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Catholic psychiatrist and ethicist who was fired last month from the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine explains why he made a principled stand in opposition to mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty is a psychiatrist and ethicist who served as a professor at the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine and the director of the Medical Ethics Program at UCI Health, until he was fired last month for refusing to be vaccinated after claiming natural immunity from a prior COVID-19 infection.
During the early months of the pandemic, Kheriaty co-authored the UC’s pandemicventilator triage guidelines for the UC Office of the President and consulted for the California Department of Public Health on the state’s triage plan for allocating scarce medical resources. He also served as a psychiatric consultant at the hospital and contracted COVID-19 in 2020.
In August, after his employer issued a vaccine mandate that made no exceptions for those who had already been infected with the virus, he sued the University of California Board of Regents and Michael Drake, the system’s president. He was placed on unpaid leave in October, and his employment was terminated on Dec. 17.
“Once I challenged one of their policies I immediately became a ‘threat’ to the health and safety of the community,” he contended in a blog post.
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Dr. Aaron Kheriaty Discusses COVID-19, Vaccine Mandates and His Dismissal From UC-Irvine
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty is a psychiatrist and ethicist who served as a professor at the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine and the director of the Medical Ethics Program at UCI Health, until he was fired last month for refusing to be vaccinated after claiming natural immunity from a prior COVID-19 infection.
During the early months of the pandemic, Kheriaty co-authored the UC’s pandemicventilator triage guidelines for the UC Office of the President and consulted for the California Department of Public Health on the state’s triage plan for allocating scarce medical resources. He also served as a psychiatric consultant at the hospital and contracted COVID-19 in 2020.
In August, after his employer issued a vaccine mandate that made no exceptions for those who had already been infected with the virus, he sued the University of California Board of Regents and Michael Drake, the system’s president. He was placed on unpaid leave in October, and his employment was terminated on Dec. 17.
“Once I challenged one of their policies I immediately became a ‘threat’ to the health and safety of the community,” he contended in a blog post.
Continued below.
Dr. Aaron Kheriaty Discusses COVID-19, Vaccine Mandates and His Dismissal From UC-Irvine
