Choose a high-profile healthcare professional that has spread misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic and provide an overview of their claims. You can choose one from the background readings or identify one from your own research.
What ethical principles are violated when healthcare providers spread misinformation?
Have there been any consequences for those healthcare providers who have spread misinformation? Have these consequences been adequate? Why or why not? Be sure to address ethical principles when considering the adequacy of the consequences.
What have been and could be some of the impacts on society, healthcare professionals who are on the front line, and the health of the nation as a result of misinformation during a healthcare crisis, in this case, the COVID-19 pandemic? Consider the impact of the infamous (and now retracted) Wakefield et al study regarding the MMR vaccine in your answer.