Peter A. McCullough
Early outpatient treatment advocacy
In the absence of sufficient evidence of effectiveness, the National Institutes of Health made no recommendations for early, at-home, out-patient treatment for COVID-19, a situation McCullough described as "therapeutic nihilism" and tried to address.[24][25][26][27] In April, 2020, McCullough lead a study of the antimalarial medication hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 for the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center. The urgency of the public health crisis justified compromises on best practices in medical research, McCullough told The Wall Street Journal.[28][29] In July, after major studies found hydroxychloroquine was ineffective against COVID-19 and the Food and Drug Administration revoked its emergency use authorization (EUA), McCullough supported a second EUA.[19]
Hydroxychloroquine, together with zinc, vitamin C, vitamin D, etc. was proposed and very successfully used since at least February 2020 in China. In Europe and the US it was used in contraposition to watchful waiting. It's effective against Covid-19, in the first few days, the viral stage. After hospitalisation, it's useless.
A major study rejecting HCQ was fraudulent. thers studies were organised in hospitals, under conditions that had to lead to failure, as discussed under the hydroxychloroquine heading.
COVID-19 misinformation
McCullough testified before a committee of the Texas Senate in March 2021, posted to YouTube by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, in which he made false claims about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines, including that person under 50 years of age and survivors do not need the vaccine and that there is no evidence of asymptomatic spread.[21]
McCullough gave an interview in May 2021, posted on Rumble, in which he made claims about COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines which were "inaccurate, misleading and/or unsupported by evidence," including that survivors cannot be re-infected and so do not require vaccination and that the vaccine is dangerous.[22]
McCullough later made appearances on the Fox Newsprogram The Ingraham Angle; McCullough contradicted public health recommendations, for example when asked about the aggressive spread of COVID-19 among children, by suggesting that people under 30 had no need for a vaccine,[23][42]and by disputing the necessity of vaccination to achieve herd immunity, claiming "natural" (survivor) immunity is superior.[18][43][44]
Harassment
DALLAS - Baylor Scott & White Health has sued a Dallas doctor, who is a COVID-19 vaccine skeptic, after he reportedly continued to use an affiliation with Baylor Health in interviews and publications, even though he was no longer employed by them.
According to the lawsuit, BSWH and HealthTexas Provider Network reached a confidential separation agreement with Peter A. McCullough in February that he would no longer use his affiliation with them after leaving their employment...
BSWH is seeking more than $1 million from McCullough for monetary relief, along with non-monetary relief. A court granted a temporary restraining order by BSWH against McCullough.