Rashid Buttar

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Rashid Buttar (born January 20, 1966 in London ) is an American osteopath and conspiracy theorist from Charlotte . He is known for his controversial use of chelation therapy for a variety of conditions, including autism and cancer . He was reprimanded by the North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners for unethical treatment of patients.

Life and career

Buttar immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of 9. He attended Washington University , earned a degree in biology and theology, and then earned a degree in osteopathy from Des Moines University. According to his website, he worked as a surgeon in the US Army for several years but did not achieve a medical qualification. He attracted public attention in 2009 when he used chelation therapy on a woman named Desiree Jennings who claimed to have lost her ability to walk or speak normally after receiving a flu shot . He has been criticized for his use of chelating agents and for his use of intravenous hydrogen peroxide for cancer treatment.

In 2007, Buttar was charged by the North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners with the unethical treatment of four cancer patients. The panel recommended that Buttars "suspend the license indefinitely, but immediately suspend the suspension". In 2010, in response to these and other concerns, the board decided to formally reprimand Buttar but allowed him to continue his practice.

In 2020, a video received by Buttar, which claims that research by Anthony Fauci the emergence of COVID-19 have helped millions of views on YouTube . In the video, Buttar claims that Anthony Fauci, then head of NIAID , transferred $ 3.7 million to a private laboratory in Wuhan after the development of dangerous strains of coronavirus was banned in the United States in 2014.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jim Aavila, Deirdre Cohen: Medical Mystery or Hoax: Did Cheerleader Fake a Muscle Disorder? In: abcnews.go.com. July 22, 2010, accessed April 26, 2020 .
  2. ↑ " Medical board reprimands Mecklenburg doctor of osteopathy " (March 26, 2010) WCNC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ Build A Successful Life - Presenter Info Dr. Rashid A. Buttar. In: buildasuccessfullife.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Jim Aavila, Deirdre Cohen: Medical Mystery or Hoax: Did Cheerleader Fake a Muscle Disorder? In: abcnews.go.com. July 22, 2010, accessed April 26, 2020 .
  5. ↑ James Hamblin: There Is No "Alternative Medicine". In: theatlantic.com. Retrieved April 26, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ Liz Szabo: Book raises alarms about alternative medicine. In: usatoday.com. July 2, 2013, accessed April 26, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Peter Montgomery: Beyond #FireFauci: Conspiracy Theorists Claim Fauci 'Directly Responsible' For COVID-19. In: Right Wing Watch. People For the American Way, April 22, 2020, accessed April 26, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Christina Lin: Why US outsourced bat virus research to Wuhan. In: asiatimes.com. April 22, 2020, accessed on April 28, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Jack Brewster: The Controversial Rumor COVID-19 Originated In A Wuhan Lab Creeps Into The GOP Mainstream. In: Forbes. April 23, 2020, accessed on April 28, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Buttar, Rashid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American physician, alternative medicine cancer therapist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th January 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH London