An OpEd titled “Neutrality Is Dangerous in the Face of Medical Misinformation” posted at MedPage Today this week states that medical professionals who dared push back against the vaccine narrative during the Covid era were not properly punished.
The jaw-dropping, historically ignorant claim from the far-left activist site posing as a medical information publication should be a warning that there has not been a proper reckoning for the damage done during this period.
“…[T]he only real consequence for spreading vaccine misinformation was that some people had their social media accounts deactivated,” lament authors Katie Suleta (she/her) and Aimee Pugh Bernard (who is “passionate about pro-science advocacy” and “strives to serve as a positive influence on …increased acceptance of immunization within the community”).
The byline of the piece is “[P]rofessional accountability can ensure expertise is used for public good”.
The authors continue:
“Unfortunately, in most cases health misinformation has been allowed to stand with very few, if any, professional consequences. Some prominent examples of individuals who have spread misinformation without repercussions include:
-Columbia University did not reprimand celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, for years of allegedly promoting “quack treatments.” (The university did eventually cut ties years later.)
-Yale University did not reprimand Harvey Risch, MD, PhD, for pushing treatments without evidence and speculating about vaccines and “turbo cancer.”
-The University of Florida has not reprimanded Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, for distorting data and using anti-vaccine rhetoric.
-Louisiana State University recently added Robert Malone, MD, to their faculty despite his anti-vaccine advocacy and rhetoric.
-Simone Gold, MD, JD, the physician founder of a COVID misinformation group, hasn’t had her medical license revoked.Many academic institutions failed to protect their institutional integrity, while state boards failed to protect the public’s safety. The lack of real consequences — especially for providers who deal in misinformation — is at best negligent and at worst reckless. It’s difficult to discipline, but lines must be drawn. Professional licensure is a privilege contingent on a standard of care, not an unchecked pass to peddle opinions not based in science.”
The aggressive, bullying medical establishment and their many enablers have never atoned for the extensive damage done during that period. The narrative, which changed frequently during Covid, was imposed on everyone despite having zero scientific evidence.
Rat Face fauci, the scarf lady, and more, will be punished severely in due time.