Bioelectronics Corp (BIEL)

[misanthrope]

Shorting under current market rules is entirely legal - whether or not it is ethical is another (legitimate) question.

As for BIEL - it hasn't suffered one bit from shorting - because there isn't any short interest here, nor has there really ever been. The MM 'shorting' you reference is not the same thing as true equity shorting as happened in the case of GameStop. FTD's do not represent true shorting and have little significant impact on share price in almost all cases.