseana Kerr, Ryans sister, the day after the crash. What we saw in the 80s and 90s was a perfect storm of the antiabortion movement and just plain racism and cruelty, Goodwin said. who died suddenly on Fathers Day, leaving behind a beautiful family. Katie Wilson, a licensed practical nurse, prepared a flu shot for a six-month-old at Kids Plus Pediatrics in Pittsburgh. "34 Year Old Doctor/Cancer Researcher Found Dead in Field." The defense included in its documents character letters from Lintons family and friends. Adora Perez with murder after she suffered a stillbirth, California mothers murder charge for fetal death is dropped. Sources tell me that he was found dead in his car; there had been no accident and it wasnt running. For many, the fall of Roe vs. Wade, which protected a womans constitutional right to abortion, makes the threat of such prosecutions more real and the need to prevent them more urgent. Elizabeth first wrote about Bradstreets death on 23 June 2015, in a post implying (but not demonstrating) there was more to the story than met the eye, and citing Bradstreet's family and friends' doubt over the official cause of death as proof. This bill really just enshrines whats already state law, said Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (DOakland), the bills sponsor. Instead, the article claimed, the shots alter your genetic coding, turning you into a viral protein factory that has no off-switch.. 10 March 2017, Annese, John. Its fine to ask questions in good faith, Dr. Wolynn said. "Life Stories: Raleighs Baron Holt Known as a Faithful Healer." Gonzalez died at age 67 of cardiac-related issues. Since going online last fall, the group has grown to nearly 600 vetted volunteers worldwide, dedicated to defending other vaccine advocates against online anti-vaccine attacks. Health Nut News. of Kids Plus Pediatrics, in the video studio at the practices Pittsburgh office. Now, Dr. Mercola and others in the Disinformation Dozen are in the spotlight as vaccinations in the United States slow, just as the highly infectious Delta variant has fueled a resurgence in coronavirus cases. 21 July 2016, Elizabeth, Erin. More than 97 percent of people hospitalized for Covid-19 are unvaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was conceived as a proxy to protect pregnant women, who even today are twice as likely to die by violence than from hemorrhage or preeclampsia. Miller, Michael, E. "The Mysterious Death of a Doctor Who Peddled Autism Cures to Thousands." Cleveland Jewish News. Health Nut News. Freezers containing vaccines at Kids Plus Pediatrics. 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"2 More Doctors Go Missing, After 3 Found Dead in 2 Weeks" Her brother, Donovan Dallas, who is the deputy superintendent of police in Saint Andrew North in Jamaica, believes his sister did not intentionally cause the crash. 4 August 2016. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. ", Christensen, Doreen. All rights reserved. And rather than directly stating online that vaccines dont work, Dr. Mercolas posts often ask pointed questions about their safety and discuss studies that other doctors have refuted. These doctors, only three of whom practiced alternative medicine, are Jamie Zimmerman, Nabil El Sanadi, Lorraine Hurley, Kenneth Rich, and Alan Clarke. Despite that admission, Elizabeth continues to include their faces on her dead doctor collage. I already cried. Linton is accused by the district attorney of reckless disregard for life in connection with the multi-vehicle crash. "Famous Autism Researcher and Doctor, Jeff Bradstreet, MD, Died of Alleged Self Inflicted Gunshot Wound to Chest and Found in a River." "The Truth of Holistic Celebrity Dr Sebis Death." 1 February 2016, Elizabeth, Erin. Lintons lawyers noted that blood tests showed their client had no narcotics or alcohol in her system except for fentanyl that was given to her after the crash. In an email, Ms. Elizabeth said she was shocked to have been targeted as one of the 12 in the Disinformation Dozen and called it a witch hunt.. 1 July 2015, Elizabeth, Erin. Carpender, Heather. These five deaths over the span of a year and a half, from a statistical standpoint, are not abnormal. Health Nut News. He and Mr. Hermann hit the road, exhorting providers to support each other. Pologod. It also shows how quickly our lives can be taken away from us or those around us so treasure every moment with your loved ones. But now doctors and other health care providers are beginning to link arms virtually in an organized effort to defend not only each other, but also vaccines themselves, which they see as essential to their mission. Health Nut News. Live life today ON PURPOSE. In an email, Dr. Mercola said it was quite peculiar to me that I am named as the #1 superspreader of misinformation. Some of his Facebook posts were only liked by hundreds of people, he said, so he didnt understand how the relatively small number of shares could possibly cause such calamity to Bidens multibillion dollar vaccination campaign., The efforts against him are political, Dr. Mercola added, and he accused the White House of illegal censorship by colluding with social media companies.. