German doctor jailed for two years for illegally issuing covid mask exemptions ... trends now

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A German doctor has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for illegally issuing more than 4,000 people with exemptions from wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic.

Public broadcaster SWR reported that a regional court in the south-western town of Weinheim convicted the doctor for issuing certificates to people from across Germany, most of whom she had never met or examined.

During the trial she had argued that wearing masks was harmful to people's health.

She was also handed a three-year work ban and ordered to pay 28,000 euros (£25,000), the sum she had received for issuing the medical certificates.