Yet doctors spreading lies are facing almost no consequences for what they’re doing. Nearly every state medical board is failing to hold them accountable.
迄今在美國有些醫師散布謠言，就其所為幾無被罰。幾乎每一州醫療當局未能認定其等所為可歸責。
By Brian Castrucci, president and CEO of the de Beaumont Foundation, and Nick Sawyer, executive director of No License for Disinformation
The doctor-patient relationship starts at birth and extends across one's life. When patients are honest with their doctors, better decisions can be made about their health. They expect the same honesty in return and, indeed, the Hippocratic Oath demands as much of physicians. Underscoring this important responsibility, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, national polls have found that most Americans trust medical professionals to give them accurate information about the virus.
