Oh she was a doctor—of “professional studies”?
A woman in Australia who pretended to be a medical doctor, in order to write thousands of exemptions for people to avoid COVID-19 tests, vaccines, and face has been hit with a $25,000 fine. Maria Carmela Pau pleaded guilty Wednesday to fraudulently posing as a physician in a scheme that allowed her to make more than $120,000. In total, Pau handed out more than 1,200 notes claiming exemptions from COVID restrictions, charging clients for each certificate.
In court in Queensland, Pau’s attorney explained that she held a Ph.D. in professional studies and was entitled to call herself a doctor. The court also heard that Pau remained opposed to COVID health advice and urged people to “end the tyranny” of. “This was a lady motivated solely by trying to help people who may well have been desperate,” her lawyer argued. “She was motivated by good intentions.
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