# Pierre Kory > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pierre_Kory > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pierre_Kory.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Kory > Source revision: 1353869567 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American physician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox medical person | name = Pierre Kory | image = PierreKory.jpg | caption = Kory in front of the US Senate in 2020 | alma_mater = [St. George's University](/source/St._George's_University) | known_for = COVID-19 misinformation | work_institutions = [University of Wisconsin](/source/UW_Health) (former), [Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance](/source/Front_Line_COVID-19_Critical_Care_Alliance) (current) | field = [Critical care medicine](/source/Intensive_care_medicine), [Pulmonology](/source/Pulmonology) }} '''Pierre Kory''' is an American critical care [physician](/source/physician) who gained attention during the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic) for advocating widespread [off-label use](/source/off-label_use) of ineffective drug treatments for COVID-19, as president and co-founder of the [Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance](/source/Front_Line_COVID-19_Critical_Care_Alliance) (FLCCC). Kory testified twice to the [U.S. Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) regarding COVID-19. During his testimony in December 2020, Kory erroneously claimed that the [antiparasitic](/source/antiparasitic) medication [ivermectin](/source/ivermectin) was a "wonder drug" with "miraculous effectiveness" against COVID-19.{{Cite web |last=Valverde |first=Miriam |title=PolitiFact - Fact-checking claim about the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19 |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/23/instagram-posts/fact-checking-claim-about-use-ivermectin-treat-cov/ |access-date=August 15, 2022 |website=@politifact |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=User Clip: Dr. Pierre Kory US Senate hearing - Ivermectin is 100% cure for COVID-19 {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4930160/user-clip-dr-pierre-kory-senate-hearing-ivermectin-100-cure-covid-19 |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=www.c-span.org}} In August 2023, the [American Board of Internal Medicine](/source/American_Board_of_Internal_Medicine) (ABIM) informed Kory his certifications were to be revoked for spreading medical misinformation. As of August 2024, Kory's three certifications are listed as "not certified, revoked" on ABIM's website.{{cite web | url = https://www.abim.org/verify-physician?type=name&ln=Kory&fn=Pierre | title = Pierre D. Kory | website = abim.org | access-date = June 19, 2024 }} ==Education and career== Kory graduated from NYU's school of Public Service with a Master's In Public Administration.{{cite web | url = https://doctor.webmd.com/doctor/pierre-kory-292f4912-dec5-11e7-9f4c-005056a225bf-overview | title = Dr. Pierre D. Kory, MD | website = Web MD | access-date = June 27, 2023 }} He completed his medical education at [St. George's University](/source/St._George's_University) in [Grenada](/source/Grenada), [West Indies](/source/West_Indies), graduating with a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree and completed [residency](/source/Residency_(medicine)) and [fellowship](/source/Fellowship_(medicine)) training in [critical care](/source/Critical_care_medicine) and [pulmonary medicine](/source/pulmonary_medicine). He did [clinical rotations](/source/clinical_rotations) at the [Weill Cornell School of Medicine](/source/Weill_Cornell_School_of_Medicine).{{cite web |title=Pierre Kory, MD |url=https://www.sgu.edu/graduate-profiles/pierre-kory-md/ |publisher=St. George's University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720021147/https://www.sgu.edu/graduate-profiles/pierre-kory-md|archive-date=July 20, 2021}} Kory first practiced in [Madison, Wisconsin](/source/Madison%2C_Wisconsin), at [UW Health](/source/UW_Health), which is the [academic medical center](/source/academic_medical_center) at the [University of Wisconsin](/source/University_of_Wisconsin). He served there as the [medical director](/source/medical_director) for the Trauma and Life Support Center, in the outpatient pulmonary medicine clinic, where he performed [bronchoscopic](/source/Bronchoscopy) and [pleural](/source/pleural) procedures. Kory was the critical care service chief at the [UW Health University Hospital](/source/UW_Health_University_Hospital) (part of the [University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health](/source/University_of_Wisconsin_School_of_Medicine_and_Public_Health)) until May 2020.