https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/09/14/1035915598/doctors-covid-misinformation-medical-license
This Doctor Spread False Information About COVID. She Still Kept Her Medical License Last month, Dr. Simone Gold stood before a crowd at a conservative church in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and delivered a talk riddled with misinformation. She told people to avoid vaccination against the coronavirus. As an alternative, she pushed drugs that have not been proven effective at treating COVID-19 — drugs that she also offered to prescribe to the audience in exchange for $90 telehealth appointments. "Don't text me when you've gotten a positive test; I don't want to hear it," she said to the gathering. "I've told you ahead of time to get the medicines. It can take a week because we're so swamped." Almost everything Gold said in her 45-minute talk was contrary to the best science and medical standards <https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/index.html> of care for treating COVID-19. But there was one thing she said that was at least partially true: "I am an emergency physician." NPR found that Gold's emergency medicine certification lapsed in December of last year, but she still is, as she claims, a licensed physician in the state of California (her license lists her professional address as a UPS shipping store in Beverly Hills). Despite more than a year spent spreading misinformation about a pandemic that has killed more than 650,000 Americans <https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/09/01/816707182/map-tracking-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-in-the-u-s>, she has what might be considered a professional clean bill of health with no complaints, disciplinary actions or malpractice lawsuits on her record. The California Medical Board, which oversees her license, told NPR it expects doctors to "follow the standard of care when treating patients at all times." But the medical board declined to say whether it was investigating Gold, citing reasons of confidentiality. On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 5:55 PM T. J. Garland <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://rumble.com/vn4425-dr.-ardis-interviews-dr.-simone-gold.html > > > *Let’s go Brandon! * >
