Surgeon suspended from USask for comments at a rally encouraging pause of mRNA vaccines for kids

The University of Saskatchewan has suspended Dr. Francis Christian from his faculty responsibilities after he spoke at a rally last week stressing the need for informed consent in giving children the COVID-19 vaccine. The practising surgeon from Saskatoon described himself as pro-vaccine, Global News reported. “I am only too aware of the great scourges of mankind, including smallpox, that have been eliminated or made innocuous by vaccination,” he said. “I am also pro-vaccine for my own family, including myself.” Specifically, however, he called for the province to pause administering mRNA vaccines to kids as young as 12, the youngest age approved to receive the vaccine. In Saskatchewan, children aged 12 are the only cohort in need of parental consent to get the vaccine, as kids aged 13 to 17 are considered mature minors and can consent themselves. As the rally, Dr. Christian said there’s a “sacrosanct principle” of informed consent before administering “any kind of drug or treatment or intervention.” “Before the vaccine is rolled out to children, both children and parents must know the risks of mRNA vaccines to children, any benefit to children and any alternatives to vaccines,” he said. “The principle of informed consent is being consistently violated in this province for the mRNA vaccine for our kids. I have not met a single vaccinated child or parent who has been adequately informed and who then understand the risks of this vaccine or its benefits.” Parents and kids alike need to at least be made of aware of eight issues, including that mRNA vaccines are an experimental design with only He said, at a minimum, parents and children need to be made aware of eight points, including that mRNA is an experimental vaccine design that “interim authorization” in Canada and that “COVID-19 does not pose a threat to our kids.” The University of Saskatchewan said in a statement to Global News that Dr. Christian has been suspended as the school reviews his public statements. “While the review takes place, as per USask policies, Dr. Christian has been suspended from his faculty responsibilities, including his two academic administrative roles within the Department of Surgery,” said Dr. Preston Smith, Dean of the College of Medicine. “He is not in the position of director of surgical humanities or in the position of the director of patient safety and quality improvement which, of course, is also a position that overlaps with his role in the (Saskatchewan Health Authority) but most specifically, it means for us he will not be involved in the supervision of medical students or residents while we proceed with this investigation. “When somebody is saying things that are at such great variance with all of our experts and worldwide experts and public safety is involved and could be jeopardized through these differences of view, I think we have to recognize that that’s a special situation that requires urgent and extraordinary action and that’s our reason for acting at this time.” Dr. Smith noted USask encourages “public debate of important societal issues.” “However, as identified in USask’s Medical Faculty Policy, our medical faculty are subject to the ethical and professional standards governing the practice of medicine, and USask is responsible to review concerns raised about its medical faculty in relation to these standards.”

Surgeon suspended from USask for comments at a rally encouraging pause of mRNA vaccines for kids

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