{{cite news|last1=Small|first1=Taurean|date=May 6, 2020|title=Senate committee explores COVID-19 recommendations from local expert|publisher=Charter Communications|agency=SPECTRUM NEWS|url=https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/madison/politics/2020/05/06/senate-committee-explores-covid-19-recommendations-from-local-expert}}{{cite news|author=Susan Dominus|date=August 5, 2020|title=The Covid Drug Wars That Pitted Doctor vs. Doctor|newspaper=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/magazine/covid-drug-wars-doctors.html}} He later joined [Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center](/source/Aurora_St._Luke's_Medical_Center) in [Milwaukee](/source/Milwaukee), Wisconsin,{{cite news|last1=Fiore|first1=Kristina|date=January 6, 2021|title=What's Behind the Ivermectin-for-COVID Buzz?|publisher=MedPage Today, LLC|url=https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90552}} before becoming a ''[locum tenens](/source/locum_tenens)'' physician.{{Cite news|last=McGinley|first=Laurie|date=April 8, 2021|title=Supporters tout anti-parasite drug as covid-19 treatment, but skeptics call it the 'new hydroxychloroquine'|language=en-US|newspaper=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/08/ivermectin-covid-drug/|access-date=August 10, 2021|issn=}} Kory is an expert in critical care [ultrasonography](/source/ultrasonography). In 2015, along with his two co-editors, Kory won the [British Medical Association](/source/British_Medical_Association)'s 2015 President’s Choice award in medical textbooks for their work on ''Point of Care Ultrasound''. In August 2023, Kory was informed by the [American Board of Internal Medicine](/source/American_Board_of_Internal_Medicine) that his board certifications were to be revoked for "spreading false or inaccurate medical information".{{cite web |publisher=[Science-Based Medicine](/source/Science-Based_Medicine) |vauthors=Gorski D |title=The American Board of Internal Medicine finally acts against two misinformation-spreading doctors |date=7 August 2023 |url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-american-board-of-internal-medicine-finally-acts-against-two-misinformation-spreading-doctors/}}{{cite web |publisher=FLCCC Alliance |title=FLCCC Doctors Plan to Fight Board Decision |date=8 August 2023 |url=https://flccc.substack.com/p/flccc-doctors-plan-to-fight-board}} ==COVID-19== {{further|Ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic}} Early in the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic), Kory advocated for using increasing doses of [corticosteroids](/source/corticosteroids) and [anticoagulants](/source/anticoagulants) for hospitalized people with COVID-19, at a time when the general recommendation was merely for [supportive care](/source/supportive_care). Kory sees subsequent evidence from the [RECOVERY Trial](/source/RECOVERY_Trial), which showed benefit from lower doses of corticosteroids, as vindicating his approach; medical researcher [Kevin J. Tracey](/source/Kevin_J._Tracey) has said it is still unknown whether Kory's approach was beneficial or harmful. Kory has used other drugs off-label in his treatment regimens, including [famotidine](/source/famotidine) and [intravenous vitamin C](/source/Intravenous_vitamin_c). Kory gave testimony as a guest of [U.S. Senator Ron Johnson](/source/Ron_Johnson) at a May 5, 2020, Senate hearing in which he called for use of steroids in COVID-19 patients. He resigned from UW Health in May out of frustration of its reluctance to implement such measures. Kory is president and co-founder of the [Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance](/source/Front_Line_COVID-19_Critical_Care_Alliance) (FLCCC), a small U.S. organization of physicians and former journalists formed in April 2020 that advocates for ineffective COVID-19 treatments, including ivermectin.