Exclusive Interview: No regrets - Hero doctor who faced prison for defying vaccine mandate speaks out
When the COVID-19 mRNA shots were first rolled out in December 2020, Dr. Kirk Moore’s approach was simple: get it if you want it. But when the mandates made vaccination a prerequisite to receive organ transplants, remain employed, visit family, or attend school, the Utah plastic surgeon said it was the last straw.
After conversations within his personal network, Dr. Moore concluded that the Hippocratic Oath required him to protect his patients from the shots. At their request, he injected them with harmless saline instead of the mRNA serum. He provided them with proof of vaccination cards so they could partake in the free society that would otherwise be restricted to them. He threw out the mRNA vaccines he had in stock—about $28,000 worth.
The Biden Justice Department indicted Dr. Moore for defrauding the US government, threatening him with up to 35 years in prison. The indictment came as a shock to Dr. Moore.
“There are no laws that require me to give a vaccine,” he told me on Wednesday. “What they were requiring us to do was not a law, and so I just didn’t think I was violating anything,” he added. The physician was also surprised to be charged by the federal government. He figured that any issues would come through the Utah Department of Health.
It was a challenging time for Dr. Moore and his two teen children, whom he was raising by himself. Although they never doubted him, the DOJ indictment brought a new level of stress. Money grew tight as Dr. Moore’s practice came to a standstill while he poured funds into his legal defense.
“It took a huge financial toll,” he recalled. “And the stressful toll of just having the Goliath of the federal government hanging over you.”
But as the tide began to turn against the authoritarian COVID-19 mandates, public support for Dr. Moore increased. He not only had the backing of well-known medical freedom activists like America’s Frontline Doctors founder Dr. Simone Gold, but his case drew the attention of GOP lawmakers like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). After President Trump retook the White House, the matter was brought before Attorney General Pam Bondi, who had been unaware of the case.
On July 12th, four days after his trial began, the charges were dropped.
“At my direction @TheJusticeDept has dismissed charges against Dr. Kirk Moore,” announced Bondi on X, explaining that “Dr. Moore gave his patients a choice when the federal government refused to do so.”
The surgeon says he didn’t just protect his patients by giving them saline—he also influenced state law.
“I went to our state House here and state Senate subcommittees and testified to try to get the mandates changed here in Utah, and I did,” he told me. “I testified for allowing for exemptions. I testified that if you’re going to require a vaccine, you have to have an exemption. And I testified to have a law passed that says that they cannot require anybody to have gene-altering therapy against their advice or against their will.”
He also became involved with an organization working to pass laws protecting children from mandates in schools.
Have you received any apologies from the legacy media or medical establishment?
"None," said Dr. Moore. In fact, when a local legacy media affiliate recently came to interview him, the reporter asked if he was vaccinated.
“No, are you?” replied Dr. Moore. The reporter balked and said indignantly, “I just don’t think I need to answer that question.”
“Well, there you go,” the physician responded. “That’s exactly what my patients wanted.”
The news outlet nonetheless published a hit piece on Dr. Moore, accusing him of “endangering society.”
Should patients trust their doctors?
Trust in doctors has plummeted since COVID-19, a trend Dr. Moore agrees with.
“Anyone with an 8th-grade education knew this was an experimental shot,” he said. When doctors and nurses told patients the shot was “safe,” they had no way of knowing that. They didn’t know what was in it and had no placebo-controlled studies to back up their claim.
“They’re lying to you,” said Dr. Moore.
Instead of blindly trusting doctors, “ask questions and find somebody that you do trust,” he advises. The surgeon name-dropped trustworthy doctors he knows, like Dr. Simone Gold, Dr. Jim Thorpe, and Dr. Pierre Kory.
Why hasn’t RFK Jr. withdrawn the shots from the market?
Dr. Moore expressed frustration at the fact that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has not yet ordered the withdrawal of the COVID-19 shots from the market. He speculated that there are powerful Trump officials blocking such a move—officials like Chief of Staff Susan Wiles, who Dr. Moore says has strong ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
“I thought RFK was going to do it first thing,” the surgeon said. “Are there mafia tactics behind the scenes? Are there threats? Blackmail? Are people scared for their lives? I have no idea,” he added. “But it should have been done as soon as RFK was confirmed and sworn in. His first action should have been to take these off the market.”
