Physician suspended over COVID-19 misinformation tenders resignation from Houston Methodist: 'I've never said anything that's considered dangerous'

A physician who resigned from Houston Methodist amid her suspension for spreading COVID-19 misinformation online claims her former employer mishandled things.

Dr. Mary Talley Bowden, who specializes in ear, nose and throat, was disciplined by the Texas Medical Center hospital for what it asserted was Bowden's display of unprofessional behavior, including taking to social media to rail against inoculations against the coronavirus and promoting the drug ivermectin, the Houston Chronicle reported.

“I’ve been very disappointed with how Methodist has [managed] this,” Bowden, who has a private practice in Houston’s River Oaks district, said during a short interview on AM talk radio station KTRH, according to the publication. “I don’t think I’m dangerous. I’ve never said anything that’s considered dangerous.”

The doctor sent a resignation letter to Houston Methodist on Nov. 15.

"I do not want to be part of an institution that treats its doctors the way they do,” Bowden said in a statement obtained by ABC13. “They have tried to paint me as dangerous simply because my views may be different than theirs about the efficacy of vaccines and possible treatment decisions. That is what is dangerous. I want the best for my patients.”

In addition to disputing the existence of COVID-19, she has vocally opposed government mandates.

According to Bowden, individuals who choose not to get vaccinated have been discriminated against.

“I do not believe the vaccine is a one size fits all solution, nor do I believe unvaccinated Houstonians should be treated by medical doctors as second-class citizens, but to the government and Methodist Hospital it's one size fits all no matter what,” she said in her statement. “If you voice any concerns then you are attacked, you are bullied. If you don't follow government orders, you are the one they now call dangerous. That's China. That's not America.”

People reported that Bowden’s practice has accepted patients skeptical of the vaccine.

Houston Methodist, in turn, countered that it “does not and will never deny care to a patient based on vaccination status.”