{{cite web |publisher=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/why-ivermectin-being-used-treat-covid-2-doctors-leading-charge-2021-9?r=US&IR=T |title=2 fringe doctors created the myth that ivermectin is a 'miracle cure' for COVID-19 — whipping up false hope that could have deadly consequences |date=September 17, 2021 |author=Hilary Brueck}}{{Cite Q|Q107968955|doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|date=April 23, 2021|title=Fact-checking claim about the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/23/instagram-posts/fact-checking-claim-about-use-ivermectin-treat-cov/|access-date=August 7, 2021|website=[Politifact](/source/Politifact)|language=en-US}}{{cite news |last1=Hayes |first1=Kelly |title=Doctor pleads for review of data on ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment during Senate hearing |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/doctor-pleads-for-review-of-data-on-ivermectin-as-covid-19-treatment-during-senate-hearing |work=[FOX 10 Phoenix](/source/FOX_10_Phoenix) |date=December 8, 2020}} The FLCCC falsely states that ivermectin reduces [viral load](/source/viral_load) and accelerates recovery in patients, while the [World Health Organization](/source/World_Health_Organization), [U.S. Food and Drug Administration](/source/U.S._Food_and_Drug_Administration), and [European Medicines Agency](/source/European_Medicines_Agency) advise against the use of ivermectin outside of clinical trials.{{cite news |last1=Breitenbach |first1=Dagmar |title=Fact check: Effective (and ineffective) COVID-19 treatments |url=https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-effective-and-ineffective-covid-19-treatments/a-56277961 |work=[Deutsche Welle](/source/Deutsche_Welle) |date=January 20, 2021}}{{cite press release|publisher=[European Medicines Agency](/source/European_Medicines_Agency)|date=March 22, 2021|url=https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/ema-advises-against-use-ivermectin-prevention-treatment-covid-19-outside-randomised-clinical-trials|title=EMA advises against use of ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 outside randomised clinical trials}}{{cite web |title=WHO advises that ivermectin only be used to treat COVID-19 within clinical trials |publisher=World Health Organization |date=March 31, 2021 |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-stories/detail/who-advises-that-ivermectin-only-be-used-to-treat-covid-19-within-clinical-trials}} On December 8, 2020, Kory was a witness at a Senate hearing called by the [US Senate Homeland Security Committee](/source/Senate_Homeland_Security_Committee) Chair [Ron Johnson](/source/Ron_Johnson),{{Cite web|last=Gilbert|first=Craig|date=December 8, 2020|title=Sen. Ron Johnson holds COVID-19 hearing accusing health officials of ignoring alternative therapies|url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/08/ron-johnson-holds-covid-19-hearing-touting-alternative-therapies/6491202002/|access-date=August 10, 2021|website=[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel](/source/Milwaukee_Journal_Sentinel)|language=en-US}} which was criticized as promoting fringe ideas about COVID-19.{{Cite news|last=Qiu|first=Linda|date=December 17, 2020|title=The election is over, but Ron Johnson keeps promoting false claims of fraud.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/the-election-is-over-but-ron-johnson-keeps-promoting-false-claims-of-fraud.html|access-date=December 18, 2020|issn=0362-4331}} Kory described [ivermectin](/source/ivermectin) as "miraculous" and as a "wonder drug" to be used against COVID-19. Video footage of his statements [went viral](/source/went_viral) on social media, receiving over one million views within a few days. Kory became a leading advocate of the use of ivermectin throughout the pandemic, promoting a [conspiracy theory](/source/conspiracy_theory) that its true effectiveness was being suppressed by the "Gods of Science" who wanted to monopolize scientific information.{{cite web |author=Gorski DH |publisher=[Science-Based Medicine](/source/Science-Based_Medicine) |date=June 21, 2021 |title=Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine, take 2 |url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ivermectin-is-the-new-hydroxychloroquine-take-2/}} Kory resigned from Aurora St Luke's afterwards, claiming that new restrictions on his contract threatened to limit his freedom to speak. In November 2021 the ''[Journal of Intensive Care Medicine](/source/Journal_of_Intensive_Care_Medicine)'' retracted a paper written by Kory, [Paul E. Marik](/source/Paul_E._Marik), and others. The retraction was triggered when it was found the paper misreported the mortality figures of people treated for COVID-19 with the FLCCC's "MATH+" protocol, falsely making it appear to be an effective treatment.