Sherri Tenpenny

Sherri Tenpenny is an American osteopathic physician and anti-vaccination activist who supports the disproved hypothesis that vaccines cause autism.[1] She is the author of four books opposing vaccination, and her 2015 lecture tour of Australia was cancelled due to a public outcry over her views on vaccination, which go against the established scientific consensus.[1]

Education and career

Tenpenny graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toledo in 1980, and subsequently received a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Missouri in 1984.[2]

From 1986 to 1998, Tenpenny was the director of the emergency department at Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay, Ohio. She opened an osteopathic practice in 1994, and went on to establish two more such practices, in 1996 and 2011.[3]

Tenpenny had scheduled a speaking tour in Australia to occur starting in February 2015, but after objections were raised to her anti-vaccination views, all the venues at which she was scheduled to speak cancelled the talks in January, and the tour was called off.[4][5] Tenpenny has been criticised by the Stop The Australian Anti-Vaccination Network for "endangering people's health" and "targeting vulnerable parents".[6] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tenpenny advocated against the use of face coverings as a mitigation tool[7] despite scientific evidence in favour their effectiveness.[8][9][10][11][12] A Facebook page manage by Tenpenny was deactivated in December 2020 as part of the social network's efforts to reduce the amount of misinformation.[13]

Nevertheless, her Tenpenny Integrative Medical Center received a federal loan of $72,000 as part of the Paycheck Protection Program during the pandemic.[13]

Published works
  • Saying No to Vaccines: A Resource Guide for All Ages. Middleburg Heights, Ohio: NMA Media Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-97909-104-9.
  • FOWL! Bird Flu: It's Not What You Think. Sevierville, Tenn.: Insight Pub. Co. 2006. ISBN 978-1-93286-387-1.
  • The Risks, the Benefits, the Choices, a Resource Guide for Parents. Sevierville, Tenn.: Insight Publishing. 2006. ISBN 978-0-97434-482-9.
  • A Healthier You!. Sevierville, Tenn.: Insight Publishing. 2005. ISBN 978-1-93286-385-7.

References
  1. "Anti-vaccination views are misguided - but not illegal". Sydney Morning-Herald. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. Tenpenny, Sherri. "Sherri J. Tenpenny, DO, AOBNMM (CV)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  3. "Sherri Tenpenny: Who is the controversial anti-vaccination campaigner planning to visit Australia?". ABC News. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. Medew, Julia (29 January 2015). "US anti-vaccination campaigner Dr Sherri Tenpenny cancels tour of Australia". The Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  5. Milman, Oliver (8 January 2015). "Sydney venue cancels seminar by US anti-vaccine activist Sherri Tenpenny". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  6. "Who is anti-vaccination campaigner Sherri Tenpenny?". www.abc.net.au. 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  7. "Dr. Sherri Tenpenny - Face Masks Are Not Effective Against COVID-19: How Masks Are Being Used To Control The Population". Digital Freedom Platform. 2020-07-28. Retrieved 2020-09-27.
  8. Offeddu, Vittoria; Yung, Chee Fu; Low, Mabel Sheau Fong; Tam, Clarence C. (2017-11-13). "Effectiveness of Masks and Respirators Against Respiratory Infections in Healthcare Workers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 65 (11): 1934–1942. doi:10.1093/cid/cix681. ISSN 1058-4838. PMC 7108111. PMID 29140516.
  9. Long, Youlin; Hu, Tengyue; Liu, Liqin; Chen, Rui; Guo, Qiong; Yang, Liu; Cheng, Yifan; Huang, Jin; Du, Liang (2020-03-13). "Effectiveness of N95 respirators versus surgical masks against influenza: A systematic review and meta‐analysis". Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 13 (2): 93–101. doi:10.1111/jebm.12381. ISSN 1756-5391. PMC 7228345. PMID 32167245.
  10. Eikenberry, Steffen E.; Mancuso, Marina; Iboi, Enahoro; Phan, Tin; Eikenberry, Keenan; Kuang, Yang; Kostelich, Eric; Gumel, Abba B. (2020-01-01). "To mask or not to mask: Modeling the potential for face mask use by the general public to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic". Infectious Disease Modelling. 5: 293–308. arXiv:2004.03251. doi:10.1016/j.idm.2020.04.001. ISSN 2468-0427. PMC 7186508. PMID 32355904.
  11. Cheng, Vincent Chi-Chung; Wong, Shuk-Ching; Chuang, Vivien Wai-Man; So, Simon Yung-Chun; Chen, Jonathan Hon-Kwan; Sridhar, Siddharth; To, Kelvin Kai-Wang; Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo; Hung, Ivan Fan-Ngai; Ho, Pak-Leung; Yuen, Kwok-Yung (2020-07-01). "The role of community-wide wearing of face mask for control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic due to SARS-CoV-2". Journal of Infection. 81 (1): 107–114. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2020.04.024. ISSN 0163-4453. PMC 7177146. PMID 32335167.
  12. Lyu, Wei; Wehby, George L. (2020-06-16). "Community Use Of Face Masks And COVID-19: Evidence From A Natural Experiment Of State Mandates In The US". Health Affairs. 39 (8): 1419–1425. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00818. ISSN 0278-2715. PMID 32543923. S2CID 219724836.
  13. Dwoskin, Elizabeth; Gregg, Aaron (18 January 2021). "The Trump administration bailed out prominent anti-vaccine groups during a pandemic". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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