Posted on 08/28/2021 11:21:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A young female physician yells through a megaphone. Physicians who publicly spread misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic could be sanctioned by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), including potentially losing board certification, the organization said Thursday.
"Making public statements that are directly contrary to prevailing medical evidence can constitute unprofessional conduct and may be subject to review by ABEM. Should ABEM determine that a physician is promulgating inaccurate information that is contrary to the interests of patients and that adversely impacts public safety, ABEM may withdraw or deny certification for that physician," they stated.
This warning echoes a statement that focused on COVID-19 vaccines specifically from the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) issued earlier this month. Both follow reports of some physicians deliberately spreading misinformation about the pandemic -- especially regarding the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.
None of 20 notable physicians who have spread COVID misinformation had yet been disciplined by their state boards as of last week, about 2 weeks after FSMB's statement was released. However, as these matters are confidential in most states, it is unclear if complaints have been filed or investigations have been launched.
The ABEM statement cited the group's Code of Professionalism, recently updated in April, which noted that, "ABEM certification requirements for professionalism includes an ethical requirement to ... Refrain from conduct that the Board determines, in its sole judgment, to be sufficiently egregious that it is inconsistent with ethical behavior by a physician."
"Providing misleading and inaccurate information to the public can be sufficiently egregious and inconsistent with the ethical behavior of a physician who is expected to do no harm," ABEM said.
"Conduct that is prohibited by this Code shall be reviewed by the ABEM Board of Directors and may result in decertification," according to the Code of Professionalism, which also noted that ABEM has an appeal process "for physicians who are found to not fulfill the requirements described in the Code."
The organization did not immediately return requests for comment Friday.
Enjoy your Biden vote, Doctors.
But don’t you DARE call it fascism, you deplorable, fascist insurrectionists!
So which are the lies and which are the truth? Quite subjective.
Could be why dr gashole lies all the time
Creeping socialism...
Censorship destroys trust.
We can't make this mistake again.
The behavior of the medical community at large concerning the dystopia pandemic suggests there are more scruples among meth dealers. The emergency room at the local hospital has been essentially empty for the last three weeks.
So why have we not needed such crak downs on physicians before now?
“We are the single source of Truth” - Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand Prime Minister, Chicom Socialist
They are simply going to push good and honest doctors to the underground
Because “science” doesn’t approve of YOUR theories.
They’re too stupid to see the irony.
“None of 20 notable physicians who have spread COVID misinformation had yet been disciplined by their state boards as of last week,..”
Funny how these notable physicians don’t get the benefit of an “allegedly” to qualify their supposed wrongdoing, yet murderers and rapists caught on video are still “alleged” murderers and rapists.
“Misleading & inaccurate information”?
As in the AMA declaring that a baby’s sex should not be listed on its birth certificate?
“None of 20 notable physicians who have spread COVID misinformation had yet been disciplined by their state boards as of last week,..”
Funny how these notable physicians don’t get the benefit of an “allegedly” to qualify their supposed wrongdoing, yet murderers and rapists caught on video are still “alleged” murderers and rapists.
How can there be "prevailing medical evidence" when the evidence is still evolving and the CDC changes what they say on a weekly basis?
-PJ
Love how an individual forming an opinion out of step with the collective is considered ‘misinformation’. Newton and Einstein are spinning in their graves, among countless others.
“Making public statements that are directly contrary to prevailing medical evidence can constitute unprofessional conduct and may be subject to review by ABEM.”
Yes, quickly root out that anti-Soviet speech!
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