{{cite web |publisher=[Retraction Watch](/source/Retraction_Watch) |title=Bad MATH+? Covid treatment paper by Pierre Kory retracted for flawed results |date=November 10, 2021 |url=https://retractionwatch.com/2021/11/09/bad-math-covid-treatment-paper-by-pierre-kory-retracted-for-flawed-results |vauthors=Marcus A}}{{cite journal |title=Retraction Notice |journal=Journal of Intensive Care Medicine |date=November 9, 2021 |volume=39 |issue=6 |pages=NP1 |doi=10.1177/08850666211049062|pmid=34749558 |doi-access=free }} In February 2022, the ''[American Journal of Therapeutics](/source/American_Journal_of_Therapeutics)'' issued an [expression of concern](/source/expression_of_concern) against a 2021 [systematic review](/source/systematic_review) of which Kory had been [lead author](/source/lead_author). The notice said there were suspicions about the integrity of the underlying data on which the paper depended to show that ivermectin was a viable treatment for COVID-19.{{cite web |url=https://retractionwatch.com/2022/02/11/ivermectin-papers-slapped-with-expressions-of-concern/ |publisher=Retraction Watch |date=February 11, 2022 |title=Ivermectin papers slapped with expressions of concern}}{{cite journal |vauthors=Manu P |title=Expression of Concern for Kory P, Meduri GU, Varon J, Iglesias J, Marik PE. Review of the Emerging Evidence Demonstrating the Efficacy of Ivermectin in the Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID-19. Am J Ther. 2021;28(3) e299–e318 |journal=American Journal of Therapeutics |doi=10.1097/MJT.0000000000001481 |date=February 7, 2022|volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=e231 |pmid=35142703 |pmc=10501341 |s2cid=246701186 |doi-access=free }} By July 2022, Kory had begun endorsing [misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines](/source/COVID-19_vaccine_misinformation_and_hesitancy), downplaying the [COVID-19 vaccines](/source/COVID-19_vaccines)' effectiveness and spreading conspiracy theories about [their safety](/source/COVID-19_vaccine_clinical_research) and unreported fatalities. Kory claimed on a [conservative](/source/conservatism_in_the_United_States) [podcast](/source/podcast) that COVID-19 vaccines "are not safe or effective", despite acknowledging that "There's just tons of papers in journals showing that the vaccines are safe and effective."{{cite news |last1=BRUMFIEL |first1=GEOFF |title=Doubting mainstream medicine, COVID patients find dangerous advice and pills online |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1111794832 |access-date=July 20, 2022 |work=[All Things Considered](/source/All_Things_Considered) |publisher=[NPR](/source/NPR) |date=July 19, 2022}} As of August 2021, studies reported that the COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States are "highly protective against severe illness, hospitalization, and death due to COVID-19".{{cite web |url=https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/2021/08/23/vaccine-effectiveness/ |title=Vaccine Effectiveness |publisher=Virginia Department of Health |date=August 23, 2021 |access-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424222532/https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/coronavirus/2021/08/23/vaccine-effectiveness/ |url-status=dead }} In comparison with fully vaccinated people, the CDC reported that unvaccinated people were 10 times more likely to be hospitalized and 11 times more likely to die.{{cite web| vauthors = Holcombe M, Waldrop T |date=September 11, 2021|title=CDC study: Unvaccinated 11 times more likely to die from Covid-19|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/10/health/us-coronavirus-friday/index.html |access-date=September 11, 2021|website=CNN}}{{#invoke:Cite |journal | vauthors = Scobie HM, Johnson AG, Suthar AB, Severson R, Alden NB, Balter S, Bertolino D, Blythe D, Brady S, Cadwell B, Cheng I, Davidson S, Delgadillo J, Devinney K, Duchin J, Duwell M, Fisher R, Fleischauer A, Grant A, Griffin J, Haddix M, Hand J, Hanson M, Hawkins E, Herlihy RK, Hicks L, Holtzman C, Hoskins M, Hyun J, Kaur R, Kay M, Kidrowski H, Kim C, Komatsu K, Kugeler K, Lewis M, Lyons BC, Lyons S, Lynfield R, McCaffrey K, McMullen C, Milroy L, Meyer S, Nolen L, Patel MR, Pogosjans S, Reese HE, Saupe A, Sell J, Sokol T, Sosin D, Stanislawski E, Stevens K, Vest H, White K, Wilson E, MacNeil A, Ritchey MD, Silk BJ | display-authors = 6 | title = Monitoring Incidence of COVID-19 Cases, Hospitalizations, and Deaths, by Vaccination Status - 13 U.S. Jurisdictions, April 4-July 17, 2021 | journal = MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report | volume = 70 | issue = 37 | pages = 1284–1290 | date = September 2021 | pmid = 34529637 | pmc = 8445374 | doi = 10.15585/mmwr.mm7037e1 | doi-access = free | url = https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7037e1-H.pdf|access-date=July 20, 2022 }} Kory in August 2022 falsely claimed that vaccines can disrupt [pregnancy](/source/pregnancy) and [fertility](/source/fertility), based on his reading of Pfizer data submitted to the FDA, an interpretation which is not supported by [peer-review](/source/peer-review)ed evidence. He represented the rates of miscarriage after COVID vaccination as alarming,{{cite web | url=https://pierrekory.substack.com/p/massive-miscarriage-rates-among-vaccinated | title=Massive Miscarriage Rates Among Vaccinated Pregnant Women Found Buried in the Pfizer Documents }} when the rates are in fact consistent with background miscarriage rates of 11-16 percent in the general population.