Opinion: Are Doctors who Lie about COVID-19 Responsible for their Actions

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Assoc. Prof. Mangarov's claims - namely that in Bulgaria there were "564 people who died from the covid vaccine" - were refuted by the Ministry of Health. This is not the first case in which Mr. Mangarov's words differ from the facts. The statistics are clear: over 93% of those who died of covid in our country have not actually been vaccinated. The "causal link" is the opposite of Mangarov's "theses".

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Should something be done in cases such as these, with "experts" who, in the words of the chairman of the BMA, Dr. Madjarov, "spread fake news" and therefore cannot be called doctors?

Freedom of speech is sacred in a democratic society. However, not all opinions are equally valid. Rights and obligations are both sides of the same coin; they are inextricably linked. Exercising "my right" must not endanger other people's lives.

All points of view with equal weight?

For example, do the authors of a documentary on African-American civil rights struggles need to reflect in detail the "point of view" of the Ku Klux Klan? And is it permissible for a Nazi's view to be presented as equally acceptable to that of the Holocaust victims? Of course not. This is a dangerous, misunderstood, and false pluralism.

You will say that the example I am giving is not accurate: organizations that profess racist ideas are illegal, and experts such as Assoc. Prof. Mangarov have the right to practice medicine. This is precisely the...