Dr. McCullough, Who Raised Questions Over Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines, Suspended From Twitter

Dr. Peter McCullough in New York on Dec. 24, 2021. (Jack Wang/The Epoch Times)

Dr. Peter McCullough, a renowned Texas-based internist and cardiologist who has raised questions about the efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines, has been suspended from Twitter.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) took to the social media platform on Oct. 7 to condemn the suspension of McCullough’s account.

“To say private companies have this right is to ignore their coordination with government censors, and the undisclosed influence they have on elections,” Massie wrote alongside a screenshot that shows McCullough’s account has been suspended.

“Twitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules,” the screenshot reads.

Other Twitter users also took to the platform where they noted they can no longer see McCullough’s account, including one board-certified obstetrician-gynecologists who wrote that the “purge has begun,” before urging Tesla CEO Elon Musk to “get a handle on this censorship,” adding that it is “perverse and unethical.”

Musk confirmed his plans to purchase Twitter for $44 billion in an Oct. 3 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing following a lengthy legal battle with Twitter executives over automated bots and fake accounts.

A number of other medical experts and individuals also condemned Twitter on Thursday for suspending McCullough’s account.

The Epoch Times has contacted Twitter for comment.

Peter McCullough, cardiologist, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas on Aug. 5, 2022. (Bobby Sanchez for The Epoch Times)

‘Important Groups Were Excluded’ From Vaccine Testing

McCullough, the chief medical adviser for the Truth for Health Foundation, had over 512,000 followers on Twitter and has been vocal in questioning just how safe and effective COVID-19 shots, which have been pushed by the Biden administration, are.

At a presentation in Pennsylvania in March, McCullough shared his concerns that vaccines were not sufficiently tested before being rolled out, stating that “important groups were excluded, like pregnant women.”

“With no data on safety and efficacy, pregnant women were encouraged, then later forced, to take the vaccines,” McCullough said.

During that same presentation, he also stated that data has proven that “the messenger RNA is in the lymph nodes months after the vaccine had been received” and that “the vaccines are not leaving the body.”

“It’s found in the lymph nodes at 60 days. The thought in the FDA briefing book was that these vaccines were going to be in the body for a day or two, generate immunity, and then be out,” he said, referencing the Food and Drug Administration, which has granted approval for multiple COVID-19 vaccines.

In an interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders“ program in June, McCullough noted an ”array of internally consistent non-fatal outcomes“ from vaccines that the FDA agrees to, including ”heart damage with Pfizer, Moderna,“ and ”blood clots with Johnson & Johnson.”

A nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Covid-19 vaccine at a clinic in Pasadena, Calif. on Aug. 19, 2021. (Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)

FDA Limits Use Of Johnson & Johnson Shot

The FDA limited use of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 shot in May to individuals 18 years of age and older in cases where authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccines are not accessible or clinically appropriate, or in cases where the individual is less keen on using the other two shots.

FDA officials said that data showed the known and potential benefits of the vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 outweigh the known and potential risks for the individuals described in the limited use authorization.

However, it acknowledged the risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), a rare but potentially life-threatening condition, stating that this warrants limiting the authorized use of the vaccine.

McCullough has also proposed that vaccine mandates need to be immediately dropped.

“There is no room for mandates that violate one’s principle of autonomy, their principle of making their own medical freedom. In a civil society, mandates have no role, and the vaccines, at least the ones we have. Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson [need to be] immediately pulled off the market and a safety review undertaken,” he told EpochTV in June.

Following the suspension of his Twitter account, McCullough turned to the free speech platform Gab where he informed his followers that Twitter had, without warning, “stripped all my followers to zero, then they executed their kill machine--SUSPENDED!”

“Will let you know if I come off life-support!” he added.