In an outrageous attack on “freedom of speech” and democratic rights, Dr David Berger, a highly experienced remote area general practitioner, was ordered by the Medical Board of Australia on June 7 to undertake a disciplining “education program.” If he failed to do so he would be deregistered.
The World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) contacted Berger but he was not prepared to make any comment because he was under Australia Health Practitioners Regulatory Authority (AHPRA) conditions.
A well-known and dedicated fighter for a scientific approach to COVID-19, Berger has written thousands of comments on Twitter refuting pandemic misinformation and issuing timely warnings about what must be done to combat the deadly disease. In April, he gave a powerful video interview with the WSWS detailing the consequences of the unscientific government responses to the coronavirus and voicing his support for the Global Workers’ Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The Medical Board of Australia directive, which is published on the AHPRA website, is based on anonymous claims that Berger violated the Medical Board of Australia’s “code of conduct” on social media and behaved “unprofessionally” towards colleagues.
Berger has been falsely accused by internet trolls, right-wing commentators and others of undermining public health messaging about COVID-19 on social media because he has exposed government lies and corporate media falsehoods about COVID-19. It is believed that AHPRA has recently issued...
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