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May 11, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – The physicians’ college of Canada’s largest province said it will investigate doctors who post on social media their opposition to COVID-19 lockdowns, controversial public health measures, vaccines, or promoting “unproven treatments for COVID-19.”
In a statement issued April 30, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) said that there have been “isolated incidents of physicians using social media to spread blatant misinformation and undermine public health measures meant to protect all of us.”
As a result, the CPSO said in a statement that it is “concerned about the increase of misinformation circulating on social media and other platforms regarding physicians who are publicly contradicting public health orders and recommendations.”
“Physicians hold a unique position of trust with the public and have a professional responsibility to not communicate anti-vaccine, anti-masking, anti-distancing and anti-lockdown statements and/or promoting unsupported, unproven treatments for COVID-19,” it continued. “Physicians must not make comments or provide advice that encourages the public to act contrary to public health orders and recommendations.”
The CPSO went onto state that physicians who engage in speech contrary to the government narrative may “face
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