The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC) earlier this month withdrew its case against a Canadian doctor who faced misconduct allegations over social media posts questioning the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines and promoting ivermectin.
The charges against Dr. Charles Hoffe of Lytton, British Columbia [pictured here], an emergency room doctor with over 30 years of experience, had been lingering since 2022.
On Feb. 5, the CPSBC informed Hoffe’s attorney, Lee Turner, that it was withdrawing its disciplinary proceedings. According to The Epoch Times, CPSBC said the process had dragged on too long. According to Castanet Kamloops, CPSBC said the circumstances around Hoffe’s citation “materially changed.”
“The material change in circumstances is the fact that the emergency phase of COVID-19 has passed,” Castanet reported.
“Captured regulatory and licensing bodies punished dissenting doctors in order to intimidate others into compliance,” Hoffe said. “They do this by revoking medical licenses, canceling board certifications, or announcing that the dissenter is a spreader of misinformation.”
Hoffe likened these actions to “being put in the stocks or a public hanging in a town square.”
In a Substack post, immunologist and computational biologist Jessica Rose, Ph.D., called the end of CPSBC’s case “fantastic news” but said she is “not satisfied.” She wrote:
“They destroyed this lovely man’s life for years. That takes a toll on a kind human being’s well-being: they stole his practice, his livelihood and his time. … Why did they suddenly drop the charges? Was it simply because they knew we were not going back down with our tall pile of evidence that would result in these charges eventually being dismissed?” ....