<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><h1 class="gmail-articlePages-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:37.8px;font-family:HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="2">ACEP-AAEM Joint Statement on Physician Misinformation</font></h1><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;float:none;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><div style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;float:none"><div class="gmail-block gmail-richtextblock gmail-col-lg-12 gmail-col-md-12 gmail-col-sm-12 gmail-col-xs-12" style="font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:1px;float:none;width:800px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:22.5px;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)">The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) jointly and emphatically condemn the recent opinions released by Dr. Daniel Erickson and Dr. Artin Massihi. These reckless and untested musings do not speak for medical societies and are inconsistent with current science and epidemiology regarding COVID-19. As owners of local urgent care clinics, it appears these two individuals are releasing biased, non-peer reviewed data to advance their personal financial interests without regard for the public’s health.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">COVID-19 misinformation is widespread and dangerous. Members of ACEP and AAEM are first-hand witnesses to the human toll that COVID-19 is taking on our communities. ACEP and AAEM strongly advise against using any statements of Drs. Erickson and Massihi as a basis for policy and decision making.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.acep.org/corona/COVID-19/covid-19-articles/acep-aaem-joint-statement-on-physician-misinformation/?fbclid=IwAR1xpyVAR9WYacsdt6I06Au5zgZQZujGB-AXTHDxpS4-WwCizb4ZUVWUhr0">https://www.acep.org/corona/COVID-19/covid-19-articles/acep-aaem-joint-statement-on-physician-misinformation/</a><br></div></div>