EXCLUSIVE — Protect the Public’s Trust, a watchdog group, is calling for an investigation into U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy for recommending “physical distancing” to combat the coronavirus despite an apparent lack of scientific evidence for the protocol.

In a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Christi Grimm, obtained by the Washington Examiner, PPT called for an investigation into Murthy for “apparent violations of scientific integrity standards” after Murthy recommended physical distancing that resulted in draconian mandates and school closures at the height of the pandemic.