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, A pregnant mother and her 1-year-old son on a routine trip are cut down by a speeding car. | Sign up for the Science Times newsletter. "Holistic Doctor Death Series: Over 60 Dead in Just Over a Year" Fourteen of the Remaining 40 Cases Are Murders Unrelated to a Medical Conspiracy. Ladies, send your guys for a trim and a flu shot, Mr. Bigford posted on Facebook. A 2019 study in the journal Vaccine that analyzed the characteristics of anti-vaccine commenters on Facebook found that while most are female and mothers, their differences were significant. Health Nut News. The task proved complex because many of her reports come with the caveat that they are not part of the official series but are nonetheless included in her photo montage. He settled and sent $2.95 million in refunds to customers who bought the tanning beds. 7 April 2016. His death came just days after his Georgia clinic was raided by the federal agents looking for GcMAF or other unlicensed medical treatments. Such efforts are particularly urgent now, say some medical experts, who fear an imminent perfect public health storm: The coronavirus is spreading not only simultaneously with a severe flu season but also, potentially, measles outbreaks, which typically occur in late winter and early spring. Her post about Mr. Bigford began: This nasty group that does mobile vaccinations on your children. She then went back to work, and called her sister again at 1:24 p.m. saying she was leaving work again, just minutes before the crash. Encore: The Many Holistic Doctor Deaths w/ Erin Elizabeth of Health Nut News. "Grenada Man Accused in Death of Linnea Veinotte May Not Go to Trial Until 2017." Over the last decade, Dr. Mercola has built a vast operation to push natural health cures, disseminate anti-vaccination content and profit from all of it, said researchers who have studied his network. Building off of the success of that article, Elizabeth has expanded what she calls her unintentional series to include over 50 posts on Health Nut News. The other notable figure is Nick Gonzalez, an oncologist who practiced controversial and unproven alternative cancer treatments. Follow me on the socials I havent been banned on in my bio link He routinely does A/B testing, they said, in which many versions of the same content are published to see what spreads fastest online. Health Nut News. Michelle Gustafson for The New York Times. Her lawyers said an online therapist told her she merely suffered from anxiety. Dr. Han, along with his wife and five year old daughter, were killed by a former business partner for financial gain, as reported by the Associated Press: A California man was charged Tuesday with murder in the slaughter of the family of a Chinese herbalist, including his 5-year-old daughter, in a crime authorities say might have been caused by a business dispute. The Mercola headquarters in Cape Coral, Fla. 30 October 2015, Elizabeth, Erin. Erin Elizabeth Health Nut News on Twitter: "I cant believe that the beautiful fit young Rachel is dead at 42 and died unexpectedly and suddenly. Brad Bigford, a nurse practitioner with Table Rock Mobile Medicine, on a house call in Meridian, Idaho. Still, it has been enough fodder for others to attach their own pet theories tosome conspiracy peddlers focus on GcMAF despite the fact that almost none of the other doctors were involved in it, while others tie the conspiracy more generally to the heavy-handed interference of the federal government. Health Nut News. The day of the crash, Linton drove home from the hospital for lunch and FaceTimed her sister completely naked, according to the court papers. In the 1990s, he began shifting to natural health medicine and opened his main website, Mercola.com, to share his treatments, cures and advice. In just over a year, more than sixty holistic health practitioners have died suspicious deaths, and the media refuses to acknowledge that these deaths might be linked. But if I stop posting, then the only people talking about vaccines are the anti-vaxxers, he said. So California legislators are once again rewriting the law. The next day, at Ben Taub psychiatric hospital, Linton required stitches on her forehead after she banged her head into a glass partition while ranting about the police and Supreme Court, the lawyers wrote. 