{"id":4235,"date":"2023-08-01T17:22:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=4235"},"modified":"2023-08-01T17:23:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:23:03","slug":"doctors-who-put-lives-at-risk-with-covid-misinformation-rarely-punished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2023\/08\/01\/doctors-who-put-lives-at-risk-with-covid-misinformation-rarely-punished\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors who put lives at risk with covid misinformation rarely punished"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2023\/07\/26\/covid-misinformation-doctor-discipline\/\">Washington Post<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Wisconsin doctor in 2021 prescribed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2023\/02\/26\/ivermectin-use-covid-flu-rsv\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ivermectin<\/a>, typically used to treat parasitic infections, to two covid-19 patients who later died of the disease. He was fined&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonpost.com\/documents\/0a5edbec-2202-4bd3-a1f5-c5d435cdd286.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">less than $4,000<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 and was free to continue practicing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Massachusetts doctor has continued practicing without restriction despite being under investigation for more than a year over allegations of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonpost.com\/documents\/69ba35e6-4601-4dec-b125-398ce4435386.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disseminating misinformation<\/a>\u201d and prescribing unapproved covid treatments, including ivermectin, to a patient who died in 2022, according to medical board records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in Idaho, a pathologist who falsely promoted the effectiveness of ivermectin over coronavirus vaccineson social media has not been disciplined&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonpost.com\/documents\/f713c4cb-8ebe-4278-a2b3-42584e9b4386.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">despite complaints<\/a>&nbsp;from fellow physicians that his \u201cdangerous and troubling\u201d statements and actions \u201csignificantly threatened the public health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the country,doctors who jeopardized patients\u2019 lives by pushing medical misinformation during the pandemic and its aftermath have faced few repercussions, according to a Washington Post analysis of disciplinary records from medical boards in all 50 states.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post A Wisconsin doctor in 2021 prescribed&nbsp;ivermectin, typically used to treat parasitic infections, to two covid-19 patients who later died of the disease. He was fined&nbsp;less than $4,000&nbsp;\u2014 and was free to continue practicing. 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