“A Level of Incompetence That Could Only Be Described as Manslaughter” — Dr. Marcus de Brun Slams State’s COVID Response
“A Level of Incompetence That Could Only Be Described as Manslaughter” — Dr. Marcus de Brun Slams State’s COVID Response
Dr. Marcus de Brun, a former GP and ex-member of the Irish Medical Council, has accused the state of sacrificing public health in favour of pharmaceutical interests during the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking to Niall Boylan in a wide-ranging and unflinching interview, de Brun claims that avoidable deaths, censorship of doctors, and the rollout of experimental mRNA vaccines were driven not by science, but by corporate control.
Now facing a Medical Council tribunal that could see him struck off, de Brun says his only wrongdoing was telling the truth. “I’ve been accused of misconduct—not for harming patients, not for negligence—but for saying things the government didn’t like.”
Nursing Homes: Testing Pulled, Lives Lost
One of de Brun’s strongest criticisms relates to the government’s decision to withdraw testing from nursing homes during the height of the pandemic. He shared a specific incident: “I rang the hospital and I said, ‘What’s his COVID status?’ And the hospital said, ‘We haven’t tested him. Test him yourself.’”
But de Brun says he couldn’t test the patient. “I phoned the HSE to get a test, and they said, ‘We’re not testing in nursing homes anymore.’”
He continued, “We were told to presume that everybody was COVID positive, and then the Department of Health pulls all of the testing from the nursing homes. I mean, that is completely nuts.”
Later, he connected this to a broader breakdown in accountability and a potential motive. “That’s the only explanation that I can come up with for why, you know, the general public were denied access to potential treatments, and why there was a level of incompetence in the nursing homes that could only be described as manslaughter.”
mRNA: A Shift With No Off Switch
De Brun also criticised the nature of the mRNA vaccine itself, describing it as fundamentally different from traditional vaccines. “This is not a vaccine. It’s a piece of genetic code that is wrapped in a piece of fat and is injected into your bloodstream. It has the capacity to hijack any cell in your body.”
He added, “You cannot control the dosage. You cannot control which cells pick up the gene. You cannot control how many spike proteins those cells will make. And you cannot switch the process off.”
He emphasised that this model allows pharmaceutical companies to avoid manufacturing the drug themselves. “If Pfizer can get your body to produce the drug inside you, they don’t need factories. They don’t need staff. You become the factory.”
Emergency Use and the Blocking of Alternatives
De Brun argues that alternative treatments like hydroxychloroquine were blocked not for safety reasons, but to protect the legal status of the mRNA vaccines. “The vaccine could only be authorised if there were no alternative treatments. So alternative treatments had to be banned. That’s why we weren’t allowed to treat people. We were told to do nothing.”
He believes this was not just a policy failure, but a deliberate act of suppression: “Doctors were no longer allowed to do what they believed was best. They were told what to do and what to say.”
Punished for Refusing to Vaccinate Children
De Brun says he vaccinated high-risk elderly patients early in the rollout, but drew the line when the vaccine was extended to children and pregnant women.
“There were over 70,000 cases in under-24s and not a single death. And then they told me that I had to vaccinate children or I would be suspended. That’s when I said no.”
He said a senior figure from the ICGP told him directly: “You have to follow the protocol. And the protocol is that you have to promote the vaccine.”
The Medical Council and Silencing Dissent
According to de Brun, the complaint that led to his current tribunal was based on an allegation that he didn’t use hand sanitiser at a protest. “That was the complaint—that I didn’t use hand sanitiser while handing out leaflets. And now I could be struck off.”
He believes this is part of a wider effort to silence doctors. “There are at least a dozen GPs who are being investigated. One was struck off for refusing to give the vaccine. Another was investigated for putting a poster up in their waiting room.”
He added, “None of these complaints come from patients. Nobody was harmed. We’re being punished for what we said—not what we did.”
Media Blackout and Institutional Fear
De Brun also criticised the Irish media, particularly RTE, for failing to challenge government policy. “RTE never rang me again. There was a total blackout. And they were the ones who were supposed to be asking questions.”
He also noted how other doctors privately agreed with him but were too afraid to speak. “They said I was right, but they couldn’t say it publicly. I understood it. But silence has a cost. And I’m paying it now.”
Unfinished Business and a Final Warning
Looking to the future, de Brun admits the disciplinary hearing may end his career. But he remains defiant.
“Ask me after June. If they take my licence, they’ll take my livelihood. But they won’t take what I know to be true.”
He insists there has been no accountability for what happened in Irish healthcare during the pandemic. “There’s no public inquiry. No investigation. No justice.”
And he leaves listeners with a simple but powerful question:
“Why aren’t we angry at the people who forced us to take this?”
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