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RSS FeedsOntario teacher allegedly told students vaccines can lead to death
(The Star Books)

 
 

22 february 2017 01:52:27

 
Ontario teacher allegedly told students vaccines can lead to death
(The Star Books)
 


A teacher who is accused of disrupting a vaccine clinic in a high school cafeteria, telling students vaccinations could lead to death, appeared at a disciplinary hearing at the Ontario College of Teachers on Tuesday.Timothy Sullivan is accused of professional misconduct by the college. The hearing notice from the college says he “told students not to get vaccinated and/or suggested that they should not get vaccinated” and told students “that they could die as a result of the vaccination” on March 9, 2015.Sullivan, who is a science teacher in the Grand Erie District School Board and was representing himself at the hearing, said that he did warn students of the risks associated with vaccines.The name of the school is under publication ban to protect the identities of students.“I teach science,” Sullivan told the Star. “You don’t just teach one side of the story.”But he denied the college’s allegations against him and said his issue is with informed consent, rather than vaccines. Sullivan told the Star that he is “pro-informed consent, pro-asking questions, not an anti-vaxxer.”“Informed consent is the reason I’m here,” Sullivan said. “It’s embarrassing really that I didn’t know about the effects as a parent, as a teacher, as a biology teacher. I was unaware of the severity of some of the side effects.”Angela Swick, a registered nurse with the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, who was administering vaccines at Sullivan’s high school on the day of the incident, said he visited the clinic three times.During his first visit to the clinic, he asked for the inserts included in each vaccine box. Students were receiving vaccines for polio, diphtheria, and other diseases that day, Swick said.“But his tone and manner was abrupt and left us with an unsettled feeling,” Swick said. “He said something like ‘I hope yo ...


 
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