Originally Posted by ShaunRyan
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Originally Posted by Paddler
Here's the statement from the FSMB:

“Physicians who generate and spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation or disinformation are risking disciplinary action by state medical boards, including the suspension or revocation of their medical license. Due to their specialized knowledge and training, licensed physicians possess a high degree of public trust and therefore have a powerful platform in society, whether they recognize it or not. They also have an ethical and professional responsibility to practice medicine in the best interests of their patients and must share information that is factual, scientifically grounded and consensus-driven for the betterment of public health. Spreading inaccurate COVID-19 vaccine information contradicts that responsibility, threatens to further erode public trust in the medical profession and puts all patients at risk.”

And the joint statement from several national Medical Certification Boards:

The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), which supports its member state medical licensing boards, has recently issued a statement saying that providing misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine contradicts physicians’ ethical and professional responsibilities, and therefore may subject a physician to disciplinary actions, including suspension or revocation of their medical license. We at the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), and the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) support FSMB’s position. We also want all physicians certified by our Boards to know that such unethical or unprofessional conduct may prompt their respective Board to take action that could put their certification at risk.

Expertise matters, and board-certified physicians have demonstrated that they have stayed current in their field. Spreading misinformation or falsehoods to the public during a time of a public health emergency goes against everything our Boards and our community of board-certified physicians stand for. The evidence that we have safe, effective and widely available vaccines against COVID-19 is overwhelming. We are particularly concerned about physicians who use their authority to denigrate vaccination at a time when vaccines continue to demonstrate excellent effectiveness against severe illness, hospitalization and death.

We all look to board-certified physicians to provide outstanding care and guidance; providing misinformation about a lethal disease is unethical, unprofessional and dangerous. In times of medical emergency, the community of expert physicians committed to science and evidence collectively shares a responsibility for giving the public the most accurate and timely health information available, so they can make decisions that work best for themselves and their families.

They can do no less. This FLCCC group is culpable in the deaths of many, they are in violation of the Hippocratic Oath and the admonition to "First, do no harm."



I am going to hazard a guess that they made no effort to define misinformation or disinformation. I'd like to see what they cite as examples of denigration of the vaccine.


I'll second that. I'd also like to see what they cite as "overwhelming evidence" of the safety and efficacy of the widely available vaccines. Some "expert" getting in front of a camera and then a bunch of people parroting his/her statements isn't evidence. Citations, please.



Would the answer to these questions help answer the efficacy part of that question?


_____ Percentage of the adult population has been fully vaccinated.


_____ Percentage of adults currently hospitalized with COVID have been fully vaccinated.