An unvaccinated GP who refused to wear a face mask at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic is fighting her dismissal from a doctor’s surgery.
Angela Musso, 46, worked at a surgery in Suffolk for two days before being dismissed for not wearing a face mask when seeing patients.
During that time multiple patients complained that she told them to remove their masks while keeping windows closed during appointments.
Dr Musso is now taking the practice at Cutlers Hill, Halesworth to an employment tribunal, arguing that her dismissal was discriminatory.
She claims she was unable to wear a mask at the surgery where she worked in April 2021 due to anxiety following an accident but said this was none of the practice’s business.
‘Government-mandated muzzle’: Angela Musso, 46, said she was unable to wear a mask in the GP surgery where she worked because of anxiety after an accident
‘It was so stressful so I am taking them to court,’ Dr Musso said.
‘I don’t know how they can bully me like this, as a doctor they should understand.’
Dr Musso has since started a career as a model as well as working in ‘holistic medicine’.
She said on her website: ‘During my court cases where I represent myself, I decided to change my career.
‘Here I am trying new things where I can be positive and be myself, in peace and in good faith.’
Dr Musso has since started a career as a fashion model as well as in ‘holistic medicine’ saying she is ‘trying new things’
Dr Musso hopes that by going to court she will be able to ‘tell her story’ after growing ‘tired of being bullied’.
In response to patients’ complaints, she said: ‘I am a doctor and took an oath to do no harm.
‘There was a pregnant woman who could not breathe so I told her to take off her mask. It is up to the patient what they decide to do with their masks.’
Dr Musso’s social media includes a picture of her wearing a mask with the slogan ‘government-mandated muzzle’.
There is also a video in which she said she had discouraged patients from having the Covid-19 vaccine because of potential side effects.
She refused to get vaccinated for Covid-19 due to her suspicions over the speed at which it was made but has been fully vaccinated against other diseases.
However no safety standards were missed when creating the Covid-19 vaccines, and the UK vaccines were signed off by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
Dr Musso refused to receive her Covid vaccine saying ‘there’s not enough evidence’ that the vaccines stop the spread of the disease. She made a video also discouraging patients from getting the vaccine
When questioned as to whether she thought it would harm her patients to have a GP who was not vaccinated, she said: ‘There’s not enough evidence that being vaccinated stops the spread of Covid-19.’
According to a fact-checking website, though all Covid-19 vaccines’ effectiveness wanes over time, they can be up to 95 per cent effective at preventing infection in people over 16.
She added: ‘I have more than 20 years of experience and have worked as a GP in New Zealand and Australia but I now call Norwich my second home.
‘I became a GP because I want to help people.’
Separate claims against the practice, namely that she was directly discriminated against, harassed and victimised, have been struck out.
Employment judge Liz Ord ruled that these claims had ‘no realistic prospect’ of succeeding.
The tribunal will be heard on Monday, November 28.
Dr Musso was dismissed from Cutlers Hill Surgery in Halesworth where she worked in April 2021