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This is the best news report on the California Covid Misinformation Mess

This is the best news report on the California Covid Misinformation Mess

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CHD’s Defender just republished what I think is the best and most comprehensive news report on the status of AB 2098, now Section 2270 of the Business and Professional Code, after Judge Shubb’s decision in our case (Hoang v. Bonta) and the related case (Hoeg. v. Newsom), save for one important fact: For now, and for at least until the 9th Circuit issues its decision on the McDonald appeal, and our Judge, William B. Schubb says differently, any California physician…

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Washington Federal Judge Denies TRO to Stop the Washington Medical Commission’s Prosecutions of Covid Misinformation Soapbox Speech

Washington Federal Judge Denies TRO to Stop the Washington Medical Commission’s Prosecutions of Covid Misinformation Soapbox Speech

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On Friday March 17th, a Washington (state) federal judge denied a TRO filed by three physicians who were claiming that the the Washington Medical Commisions (their medical board) violated their federal constitutional and state law rights in filing charges against them for speaking out in public against the mainstream Covid narrative. Here are the complaint, TRO application and the judge’s decision: Complaint(1) TRO Denial of TRO The judge wasn’t buying any of it, but I have to say, I don’t…

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Status Report on the Covid Misinformation Situation for California Physicians and other interested parties (in western states)

Status Report on the Covid Misinformation Situation for California Physicians and other interested parties (in western states)

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There have been a lot of papers flying around the state in various court cases, so it seemed like a good idea to tell the vaccine-concerned physician and lay community where the law and cases stand. Soapbox Speech Before I get into the AB 2098 lawsuits, let me relate where we are on the pre-AB 2098 soap-box speech Covid misinformation investigations by the medical board which started in late 2021 and early 2022. So far as I can tell, there…

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MAJOR UPDATE AND BREAKING NEWS IN THE AB 2098 BATTLE

MAJOR UPDATE AND BREAKING NEWS IN THE AB 2098 BATTLE

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As you know, our case, Hoang v. Bonta, together with the related case of Hoeg v. Newsom had some recent success before Judge Schubb, by his enjoining the enforcement of AB 2098 (now section 2270 of the Business and Professional Code). His decision was limited to the parties of the two cases, meaning the five docs in Hoeg, our lead plaintiff Le Trinh Hoang, but also included are all the members of our organizational Plaintiffs, Physicians for Informed Consent and…

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Join Them Now!

Join Them Now!

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(Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Esq. for those of you who are reading this from beyond our solar system.) (PIC’s fearless President, Shira Miller MD outside the Courtroon after the AB 2098 hearing. Editor’s note: She seems pleased and confident, and as turns out, for good reason. Thx Shira for backing this.) (The rest of the legal team and Dr. Verma whose 40-page declaration demonstrated that the “contemporary scientific consensus” was meaningless in this pandemic. Sanjay’s declaration was cited 9 times…

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WE WON! AB 2098/B&P Section 2270 Has been stopped

WE WON! AB 2098/B&P Section 2270 Has been stopped

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(sent to me by a certain high-profile team member) Late Wednesday afternoon, Judge Schubb granted our motion (and the motion in the Hoeg v. Lawson case) for a preliminary injunction stopping the Attorney General and the Cali. medical boards from enforcing its Covid Misinformation bill. Here is the judge’s preliminary injunction order. injunctiongranted Our case is Hoang v. Bonta. As I expected, the expert declaration of Sanjay Verma was cited extensively by the judge as it demonstrated that there is…

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A little local color on how the hearing started

A little local color on how the hearing started

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The courtroom clerk (the long-serving and right-honorable Karen Kirksey-Smith calls the two cases, saying that the counsel for the first case (Hoeg v Lawson) should enter the counsel area first. They do, but yours truly was a little confused as to whether I was to go into the counsel’s area with or after them or wait until I was invited. (The same Deputy Attorney General was handling both cases, so she was already in the counsel table area. I didn’t…

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AB 2098 hearing held yesterday, no result yet, but we are very, very hopeful

AB 2098 hearing held yesterday, no result yet, but we are very, very hopeful

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(Man with shades outside Sacramento Federal Courthouse after oral argument in the challenges to AB 2098) We had the hearing on our challenge (and the companion challenge filed by a high-profile Washington D.C. public interest group) yesterday afternoon. It was a very lively event. And because it was me, there were many lighter moments and even some robust laughter with some back-and-forth banter between us and the judge. Not so much with the Attorney General and the judge. And that…

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California Physician Alert: Be Very Careful About What you Say About Covid to New/Prospective Patients

California Physician Alert: Be Very Careful About What you Say About Covid to New/Prospective Patients

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As you all know, AB 2098 is, for now, the law of the land in California. Hopefully it won’t be after our preliminary injunction hearing on Monday. I think all physicians should assume that the Cali boards (medical and osteopathic) will try to enforce the law. But there is problem: How are they going to find out who is spreading “Covid misinformation” to their patient? My guess or assumption is that current patients aren’t going to be the ones complaining….

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The Downside which California Parents face who Submit Permanant All-Vaccine Medical Exemptions under the New Vaccine Medical Exemption Law

The Downside which California Parents face who Submit Permanant All-Vaccine Medical Exemptions under the New Vaccine Medical Exemption Law

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I have received many frantic communications from parents who had a physician submit to the CAIR (California Immunization Registry) a permanent medical exemption for all vaccines because of some medical condition or a prior serious adverse reaction to one of the vaccines. The stories are pretty much the same. The child goes to school after the ME applicaiton is submitted on-line. The ME is eventually rejected. The child stays in school because the parents appeal the denial. Eventually, the Department…

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