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UC system fires physician who challenged COVID-19 vaccine mandate in lawsuit
'The university’s leadership was not interested in scientific debate or ethical deliberation,' says UCI's Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
By Scott Schwebke | sschwebke@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: December 30, 2021 at 4:01 p.m. | UPDATED: December 30, 2021 at 4:01 p.m.
A UC Irvine School of Medicine physician who filed a federal lawsuit claiming a natural immunity exemption to the university’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been fired for refusing the vaccine.
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the medical school and director of the medical ethics program at UCI Health, revealed in a blistering blog post he was terminated Dec. 16 after nearly 15 years at the university.
“Two years ago I never could have imagined that the university would dismiss me and other doctors, nurses, faculty, staff, and students for this arbitrary and capricious reason,” he wrote in the post. “Everyone at the university seemed to be a fan of my work until suddenly they were not.
“Once I challenged one of their policies I immediately became a ‘threat to the health and safety of the community.’ No amount of empirical evidence about natural immunity or vaccine safety and efficacy mattered at all. The university’s leadership was not interested in scientific debate or ethical deliberation.”..
UC system fires physician who challenged COVID-19 vaccine mandate in lawsuit
'The university’s leadership was not interested in scientific debate or ethical deliberation,' says UCI's Dr. Aaron Kheriaty
By Scott Schwebke | sschwebke@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: December 30, 2021 at 4:01 p.m. | UPDATED: December 30, 2021 at 4:01 p.m.
A UC Irvine School of Medicine physician who filed a federal lawsuit claiming a natural immunity exemption to the university’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate has been fired for refusing the vaccine.
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the medical school and director of the medical ethics program at UCI Health, revealed in a blistering blog post he was terminated Dec. 16 after nearly 15 years at the university.
“Two years ago I never could have imagined that the university would dismiss me and other doctors, nurses, faculty, staff, and students for this arbitrary and capricious reason,” he wrote in the post. “Everyone at the university seemed to be a fan of my work until suddenly they were not.
“Once I challenged one of their policies I immediately became a ‘threat to the health and safety of the community.’ No amount of empirical evidence about natural immunity or vaccine safety and efficacy mattered at all. The university’s leadership was not interested in scientific debate or ethical deliberation.”..
