A star COVID doctor who worked on the frontline has turned out to be a fraud as she's being accused of lying about working 12-hour hospital shifts and caring for children suffering long-term COVID.
Earlier, Ron Elfenbein, a prominent COVID doctor from Maryland, was accused of a $1.5 million healthcare fraud which states he overbilled for COVID-19 tests.
Now, a well-paid New York City school pediatrician has been accused of lying about treating COVID-infected children on the front lines of hospitals.
Dr. Risa Hoshino was featured on many top physician influencer lists, and the Scientist magazine called her a "veteran of using social media to debunk scientific falsehoods."
However, in a probe by Substack blogger Sarah Beth Burwick, she has been accused of lying about working 12-hour hospital shifts and caring for children suffering long-COVID.
Hoshino posted on Twitter about working long shifts in full PPE while treating children with long COVID and administ...