GP with unblemished 40-year career gets 6-month suspension for 'vitriolic' anti-vaxx comments - including one that kids were being 'lined up' to get a Covid vaccine that could 'kill them'

A GP with an unblemished career has been suspended for six months over 'vitriolic' comments she made about Covid and vaccines. Londonderry based GP Dr Mary McCloskey has been suspended for six months for a series of 'vitriolic' comments made in videos shared online that a tribunal said had the potential to undermine public health advice, other medics and discourage people from getting Covid jabs Dr McCloskey previously had an unblemished professional medical record and was previously a GP Principal at the Racecourse Medical Group from 1990 to 2018 A Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service hearing held late last month heard how, in a video on August 21, she claimed the dangers of the pandemic had been invented and promoted to the public. The MPTS also noted another video in November that same year where Dr McCloskey claimed experts were 'laughing' at the public via how they named Covid variants. The MPTS found these comments had the potential to undermine public health information, undermine public confidence in the medical profession and discourage people from getting the Covid vaccines. 'There was clear evidence that Dr McCloskey’s actions had the potential to undermine public confidence in the medical profession and that by doing this there was a risk to public health and safety,' they said.