Some kiwis will remember Samantha Bailey, a former doctor and one-time TV doc for TVNZ. During Covid times she went full cooker and made numerous videos filled with misinformation.
That little escapade cost her $158,000 plus her medical license.
While that case was before the Tribunal, Bailey made another series of videos suggesting there was no proof an HIV retrovirus existed, no evidence HIV caused AIDS, and that HIV was not transmissible or a sexually transmitted infection. For good measure she added, "there is no proof that gonorrhoea is a sexually transmitted disease."
Found guilty of professional misconduct - fined a further $88,000 including costs. And she's still struck off.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/361042965/ex-doctor-fined-over-videos-denying-accepted-science-hiv-and-gonorrhoea
#SamanthaBailey #NZ #Aids
Bob LeFridge :tinoflag:
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