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xocetaceans

(4,333 posts)
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 08:25 PM Jul 2022

Houston doctor suspended for vaccine misinformation files $25 million defamation lawsuit...

Houston doctor suspended for vaccine misinformation files $25 million defamation lawsuit against Methodist Hospital

The lawsuit accuses Methodist Hospital and Methodist CEO Marc Boom of making “false and defamatory” statements about Dr. Mary Bowden, an ear, nose, and throat doctor in River Oaks.

Lucio Vasquez | Posted on July 25, 2022, 4:45 PM (Last Updated: July 25, 2022, 5:19 PM)

A Houston doctor who previously sued Methodist Hospital after she was suspended for spreading COVID-19 misinformation has filed a second lawsuit against the hospital.

The newly filed lawsuit accuses Methodist and Methodist CEO Marc Boom of severely damaging the reputation of Dr. Mary Bowden — an ear, nose, and throat doctor in River Oaks who had her provisional privileges taken away last year after making claims online related to vaccine efficacy.

"Methodist and Boom retaliated against Dr. Bowden in an unprecedented manner. Without notice, they published false and defamatory statements to the press and on social media, affording no due process, acting contrary to and with reckless disregard for both the letter and spirit of Methodist's bylaws," the lawsuit reads.

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“I want to clear my name and hold them accountable. Every person has a right to an unimpaired reputation,” Bowden said. “Thanks to Methodist, half the world thinks that I’m crazy and dangerous.

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https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2022/07/25/429010/houston-doctor-suspended-for-vaccine-misinformation-files-25-million-defamation-lawsuit-against-methodist-hospital/



This current lawsuit is linked here in PDF form:





The story regarding her first lawsuit (from January 2022) was noted by TexasTowelie here:




Her Twitter account links (in the excerpt below) to a Rumble video which is of her being interviewed by The New American magazine, which is affiliated with the John Birch Society. The direct link to The New American interview is here.




According to her own words at 10:32 in the video, her method of "early treatment" is as follows:

"With this latest variant, I do ivermectin; I do hydroxychloroquine; and I do a Z-Pak the first week."



This study indicates that ivermectin does not work:

February 18, 2022
Efficacy of Ivermectin Treatment on Disease Progression Among Adults With Mild to Moderate COVID-19 and ComorbiditiesThe I-TECH Randomized Clinical Trial
Steven Chee Loon Lim, MRCP; Chee Peng Hor, MSc; Kim Heng Tay, MRCP; et al

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2789362



This study indicates that hydroxychloroquine does not work:

November 9, 2020
Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on Clinical Status at 14 Days in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19A Randomized Clinical Trial
Wesley H. Self, MD, MPH; Matthew W. Semler, MD; Lindsay M. Leither, DO; et al

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2772922



This study indicates that Z-Pak does not work:

July 16, 2021
Effect of Oral Azithromycin vs Placebo on COVID-19 Symptoms in Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection A Randomized Clinical Trial
Catherine E. Oldenburg, ScD, MPH; Benjamin A. Pinsky, MD, PhD; Jessica Brogdon, MPH, TM; et al

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2782166


So, three strikes and one's out in baseball. How many strikes does one get in medicine?
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Houston doctor suspended for vaccine misinformation files $25 million defamation lawsuit... (Original Post) xocetaceans Jul 2022 OP
I hope the hospital countersues. I'm sick of these grifters thinking they can bluster their way RockRaven Jul 2022 #1
Stupid 'doctor' didn't even follow the obsolete protocol IbogaProject Jul 2022 #2
Hey! Don't talk like becoming a Physician Assistant (capital letters, no apostrophe) is a demotion. Aristus Jul 2022 #5
So sorry IbogaProject Jul 2022 #6
I accept. Thank you. Aristus Jul 2022 #7
Corrupt Hospital....or is Dr. Mary corrupt?....refusing to administer vaccines for Covid 19? Stuart G Jul 2022 #3
Uh.....No. Marcuse Jul 2022 #4

RockRaven

(18,623 posts)
1. I hope the hospital countersues. I'm sick of these grifters thinking they can bluster their way
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 08:38 PM
Jul 2022

into being paid to go away.

IbogaProject

(5,564 posts)
2. Stupid 'doctor' didn't even follow the obsolete protocol
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 08:44 PM
Jul 2022

Vaccination and masking have been the first course of defense since, January of 2021. I hope she looses her credentials. Maybe she can do medical billing or be a physician's assistant. And even if a post infection treatment worked well, it would require perfect timing and there would still be collaratol damage from the increased spread.

Aristus

(71,536 posts)
5. Hey! Don't talk like becoming a Physician Assistant (capital letters, no apostrophe) is a demotion.
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 09:54 AM
Jul 2022

Taking away her medical license is a demotion, and that's exactly what should happen.

I don't want the ranks of our profession sullied by an unethical medical practitioner. If she hates the ethical practice of medicine as much as she seems to, she should hang up her license and go study some other line of work.

Signed,

Aristus
Physician Assistant

IbogaProject

(5,564 posts)
6. So sorry
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 01:03 PM
Jul 2022

That was a mistake to suggest anything other than non patient facing jobs. Please accept my apology.

Aristus

(71,536 posts)
7. I accept. Thank you.
Fri Jul 29, 2022, 01:52 PM
Jul 2022


You're not really to blame. The PA profession has been around for sixty years, and there are still people out there who don't know what we're all about. People hear 'assistant', and think we just fetch surgical instruments or something. There's a movement afoot to change the name to Physician Associate. We just want people to know that we are fully trained and licensed medical practitioners, just like doctors. We don't pretend to be doctors, and most of us don't want to be doctors. It confuses people.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
3. Corrupt Hospital....or is Dr. Mary corrupt?....refusing to administer vaccines for Covid 19?
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 08:44 PM
Jul 2022

Look at the statistics given by medical authorities below the advice on medicines she wants to give. Bottom Line:

An idiot and a fool. Stupid as Donald Trump....She should STF up and talk to Dr. Fauci ...
A respected anti-virus doctor. or someone else who knows viruses ...
If she thinks she can win her lawsuit, she is nuts.

Anyone can file any lawsuit for any purpose as long as someone reputable files it in a correct way.

A judge of any stature will throw it out, and the idiot and a fool will look even more stupid with no job.

tHE KEY IDEA IS BELOW:

.....................Like Trump, she is too stupid to know that she is ..VERY STUPID!

.....................and like Trump she has no clue at all. (not even a tiny, winey, itty bitty clue.)

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