Oregon Doctor and Staff Refuse to Wear Masks During Pandemic, Calling Covid ‘Common Cold’

A video posted by the Multnomah County Republicans shows an Oregon doctor named Steven LaTulippe diminishing the severity of Covid-19 to a “common cold.” He also mentions his staff members at the clinic have worn face masks during the entire pandemic.

What We Know:

• On November 7, during a “Stop the Steal” rally outside of the State Capital in Salem, a group gathering in support of President Donald Trump, LaTulippe discussed his opinions and experiences with the coronavirus. Before being handed the mic, LaTulippe was introduced as a doctor who will be speaking on the “myths of Covid” he went on to state, “I want to expose what I call corona mania.”
• “I want you to know that I never shut down during the entire Covid season. … I hate to tell you this, I might scare you, but I and my staff, none of us once wore a mask in my clinic,” he continued as the crowd cheered. “And how many problems did we have in our clinic from that? Zero. Absolutely none.”

• LaTulippe owns South View Medical Arts in Dallas and states he has treated nearly 80 Covid-19 patients, he continued by mentioning, “We have been utterly duped, and I want you to know that this is insanity and the purpose was only to shut down the American people. This is a threat to your freedom, a threat to our Constitution. I petition all of you, take off the mask of shame.”