Hospitals are threatening to fire doctors who speak out about poor working conditions amid coronavirus outbreak

Hospi­tals have always had strict guide­lines when it comes to what employees can say to the media, but according to Ruth Schubert, a spokes­woman for the Washington State Nurses Associ­a­tion, the pandemic has ushered in a new era.

“Hospi­tals are muzzling nurses and other health-care workers in an attempt to preserve their image,” Schubert told Bloomberg. ​“It is outrageous.”