Threatened with total cancelation by MAGA state Rep John Ragan, the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners voted to delete a policy from its website stating that doctors who push demonstrably false information about COVID-19 vaccines would face suspension or revocation of their medical licenses, the Tennessean reports. Ragan, co-chair of the Joint Government Operations Committee, and plainly a fucking asshole right wing control freak, said the board did not have the authority to create new disciplinary policy without legislative approval and privately threatened the state Department of Health that he would move to dissolve the board.
“Chairman Ragan also made clear he has no qualms above moving forward with dissolving the BME and reconstituting it with new members. He has in fact done this with another state agency, so it is not a hollow threat” Board attorney Jennifer Putnam warned members in a letter obtained by the Tennessean, adding his “displeasure” with the policy was expressed “in the strongest terms.”