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This Could be a Telling Week in the Legal World of Vaccine Mandates and SB 277 Medical Exemption Cases

This Could be a Telling Week in the Legal World of Vaccine Mandates and SB 277 Medical Exemption Cases

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Legally/lawsuit wise, and to state the obvious, there is much going in California and around the country on mandatory vaccination and exemptions/accommodations for students and employees. The Indiana University students who are seeking to overturn IU’s COVID mandated have filed the paperwork with the Supreme Court seeking an emergency review of the Seventh Circuit’s denial of a temporary injunction against the mandate, which the district court refused to grant (the preliminary injunction that is). This is the same or similar…

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Riverside Federal Judge Denies Frontier Doctor’s Injunction Request against the UC COVID Mandate; Mandamus in the Court of Appeals Filed

Riverside Federal Judge Denies Frontier Doctor’s Injunction Request against the UC COVID Mandate; Mandamus in the Court of Appeals Filed

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On Friday, July 30, Riverside Federal Judge Jesse Bernal denied an injunction motion filed to stop the enforcement of the UC’s COVID mandate against students and employees who have previously had the disease. This was a strategically narrow lawsuit that excluded members of the UC community who have not had COVID. But narrow or not, the judge denied the injunction request. No surprises in the decision (especially if you have been reading my recent posts(Jacobson, the low to non-existent rational…

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As Expected, The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Denied the Injunction Request of the Indiana University Students against the COVID Vaccine Mandate

As Expected, The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Denied the Injunction Request of the Indiana University Students against the COVID Vaccine Mandate

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As predicted, the federal appellate court denied the request for an injunction pending appeal of the IU students lawsuit against the COVID mandate. Hey, it’s an appellate court and it is bound by Jacobson. The decision is only a few pages, but it did mention an issue raised by a commenter about wanting to force a university to have remote learning. The court of appeal said no can do. The university gets to make that call, not the courts. Here…

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My Advice to UC Students (and their Parents) and UC Employees About the Mandate

My Advice to UC Students (and their Parents) and UC Employees About the Mandate

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I am repeatedly asked by parents and UC students what they should do about the UC mandate and what about the legal challenges. Ditto by/from UC employees. I am actually aware of only one filed legal challenge and that is the federal lawsuit recently filed in Riverside County federal court by the Frontier doctor group. That lawsuit does not cover all UC students, but only those who have had COVID, under the theory that if you’ve had the disease (and…

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No Decision Yet on Ken Stoller’s Case. When I know, you’ll know

No Decision Yet on Ken Stoller’s Case. When I know, you’ll know

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Per the title, there is no decision yet from the Right Honorable James P. Arguelles on Ken Stoller’s appeal (writ of administrative mandate) of the Medical Board’s license revocation order. I know many of you have a lot at stake. The judge said it would take a couple of weeks. It’s only been 8 days, and there is a great deal of paperwork for him and his staff to review. So, let’s give the guy time to do his job….

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My Crossover Moment Between Stem Cells and the Vaccine Issue, some basic facts about VAERS and maybe an interesting strategic suggestion (so please read this to the end)

My Crossover Moment Between Stem Cells and the Vaccine Issue, some basic facts about VAERS and maybe an interesting strategic suggestion (so please read this to the end)

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Although many, many of my posts lately have been about the vaccine issue, I view myself as a health care attorney who focuses on novel and unconventional treatments and technologies. The legal contexts may be different, i.e., medical board work, civil litigation, or federal criminal cases (FDA and health care insurance issues) but the overarching commonality is constant, unconventional health care and ensuring the broadest possible access to it. In my FDA-related work, that basically pits me against the government…

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Can My Employer Make Me Wear a Mask at Work, and What if I have a Medical Condition Which Makes Wearing a Mask Dangerous to Me?

Can My Employer Make Me Wear a Mask at Work, and What if I have a Medical Condition Which Makes Wearing a Mask Dangerous to Me?

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This is a popular question these days, so let me lay out the law as I understand it. Actually, the basic law is pretty straightforward. Mostly what I will do is quote from the federal government’s EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) web site which deals with employment discrimination issues. And yes, the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) does come into play in the analysis. Here is the URL for the EEOC document I am quoting from: https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/pandemic-preparedness-workplace-and-americans-disabilities-act. It contains much…

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Maybe it’s time for the health concerned multitudes to come together, throw their weight around and change things up

Maybe it’s time for the health concerned multitudes to come together, throw their weight around and change things up

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Per my two last posts, the CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) community is under attack on at least two fronts. First, several CAM professional or issue related organizations have recently been subjected to corrective action regarding their CME accreditation for their annual conferences. Some of their last year’s conference CME’s have been retroactively rescinded, they have had their future conference CME accreditation withdrawn, and/or the groups have been warned to conform to “evidence based medicine,” code for conventional medical practice….

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Hey Mr. President: how about some quickie executive orders on prescription drug importing, stem cells, and vaccination

Hey Mr. President: how about some quickie executive orders on prescription drug importing, stem cells, and vaccination

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Mr. President: looks like you’ve kept your word so far on Obamacare by signing a vague executive order allowing federal government agencies to do what they can to lower the costs or make more efficient whatever the agencies can figure out they can do without congressional approval. Hopefully that will work out. I have a couple of ideas for some quickie executive orders, consistent with your campaign speeches or your thinking. As always, I’ll keep it short: 1. Consumers importing…

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Dear Donald: Good move on Dr. Tom Price at HHS and Jim O’Neill at the FDA

Dear Donald: Good move on Dr. Tom Price at HHS and Jim O’Neill at the FDA

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Dear Donald: Good move on Dr. Tom Price at HHS and Jim O’Neill at the FDA. Both seem to be disruptor/game changers, which is exactly what HHS and FDA need. As a guy who has been battling the FDA for a few years and per your request, here are a couple things which they should do from the get-go, without alot of bureaucratic red tape. Let’s start with getting the FDA bureaucrats off the backs of patients and consumers. Stem…

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