Telemedicine is getting ruined because of people like this.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/103353

"Demon sperm" doctor Stella Immanuel was by far the leading prescriber of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin in the United States.

In 2021 she wrote 69k prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine and 32k prescriptions for ivermectin. Rheumatologists who regularly prescribe hydroxychloroquine for autoimmune diseases only average 561 prescriptions per year.

It is people like her abusing the system that are going to ruin telehealth for all of us.

State medical boards are notoriously lax on oversight. Most are under resourced and understaffed. It usually requires patient injury. Texas did take action regarding her hydroxychloroquine prescribing but it was only a paltry fine and she had to do an informed consent plan. May take years for her to lose her license if at all as there is usually a lengthy process even if they do take action.

She had a medical malpractice suit filed in Louisiana but they couldn't serve it because she moved to Texas.