As far as I know any one can give free medical advice, but you have to be a licensed doctor to make money by giving medical advice, and if your advice kills some one there are consequences. Thousands of people are dying every day who have taken advice from highly paid media spruikers giving advice that they are not licensed to give.
I don’t see how any new law would be required to prosecute the liars, especially as they are masquerading as experts while selling advertisements.
There are now millions of victims of the fake medical advice industry, and billions of dollars of profits from the trade.
So why aren’t the liars being prosecuted, or at the very least being sued for damages?
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The question of profiting from lies, while unlicensed to do so
As far as I know any one can give free medical advice, but you have to be a licensed doctor to make money by giving medical advice, and if your advice kills some one there are consequences. Thousands of people are dying every day who have taken advice from highly paid media spruikers giving advice that they are not licensed to give.
I don’t see how any new law would be required to prosecute the liars, especially as they are masquerading as experts while selling advertisements.
There are now millions of victims of the fake medical advice industry, and billions of dollars of profits from the trade.
So why aren’t the liars being prosecuted, or at the very least being sued for damages?