{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/08/11/cdc-covid-vaccine-doesnt-cause-miscarriages-pregnancy-data-shows/8095700002/ | title=COVID-19 vaccines don't increase risk of miscarriages in pregnant people, CDC analysis shows | website=[USA Today](/source/USA_Today) }} Multiple studies have shown that COVID infection, not vaccination against COVID-19, is risky for pregnant women. One study found that the risk of [fetal or newborn mortality](/source/Perinatal_mortality) is higher in unvaccinated pregnant women who contract COVID, than it is for vaccinated women infected with COVID at the same stage of pregnancy.{{cite journal | doi=10.1038/s41591-021-01666-2 | title=SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination rates in pregnant women in Scotland | journal=Nature Medicine | date=March 2022 | volume=28 | issue=3 | pages=504–512 | last1=Stock | first1=Sarah J. | last2=Carruthers | first2=Jade | last3=Calvert | first3=Clara | last4=Denny | first4=Cheryl | last5=Donaghy | first5=Jack | last6=Goulding | first6=Anna | last7=Hopcroft | first7=Lisa E. M. | last8=Hopkins | first8=Leanne | last9=McLaughlin | first9=Terry | last10=Pan | first10=Jiafeng | last11=Shi | first11=Ting | last12=Taylor | first12=Bob | last13=Agrawal | first13=Utkarsh | last14=Auyeung | first14=Bonnie | last15=Katikireddi | first15=Srinivasa Vittal | last16=McCowan | first16=Colin | last17=Murray | first17=Josie | last18=Simpson | first18=Colin R. | last19=Robertson | first19=Chris | last20=Vasileiou | first20=Eleftheria | last21=Sheikh | first21=Aziz | last22=Wood | first22=Rachael | pmid=35027756 | pmc=8938271 | s2cid=245909403 | doi-access=free }} Further, according to studies cited by the [CDC](/source/CDC), there is no evidence of decreased fertility due to COVID vaccination now or in the future, and changes in menstrual cycles are small and temporary.{{cite web | url=https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/planning-for-pregnancy.html | title=COVID-19 Vaccination | date=February 11, 2020 }} Kory repeatedly questions peer-reviewed science on COVID, the COVID-19 vaccine [emergency use authorization](/source/emergency_use_authorization) process overseen by federal agencies, and the profit motives of [pharmaceutical companies](/source/pharmaceutical_companies), while he also profits from marketing [off-label](/source/off-label) and ["alternative" COVID treatments](/source/List_of_unproven_methods_against_COVID-19) that are lacking in quality evidence.{{cite news |publisher=Stat |title=Encouraged by right-wing doctor groups, desperate patients turn to ivermectin for long Covid |vauthors=Goldhill O |date=July 26, 2022 |url=https://www.statnews.com/2022/07/26/ivermectin-has-become-a-popular-treatment-for-long-covid-with-a-push-from-doctors-with-ties-to-right-wing-political-groups/}} His rhetoric carries many of the markings of [conspiracy theory](/source/conspiracy_theory), which make emotional arguments that presume malfeasance and coordinated efforts and deliberate obfuscation of information. Such theories become ingrained in in-groups as a form of [secret knowledge](/source/secret_knowledge), which reinforces the fervor with which the ideas are believed. Kory's detractors such as David Gorski{{cite web | url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ivermectin-is-the-new-hydroxychloroquine-take-6-incompetence-and-fraud-everywhere/ | title=Ivermectin is the new hydroxychloroquine, take 6: Incompetence and fraud everywhere! | Science-Based Medicine | date=October 11, 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/?s=Pierre+Kory&category_name=&submit=Search | title=Pierre Kory | Science-Based Medicine }} have noted his efforts to promote and profit from alternative COVID treatments are similar to medical quackery going back centuries.