Covid-19: US doctors sue regulator for charging them with spreading misinformation in pandemic

Four doctors threatened with disciplinary action by Washington state’s medical regulator over spreading misinformation about covid-19 have asked a court to strip the Washington Medical Commission of the power to punish doctors who offer unapproved treatments for the virus or who promote misinformation liable to discourage vaccination.Three of the doctors have been charged by the commission with prescribing ivermectin to patients with covid-19 without documenting an adequate rationale, as well as making false statements about coronavirus vaccines liable to discourage vaccination. The fourth is a paediatrician, Renata Moon, who claims in the suit that she relinquished her state medical licence under duress after her employer, Washington State University, warned her that she would be reported to the commission for her public comments against vaccinating children to prevent covid-19.Supported in their suit by the conservative group the Silent Majority Foundation, the doctors have asked a state superior court to strike down…
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