Washington state’s Medical Commission issued a statement of charges against the Washington license of Dr. Ryan Cole, an Idaho resident.
The Washington Medical Commission’s 12-page statement of charges against the board certified pathologist claims he provided negligent care to four COVID-19 patients.
Further charges levied against Cole allege he made “numerous false and misleading statements during public presentations regarding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.” Cole is also accused of making misleading statements about using ivermectin to treat COVID-19 and the effectiveness of masks.
Commission members claim the statements they find objectionable “were harmful and dangerous to individual patients, generated mistrust in the medical profession and in public health, and had a wide-spread negative impact on the health and wellbeing” of their communities.
The charging statement listed 19 types of statements made by Cole that they allege were false and misleading.
Cole said during public presentations that COVID-19 is a completely survivable virus for most people who are not in elderly, high-risk categories.
He also said, “Children survive [COVID-19] at a hundred percent,” according to the WMC statement.
The Idaho pathologist allegedly claimed ivermectin is a “known antiviral medication” and separately that the medication decreased COVID-19 death rates by 68-to-90 percent. The commission statement added Cole claimed ivermectin reduced chances of getting infected by 86 to 88 percent.
“The COVID-19 vaccine can lead to cancer and infertility,” Cole allegedly said.
The commission also finds fault with statements Cole allegedly made about his medical credentials and experience.
“He frequently cites that he has three years of experience in family medicine, in presentations, which does not appear in his [medical resume] or in his licensure file with the Commission,” commissioners noted in their statement of charges. “He has also publicly blamed the death of a Boise-area surgeon on the vaccine despite the fact that the surgeon died of a heart attach six months after getting vaccinated.”
Commissioners noted Cole said in a February 7, 2022, statement to the commission that he has not advised patients or the general public to not get the vaccine.
Cole allegedly treated one patient June 30, 2021m over a virtual telemedicine platform by prescribing her ivermectin to treat her COVID-19 infection, even though he had not treated her before.
“Respondent did not ask Patient A about the severity of her symptoms, when they began, when she tested postive for COVID-19, or whether she was experiencing fevers,” commissioners charged. “Respondent did not document a detailed history or an appropriate medical decision-making for Patient A.” They added Cole did not inform that patient about isolation guidelines and vaccination.
Three other patients Cole treated over the telemedicine portal were also prescribed ivermectin to treat their COVID-19, the statement claims.
The doctor has been charged with unprofessional conduct by the commission, which is a licensing agency for the state of Washington. If Cole does not respond in time or to the satisfaction of the commission members, he faces the loss of his physician’s license in the state and possible sanctions.
Cole had previously addressed some of the issues raised by the commission, according to a report from The Epoch Times.
“Now all of a sudden I find myself in the crosshairs for sharing science,” Cole previously said. “Because of that, I lost one of my major insurance contracts for my ‘unprofessional behavior’ of talking about ivermectin and helping save a handful of lives with that for free. I never charged a patient.”
“Then they say, ‘Well gosh, you’re a pathologist’,” he continued.
“I did years of emergency medicine, years of family medicine, years of dermatology.”
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