Fired COVID Whistleblower Doesn't Want to Settle His Case https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/104794?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2023-06-01&eun=g2006368d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines+Evening+2023-06-01&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition Ming Lin, MD, the emergency medicine physician from Washington state who was fired early in the COVID pandemic for publicly airing alleged safety concerns, said he has broken with his lawyers over their advice to settle his case. In a Facebook postopens in a new tab or window, Lin said his lawyers "have asked me to accept a monetary settlement as they have abruptly determined that a trial would be too costly and is not worth the financial risk." Lin told the Cascadia Daily Newsopens in a new tab or window that he wants his former employer, PeaceHealth, to admit wrongdoing instead. "Morally this is unacceptable to me as my silence is not for sale," Lin wrote in the Facebook post. "The objective of my lawsuit has always been to expose the facts that healthcare workers are retaliated against for speaking up for their patients' safety. Acknowledgement is the first step needed to solve this problem." "To me the root of the problem has always been corporate healthcare as it prioritizes profit over patient care and staff safety," he noted. In May 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington filed a lawsuit