Oregon doctor and staff refuse to wear masks during pandemic, calling Covid 'common cold' - msnNOW

I petition all of you, take off the mask of shame," LaTulippe said.

"It is a mask that is just designed to control you and to shut you down," he said, calling the virus, which has killed more than 271,000 people in the United States, "a common cold virus.".

In a phone interview Wednesday, LaTulippe doubled down on his anti-mask stance, saying he does not agree with requiring masks because he believes "there's bad science behind it.".

Although LaTulippe refuses to wear a mask, he said he does ask patients who believe they have Covid-19 or who are showing symptoms of the virus to wear them

Kate Brown enacted that requires health care professionals to wear face coverings at all times while in health care offices, with limited exceptions, according to KGW

The CDC and the Federation of State Medical Boards have also said health care staff members should wear masks to help prevent the spread of the virus

The Oregon Medical Board said it could not comment on specific cases, but it said in a statement Wednesday that noncompliance with executive orders and state guidelines may result in disciplinary action

This includes failure to comply with an Executive Order issued by the Governor or failure to comply with state agency guidance applicable to the time and location where the licensee practices medicine," the board said in its statement