With a stressful virus like COVID-19, it is not good for misinformation to be spread around. Unfortunately, two years into the pandemic, misinformation is still fairly common to come across. What is worse is that misinformation is being spread by who is expected to be the most trustworthy: doctors. In September, the Board of Medical Examiners in Tennessee submitted a statement about how "doctors spreading covid misinformation--such as suggesting that vaccines contain microchips--could jeopardize their license to practice."
This caused outrage with lawmakers, who claim that the medical board should only be able to decide whether or not a treatment is safe, and not about controlling what doctors say. In Florida, a proposed bill is wanting "to ban medical boards from revoking or threatening to revoke doctors' licenses for what they say unless 'direct physical harm' of a patient occurred." This medical debate has caused a lot of fear and confusion, as it is scary to know that doctors are allowed to spread misinformation without fear of consequences.
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