HSE physio accused of professional misconduct over opposition to covid vaccines and masks

CORU inquiry initiated after complaint about Anna Marie Stack Rivas' claims that vaccines were 'maiming or murdering our children' and that the covid pandemic was 'a conspiracy' 

Anna Marie Stack Rivas leaving a CORU fitness-to-practise inquiry at Georges Court in Dublin. Picture: Collins

A physiotherapist working with the has been accused of professional misconduct over speaking at public events against the use of masks, covid vaccines, and public health guidelines to stop the spread of the virus.

Anna Marie Stack Rivas appeared before a fitness-to-practise inquiry of CORU — the regulatory body of health and social care professionals — over a series of claims she made about the pandemic while identifying herself as a physiotherapist and healthcare worker.