What if State Epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan Were Under a Second “Oath”?

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Julie Smith

I just finished reading yesterday’s article on OATHS administered to those testifying at committee hearings. Kudos to Reps Leah Cushman and Sandra Panek.  And shame on swamp rat Lucy Weber, an attorney, mind you, who objected. This reminded me of the OTHER oath, the one that doctors take, you know, the one to do no harm.

On 1/13/22, future Rep Kelley Potenza said, “Dr. Sherman, you took an oath, we know what it is, to do no harm,” which triggered the muzzled State Sen. Jeb Bradley to interrupt her at the SB 288 hearing (another vax bill), which can be found at 1:22:55 in this video.

That moment just stood still in time, and I remember it like it was yesterday.

So here we are, two years later, with ANOTHER doctor in the room, NH’s top unelected bureaucrat, Dr Chan. Yeah, it is assumed that he took the same oath as Dr. Sherman, but he was not under oath to “tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth”  when he took to the mic at 4:29:15 for about 8 minutes on 1/10/24 during the SB 319 hearing.

When he finished objecting to the bill, my senator asked some questions about vax effectiveness and informed consent.

Rather than produce a transcript to read here, it would be easier for the reader just to watch the video of that Q&A. That State Senator then left the room and talked to Nurse Terese out in the hall about the (lack of) truthfulness of what Dr Chan had just said.

So, MY follow-up question is this. Would Dr. Chan have said the same words had he been under BOTH OATHS?  And that question is equally relevant to any other time Dr. Chan spoke to ANY committee, House or Senate.

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