Alaska doctors who complained to the State Medical Board about a group of fellow physicians using non-FDA-approved treatments for Covid-19 illness received gifts of chocolates and information packets over the holidays from the Alaska Covid Alliance, a small group of allies of the alternative treatments.
The letter accompanying the chocolates and information pamphlet explained to the complaining doctors that the Alaska Covid Alliance-associated physicians had been using a series of treatment protocols for 20 months, and that the attached information was meant to better explain what some of those practices are and where they are being used successfully in the world.
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The complaining doctors didn’t universally appreciate the gesture. Some felt intimidated, they said. Many of the signers of the original complaint are women doctors who are part of a closed Facebook page, where they aired their extensive grievances about having received the chocolate and educational resources.
“Some felt threatened, unsafe, intimidated by this letter and the chocolates that came with it in a nice holiday gift bag,” said one of the Covid Alliance supporters, who was mystified at the reaction. “Their Facebook page kind of blew up about it.”
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The accompanying letter from the Alaska Covid Alliance discussed medications such as ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine, which are believed to be safer than many common drugs used to treat various illnesses.
In response to the complaints about intimidation, Providence Medical Center management sent the following letter to its medical staff, saying that the matter was elevated to the Alaska State Medical Board:
“Hello Members of the Medical Staff,
“It has come to our attention that multiple members of our Medical Staff have received deliveries to their home over the past couple of days. The deliveries include a letter from Alaska Covid Alliance along with unwanted gifts. Although the message states that it is intended to be informational, some recipients are perceiving it as a form of intimidation. We believe these deliveries are targeting those who signed the ASMB letter. Through partnerships, we have informed ASHNHA and the Alaska State Medical Board about these activities. Please report to the Medical Staff Office ([email protected]) if you have received these unwanted gifts or visits so we may sense the scope of this activity.”
The gift bags were intended to be an olive branch to the complaining doctors, who were trying to get the Covid Alliance physicians’ license revoked by the state medical board. The medical board has refused to take action against the pioneering doctors.
As for the olive branch, it was stalking, Dr. Merijeanne Moore said to the Anchorage Daily News. She was one of the first to author the complaint to the Alaska State Medical Board about the medical participants in the Early Treatment Summit, organized by the Alaska Covid Alliance. Moore, who is a psychiatrist, filed a police report, and an Anchorage detective was assigned to the case.
“We wanted to start a dialogue,” said one member of the Alaska Covid Alliance. Let’s come to the table. It’s 28 pages, a synopsis of all the early treatment research that has been done.”
One of the Covid Alliance volunteers said the deliveries were made to home addresses after Providence prohibited them from being delivered on its campus. Other volunteers mailed the gifts after being unable to deliver them in person. One recipient of the holiday bag threw it down on the driveway when he realized what it was, a volunteer reported.
One of the Covid Alliance volunteers said she was interviewed by APD Detective Jason Deville, and that the case number is 21-507288. She said the detective wanted to know if the candy had been tampered with.
