Posted on 08/30/2022 2:21:50 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Trying to strike a balance between free speech and public health, California’s Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would allow regulators to punish doctors for spreading false information about COVID-19 vaccinations and treatments.
The legislation, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, would make the state the first to try to legislate a remedy to a problem that the American Medical Association, among other medical groups and experts, says has worsened the impact of the pandemic, resulting in thousands of unnecessary hospitalizations and deaths.
The law would designate spreading false or misleading medical information to patients as “unprofessional conduct,” subject to punishment by the agency that licenses doctors, the Medical Board of California. That could include suspending or revoking a doctor’s license to practice medicine in the state.
Although the legislation has raised concerns over freedom of speech, the bill’s sponsors said the extensive harm caused by false information required holding incompetent or ill-intentioned doctors accountable.
“In order for a patient to give informed consent, they have to be well informed,” said state Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, and co-author of the bill. A pediatrician himself and a prominent proponent of stronger vaccination requirements, he said the law was intended to address “the most egregious cases” of deliberately misleading patients.
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“False information” is anything the Ministry of Truth doesn’t like.
Last one out of California, well, you know.
Wow. Regulators punishing free speech.
That's tyranny.
“Trying to strike a balance between free speech and public health...”
Stopped reading right there.
Tell us again Joe, exactly who is the semi-fascists now?
Good luck finding any good doctors in California soon.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Kalifornika is officially a communist country. Sad. It should be split up.
The Medical Board, a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Pharma, will make the determinations of what is misinformation.
This should be unconstitutional for a State to do this.
Trying to strike a balance despite being mentally unbalanced, California’s Legislature on Monday approved a bill that would allow regulators to punish doctors for spreading false information about COVID-19 vaccinations and treatments.
“Regulators” used to be frontier bandits who demanded tolls from cattle drovers. Much hated, much despised.
Guess the last one out of Kalifornica won’t need to do anything, since it is doubtful that the lights will even be on.
The phrase “settled science” comes to mind here.
There is no “balance”
Just another code word for censorship
Another clear indicator of what medical science devolved into during the fauci flu … political “science”
It’s dangerous to stand up to the state’s propaganda. So if a patient says that they think they’re sick from the vaccine, should the doctor not report it or lie about it?
Exactly.
Does this mean “safe and effective” will now be an offense worthy of losing your medical license??
I hope that next they will pass a bill that allows us to jail politicians who spread false information.
what next ?
Does California Approve a Bill to Punish non-democrats Who Spread False Information,
or ban gasoline cars,
or make Spanish the official state language ?
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