A UC Irvine professor who claimed in a lawsuit to have a natural immunity to COVID-19 has been fired for refusing the vaccine.
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the medical school and director of the medical ethics program at UCI Health, wrote in a blog post that the University of California system removed him from his position on Dec. 17.
“Two years ago I never could have imagined that the University would dismiss me and other doctors, nurses, faculty, staff, and students for this arbitrary and capricious reason,” he wrote, later adding, “Once I challenged one of their policies I immediately became a ‘threat to the health and safety of the community.’”
In August, Kheriarty sued the University of California Board of Regents and Michael V. Drake, the system’s president, alleging he should be exempt from the university’s vaccine mandate because he has a “natural immunity” to COVID-19 after being exposed to the virus. The doctor asserted that treating those who have coronavirus antibodies — by virtue of contracting it — differently from those who are fully vaccinated is unconstitutional. Research shows that coronavirus immunity wanes over time.
Kheriaty said in his blog post that he was placed on unpaid leave in October because he did not comply with the UC system’s vaccination mandate, which now requires students, faculty and staff to receive booster shots — with few exceptions — before they can step foot on campus.
The physician has been a vocal opponent of the UC system’s vaccination mandate, maintaining that such requirements are medically unethical and infringe on personal liberties.
“A person may freely choose to accept medical risks for the benefit of others, as when one donates a kidney for transplant. But there is no moral duty to do so,” Kheriaty wrote in a Wall Street Journal editorial. “This is why we don’t harvest organs without consent, even if doing so would save many lives. Those who make such sacrifices for others must truly be volunteers, not conscripts drafted by college administrators.”
Kheriaty could not be reached for comment Sunday night. UCI administrators declined to speak about his firing, citing “personnel matters.”
Kheriaty wrote that the UC system barred him from using his accumulated paid vacation days after he was placed on unpaid suspension. “In an effort to pressure me to resign, they wanted to restrict my ability to earn an income not only at the university but outside the university as well,” he said. “It was dizzying and at times surreal.”
Source: www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-01-02/uc-irvine-fires-physician-who-refused-to-get-vaccinated-claiming-natural-immunity
How about rejection of the genetically modifying injections falsely called covid ‘vaccines’ because of strictly SCIENTIFIC REASONS??? The genetic content of the UNIVERSAL SPIKE injected into millions on the entire plpanet is the TIP of scientific CRIME, FRAUD and deliberate GENOCIDE!!! 100% synthetic gene of the spike representing countless bioweapon pieces, viral and bacterial pathogenic pieces, synthetic HUMAN pieces, reprogramming human bodies on a massive scale are just mindblowing! How on earth a single knowledgeable and not criminally driven scientist can ever even remotely to say ‘yes’ to these injections??? It is all about pension and salary, supported by compliance with a TOTAL IGNORANCE about ones own body. That equates to a massive suicide supported by the total mass hypnosis. A lawsuit is NOT ENOUGH! A CRIMINAL, MASSIVE INVESTIGATION OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON INVOLVED IN THE MANDATES HAS TO BE PERFORMED NOW.