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A new California law that targets medical professionals for spreading purported COVID-19 misinformation is not only unconstitutional but has already been weaponized against doctors for sharing their informed judgments on treatments and risks, they claim.
Five California physicians sued Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Medical Board of California to overturn the “unprofessional conduct” law and block its enforcement because even brief First Amendment violations constitute “irreparable harm.”
The law, which Newsom signed a month ago, takes effect Jan. 1.
The plaintiffs include psychiatrist Aaron Kheriaty, fired by the University of California Irvine for refusing its COVID vaccine mandate based on his natural immunity. Kheriaty is also a complainant in the amended lawsuit against the Biden administration for colluding with social media to censor COVID wrongthink.
Also suing: epidemiologist Tracy Beth Hoeg, until recently a physician resident at UC Davis, who is known for her research on COVID interventions , and Stanford University emergency room physician Ram Duriseti, who has “a manuscript in progress re-analyzing a mask randomized controlled trial” and has met with California senators’ offices on COVID policy. It’s the second lawsuit against the Medical Board in recent months. Physicians for Informed Consent sued on administrative grounds this summer, claiming the board abuses its authority to shut down physicians who challenge “the government’s ever-evolving, erratic, and contradictory public health Covid-19 edicts.”
Tuesday’s midterm elections could also affect administrative investigations and legislation to suspend medical licenses.
Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen pledged to kneecap the state medical board if he’s elected due to multiple investigations of the family physician for his COVID views. He’s 4.3 percentage points behind Gov. Tim Walz (D) in RealClearPolitics’ polling average (Oct. 10-30) .
The lawsuit against California AB 2098 , which like the social media collusion lawsuit was filed by the New Civil Liberties […]
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