A New York City lawmaker is demanding state health officials strip Dr. Jay Varma of his medical license following a series of bombshell confessions caught on tape and published by conservative podcaster Steven Crowder.
Last weekend, the New York Post reported that Republican Councilwoman Vickie Paladino sent a letter to the New York Department of Health demanding a disciplinary investigation after the city’s “Covid czar” was caught bragging about sex parties under lockdown.
“It’s so funny,” Varma said on tape, “… because I did all this like deviant, like sexual stuff while I was … on TV.”
BREAKING: Former NYC Covid Czar Held Secret Drug-Fueled Sex Parties During Global Pandemic; Says New Yorkers Would Have Been “Pissed” If They Found Out Because He Was Running Entire Covid Response For City
Dr. Jay Varma, Former Senior Advisor for Public Health, NYC Mayor’s… pic.twitter.com/YrgniDUdFc
— Steven Crowder (@scrowder) September 19, 2024
Varma was a senior adviser for then-Mayor Bill de Blasio’s coronavirus response team during the lockdowns.
“Dr. Varma’s actions betrayed public trust … which is in direct violation of a medical professional’s responsibility,” Paladino wrote in a letter on Sept. 26. “It is imperative that the Department of Health’s Office of Professional Medical Conduct takes immediate action to prevent further harm.”
The letter was sent just one day after Crowder’s “Mug Club” podcast published another tape of Varma talking about efforts to “spin” stories for a monkeypox drug manufactured by his former employer, SIGA Technologies Inc.
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