Pressure builds against doctors peddling false virus claims

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Pressure builds against doctors peddling false virus claims

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH
December 16, 2021

They have decried COVID-19 as a hoax, promoted unproven treatments and pushed bogus claims about the vaccine, including that the shots magnetize the human body.

The purveyors of this misinformation are not shadowy figures operating in the dark corners of the internet. They are a small but vocal group of doctors practicing medicine in communities around the country.

Now medical boards are under increasing pressure to act. Organizations that advocate for public health have called on them to take a harder line by disciplining the doctors, including potentially revoking their licenses. The push comes as the pandemic enters a second winter and deaths in the U.S. top 800,000.

At least a dozen regulatory boards in states such as Oregon, Rhode Island, Maine and Texas recently issued sanctions against some doctors, but many of the most prolific promoters of COVID-19 falsehoods still have unblemished medical licenses.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-texas-public-health-5854b2b02c7c9c406fa9277e625b46e8

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Related: NEW REPORT: IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED TO HOLD DOCTORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR SPREADING COVID-19 DISINFORMATION (de Beaumont Foundation)

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. About time.

You'd think doctors would not fall for such idiocy. I guess medical school does not teach critical thinking.