{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-07-22/ivermectin-another-bogus-covid-treatment | title=Column: Ivermectin, another bogus COVID treatment, becomes a darling of conspiracy-mongers | website=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) | date=July 22, 2021 }} In June 2022, Kory tweeted that the [American Board of Internal Medicine](/source/American_Board_of_Internal_Medicine) had warned him that his [board certification](/source/board_certification)s were in danger of being revoked for misinformation. Effectively unable to practice within mainstream medicine, Kory launched his own “advanced COVID-19 care center", charging US$1,250 to 1,650 for a series of three appointments. In November 2022, Kory and the FLCCC began marketing a cocktail of supplements and drugs (e.g. ivermectin and [nitazoxanide](/source/nitazoxanide)) for other viruses, influenza and [Respiratory syncytial virus](/source/Respiratory_syncytial_virus) (RSV). Like the FLCCC-advocated COVID treatments, the recommendations lacked credible supporting scientific evidence. The Washington Post estimated that this cocktail could cost over $500.{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Lauren |title=Doctors who touted ivermectin as covid fix now pushing it for flu, RSV |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/02/26/ivermectin-use-covid-flu-rsv/ |access-date=28 February 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=26 February 2023 |language=en}} In March 2024, Kory and [Paul Marik](/source/Paul_Marik) published an [op-ed](/source/op-ed) in [''The Hill''](/source/The_Hill_(newspaper)) claiming that [long COVID](/source/long_COVID) was caused by COVID-19 vaccination instead of COVID-19 infection. The op-ed was republished by [Disclose.tv](/source/Disclose.tv), a German [disinformation](/source/disinformation) outlet. The [fact-checking](/source/fact-checking) website Health Feedback found that the op-ed relied on anecdotes that did not provide evidence to support the claim.{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2024 |first=Iria |last=Carballo-Carbajal |title=No evidence that persistent symptoms are more frequent after COVID-19 vaccination than after infection, contrary to an op-ed in The Hill |url=https://science.feedback.org/review/no-evidence-persistent-symptoms-more-frequent-after-covid19-vaccination-than-after-infection-contrary-op-ed-the-hill-pierre-kory/ |access-date=September 16, 2024 |website=Science Feedback |publisher=Health Feedback |language=en-US}} ==Measles== Kory has claimed that the recent death of a child in Texas from measles was due to incorrect antibiotic management of a bacterial pneumonia infection that had “little to do with measles.” [Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.](/source/Robert_F._Kennedy%2C_Jr.), the current Health and Human Services secretary, has relied heavily on Kory's erroneous take on the child's cause of death. Kory appeared with Kennedy at various campaign-related events in the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election.{{cite web | title=Wisconsin doctor makes wild measles claims • Wisconsin Examiner | date=May 30, 2025 | url=https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/05/30/wisconsin-doctor-makes-wild-measles-claims/?emci=be80d064-de3c-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&emdi=36bbd2ee-533d-f011-a5f1-6045bda9d96b&ceid=539326 }} ==Vaccines== Kory has said, including in a 2025 debate on the online debate platform Pangburn {{cite web | title= Greatest Vaccine Debate In History Dave Farina & Dr. Dan Wilson vs Steve Kirsch & Dr. Pierre Kory • YouTube Pangburn | date=September 22, 2025 | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV3qDAzcQkA}} that not only are Covid-19 and measles vaccines causing various forms of harm, but that all vaccines across the board are harmful. However, he not specified specific harms or mechanisms by which vaccines cause said harm; Kory claims that asking for such a mechanism is a dishonest debate tactic. ==Books== * {{cite book|isbn=978-0323544702|editor1-last=Soni|editor1-first=Nilam J|editor2-last=Arntfield|editor2-first=Robert|editor3-last=Kory|editor3-first=Pierre|title=Point of Care Ultrasound|date=2015|publisher=Elsevier}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{C-SPAN|128609}} *[https://covid19criticalcare.com/ Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance homepage] {{Pseudo-medicine}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kory, Pierre}} Category:American medical writers Category:American pulmonologists Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pierre Kory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Kory) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Kory?action=history)). 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