24 November 2016, Elizabeth, Erin. Health Nut News. The dubious (and unsubstantiated) shared connections of GcMAF and CBD oil -- a non-psychoactive component of cannabis used primarily for pain management -- among these doctors is about as close to a motive as you will find on Health Nut News. One of Lintons other five siblings, Kimberly, said her sister became a traveling nurse during the pandemic and wanted to start medical school next year to become a doctor. Health Nut News. In other cases, Elizabeth barely makes an attempt to draw the deaths of these individuals into a larger narrative, as with chiropractor Armon Burt the victim of a heart attack whose inclusion in the series stems from Elizabeths barely-articulated hunches that minor details surrounding his death are strange: Dr. Armon Bert, who was reported missing by his family, was found in his car in the parking lot of a Kirkwood Lowes store (St Louis suburb), the apparent victim of a heart attack (how do they clock his death at exactly 10:04 AM if they found him in the car?). Were a horrible mismatch for the anti-vaxxers, Dr. Wolynn tells providers. But while Ms. Elizabeth and others are overtly anti-vaccine, Dr. Mercola has appeared more approachable because he takes less radical positions than his peers, Ms. Koltai said. The fiery crash killed five, including a pregnant woman and a baby. These laws were passed in the name of protecting pregnant people, but we dont have data that theyve been effective, Diaz-Tello said. Six bodies were found by the coroner at the Aug. 4 crash site in Windsor Hills. Facebook also recently removed his Feb. 9 article. Moriarty, Erin. Health Nut News. 8 August 2016. A full body orgasm at the L.A. Phil? Claim: In just over a year, more than sixty holistic health practitioners have died suspicious deaths, and the media refuses to acknowledge that these deaths might be linked. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Elizabeth, Erin. 15 June 2016, Elizabeth, Erin. Health Nut News. Health Nut News. Elizabeth uses the problems in the investigation to generate suspicion but fails to make any link to a larger narrative about the threat she thinks alternative medical practitioners are facing. "Doctor Killed on Riverview Drive Was Slu Professor, Expert on Bioterrorism." Health Nut News. "Breaking: Another Holistic Florida MD Found Dead." She ran out of her apartment in May 2018 during a panic attack, and when police approached her, she jumped on a police car and was arrested for disorderly conduct, her attorneys wrote. "Alternative & Holistic MD, John Hicks, Has Died" To buttress the operation, he set up companies like Mercola.com Health Resources and Mercola Consulting Services. Production insiders have revealed the fate of Channel Ten's MasterChef Australia, which was pulled off air prior to its premiere on Monday night after the death of They also countered prosecutors arguments that Linton has a history of dangerous driving. 14 July 2015. His battles with the church arent over, 17 SoCal hiking trails that are blooming with wildflowers (but probably not for long! Elizabeth, Erin. The article says no cause of death is given. In 2003, he published a book, The No-Grain Diet, which became a New York Times best seller. Also notable is the inclusion of Jeffrey Whiteside, a pulmonary/critical care doctor who, despite a complex and potentially mismanaged investigation that ultimately concluded that his death was a suicide, did not practice or have ties to any form of alternative medicine. It also claimed Ryans 11-month-old son, Alonzo Quintero; her boyfriend, Reynold Lester; and best friends Nathesia Lewis, 43, and Lynette Noble, 38. "Another Holistic Doctor Shot in His Clinic, Dies Hours Later." (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images). Jock Zonfrillo was barely 46 when he just died suddenly. Elizabeth, Erin. In Idaho, Mr. Bigford has installed security cameras and alerted neighbors to look out for unfamiliar cars. More than a year later, Linton was involuntarily committed to a psychiatric ward after a neighbor called her family after seeing Linton running around her apartment complex naked, the attorneys said. As with Bradstreet, Gaynors death was ruled a suicide, which Elizabeth questions for spurious reasons. Health Nut News. Finally, Linnea Veinotte, a researcher who had a teaching post at St. Georges University in Grenada, was killed in a hit-and-run for which the perpetrator later turned himself in. The two women, identified as Nathesia Lewis and Lynette Noble, were traveling in the same car at the time of the deadly crash. 12 March 2016. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! CBC News. Tiejun Huang, Chinese medicine practitioner (killed by a man, Vibeke Rasmussen, professor and holistic doctor (killed by a mentally disturbed, Juan Gonzalez, naturopath (killed by the husband of a former patient, Ferdinand 'Fred' Mejilla, chiropractor (killed in a murder-suicide by the husband of his receptionist, who was also once his patient), Jessica Colker, wife of a holistic doctor (killed by a convicted rapist recently released from jail who later, Mark Ernsting, cancer researcher (killed in a, Mary Rene Bovier,retired chiropractor (killed by an, Rose Polge, junior doctor (a 25 year-old British junior doctor whose alleged, Laura Skellchock, dermatologist (Primarily a cosmetic dermatologist known for her work treating, Robert Ashton, thoracic Surgeon (who took his life, Jerome Block, medical doctor (who had recently been convicted of medicare fraud, and who had jumped to his death in a. Michelle M. Hartley, holistic doctor (a 32 year-old who died of a heart attack and for whom Elizabeth provides no additional information). 