Sherri Tenpenny | |
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 Tenpenny in 2021 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Osteopathic physician |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Known for | Anti-vaccine activism |
| Notable work | Saying No to Vaccines |
| Website | drtenpenny |
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Sherri J. Tenpenny is an American anti-vaccination activist and conspiracy theorist who promulgates disproven hypotheses that vaccines cause autism.[1] An osteopathic physician by training, she is the author of four books opposing vaccination. In 2023 the State Medical Board of Ohio indefinitely suspended Tenpenny's medical license for failure to participate in its investigations. Her license was restored in 2024.[2]
Her 2015 lecture tour of Australia was canceled due to a public outcry over her absolute vaccine opposition, which fails to acknowledge established scientific consensus.[1] A 2021 Center for Countering Digital Hate analysis concluded that Tenpenny is among the top twelve people spreading COVID-19 misinformation and pseudoscientific anti-vaccine misinformation on social media platforms. She has falsely asserted that the vaccines magnetize people and connect them with cellphone towers.[3][4][5]
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