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From questioning vaccines to touting unproven treatments like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, a small number of doctors have established themselves as some of the highest-profile purveyors of false information on COVID-19. But state medical boards have so far taken few steps to remove the credentials that make them seem like authoritative sources, critics say.
Take Simone Gold, an emergency room doctor from Beverly Hills who founded America’s Frontline Doctors, a group that has filed lawsuits to block the authorization of COVID vaccines for children and overturn vaccine mandates. In a speech in Florida posted online in January, Gold claimed that the “so-called” vaccine “actually changes nothing,” adding: “The people who die from COVID-19 are people who are kinda destined to die in this period anyway.”
Gold has a license to practice medicine in California with no disciplinary actions on her record.