7 May 2015. They said in a filing that Linton was suffering from deteriorating mental health issues before the crash. The medical records are an objective unbiased account of what happened here, Lintons attorney, Jacqueline Sparagna, told The Times. In a warning letter on Feb. 18, the F.D.A. In 2019, Fagundes charged 26-year-old Chelsea Becker, a mother of three, with the same crime after a stillbirth. The fiery collision was so violent, L.A. County Coroner spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said, that it tore Armani from his mothers womb. When anti-vaxxers attacked the Instagram post of an adolescent medicine doctor who wrote about the HPV vaccine, Shots Heard rushed to her aid. CHP and other officials investigate a fiery crash where multiple people were killed near a Windsor Hills gas station at the intersection of West Slauson and South La Brea avenues on Aug. 4, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. Carmen Dorsey, from left, and London Carter pray as Vera Jones lights a candle at Health Nut News. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Health Nut News. 13 February 2017, Saint Louis University. The answer goes back to a 1970 law, written two and a half years before Roe vs. Wade was decided and decades ahead of the push for fetal personhood by antiabortion legislators. -The Many Holistic Doctor Deaths and why this has been occurring 14 July 2015. Sparks, John. Im fortunate to have fascinating conversations with the most insightful people in the world, and on my podcast, Im sharing those conversations with you. One prominent anti-vaccine activist is Erin Elizabeth, who runs Health Nut News, a newsletter that challenges many mainstream health concepts and promotes a Health Nut News. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 19 March 2016. They are the biggest cowards when it comes to this stuff because they feel they have so much to lose.. Salinger, Tobias. Health Nut News. I have reported on sudden death for 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. The Food and Drug Administration has also issued warning letters to Dr. Mercola for selling unapproved health products in 2005, 2006 and 2011. Your membership is the foundation of our sustainability and resilience. Three dozen other state legislatures followed suit. The Star. Some high-profile media figures have promoted skepticism of the vaccines, notably Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham of Fox News, though other Fox personalities have urged viewers to get the shots. "Famous MD Jumps Off George Washington Bridge to His Death in NYC." Brad Bigford, a traveling nurse practitioner from Boise, Idaho, jumped at the invitation: spend an afternoon at Freds Reel Barber Shop in nearby Meridian, offering the flu vaccine to customers. The Times was unable to verify the claims in the study, which was published by Nutrients, a monthly journal from Molecular Diversity Preservation International, a nonprofit in Basel, Switzerland. Sarich, Christina. However, Health Nut News founder Erin Elizabeth, who has for years pushed a narrative that dozens of alternative doctors and naturopaths have been dying under The Times also found 17 other Facebook pages that appeared to be run by him or were closely connected to his businesses. Linton would be most appropriately housed in a mental health treatment facility where she can be monitored and treated for her illness, wrote attorneys Halim Dhanidina and Jacqueline Sparagna in the filing Monday. Five Cases Involving Holistic Doctors Remain. "Autopsy: Alcohol a Factor in Fatal Fall of HCMC Doctor Found Along I-94." 5 July 2016, Elizabeth, Erin. 24 January 2016, Elizabeth, Erin. ", Coral Springs Funeral Home. Elizabeth, Erin. Davey Alba, Karen Weise, Erin Woo and Daisuke Wakabayashi contributed reporting. Hes a master of capitalizing on periods of uncertainty, like the pandemic, to grow his movement.. 6 August 2016, Elizabeth, Erin. ], A Call to Arms: Under Attack, Pro-Vaccine Doctors Fight Back, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/health/vaccines-protest-doctors.html. Winter wrote that Linton has bipolar disorder and suffered an apparent lapse of consciousness at the time of the crash, according to the heavily redacted medical records. "Dr. Sebi Dies in Police Custody in Honduras." Members include clinicians, nurses, lawyers, researchers, medical students, paramedics and state legislative staff members. WBZ-TV [Boston]. He also began promoting vitamin supplements as a way to ward off the coronavirus. Linton was in contact with one of her sisters, and kept telling her that her coworkers at the West Los Angeles Medical Center were acting weird, her lawyers said. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. 7 January 2016. Her sister Camille Linton said in a letter to the court that Nicoles studies to be a nurse anesthetist caused her first mental health breakdown. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten,

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