The consequences of California’s new law criminalizing doctors are just beginning to take shape. But rest assured, they will be vast — and have a greater impact on the practice of medicine than many realize.
In an editorial for RealClearMarkets.com, the FLCCC president and chief medical officer lists the top five reasons why CA 2098 is bad policy.
The medical misinformation law just signed in California by Governor Gavin Newsom is bad policy. Check that. It’s HORRIFIC policy. GHASTLY even. The new law subjects the state’s doctors to discipline, including the suspension of their medical licenses, for sharing “misinformation” or “disinformation” about COVID-19 with their patients.
As physicians and scientists, we are trained to think critically, to question science, and use what we learn to treat our patients and advance the practice of medicine. AB 2098 is the reversal of these concepts that have formed the foundation of medicine for centuries. If AB 2098 becomes law, doctors will be threatened with disciplinary action for what is vaguely referred to in the bill as “disinformation.”