Dear Editors,
I am going to have to firmly disagree with the ethicists reply that there is no way they could provide firm ethical guidance on challenging the trainer (Can Vet J 2024;65:421–422). The ethics of the situation is clear: the trainer is giving false information devoid of any scientific proof, and he is recommending that the clients falsify legal documents. Falsification of legal documents is fraud and if that client was caught having forged a vaccination document for the purpose of crossing the international border, they could be charged with a felony.
This ongoing fear of social media repercussions or losing out in the public relations competition is given too much weight. There is right and wrong in this world and looking the other way when a wrong is being committed is not acceptable.
My solution to social media repercussions is pretty simple: stop looking at the cancer that is social media and get back to practicing medicine.
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