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The Next Cali Covid Misinformation Battle has Begun: Buckle up!

The Next Cali Covid Misinformation Battle has Begun: Buckle up!

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As all Cali. First Amendment lovers know, on Saturday, September 30th, Governor Newsom signed SB 815 which repealed the physician covid misinformation law, AB 2098, enacted as Section 2270 of the Business and Professions Code. On Monday morning, October 2nd, we asked our judge in Bonta v. Hoang (one of two related cases in which Judge William B. Schubb granted a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of AB2098) to change course and stop the medical boards from trying to censor physicians…

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Cali Legislature is about to pull the plug on Judge Shubb’s legally induced coma on the Covid Misinformation Law

Cali Legislature is about to pull the plug on Judge Shubb’s legally induced coma on the Covid Misinformation Law

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It was reported on Monday by the Los Angeles Times that legislators discretely incorporated the repeal of AB 2098, (Bus. & Prof. Code 2270), the temporarily enjoined Covid misinformation law, into the comprehensive health care boards bill, SB 815. Given the bias of the story, I won’t provide you the link to it. Instead, I will dive into the source: Here is the full SB 815 Bill Text – SB-815 Healing arts_. It is 28 pages. Like all bills, it…

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California Docs and Patients Should Join Them NOW!

California Docs and Patients Should 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 our expert, Dr. Sanjay Verma) As most of you know, on January 25th, senior federal district court Judge William B. Shubb granted…

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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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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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Paperwork All Filed in our Challenge to AB 2098; Next Up, the Preliminary Injunction Hearing on January 23rd

Paperwork All Filed in our Challenge to AB 2098; Next Up, the Preliminary Injunction Hearing on January 23rd

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I just filed our reply on our preliminary injunction motion. Here it is: Hoang Final Repyfilingcopy I think you will like it. Here are the Attorney General’s response papers to our motion for a preliminary injunction. Our reply responds to these papers. response calderondeclaration limdeclaration requestjudicialnotice Since the elephant that will be in the courtroom on the 23rd will be Judge Slaughter’s decision in the McDonald case denying a preliminary injunction enjoining AB 2098 (now Section 2270 of the Business…

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Must See CHD TV on AB 2098

Must See CHD TV on AB 2098

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Here is the link to the legal update on CHD’s and PIC’s lawsuit against AB 2098. https://live.childrenshealthdefense.org/chd-tv/shows/good-morning-chd/chd-federal-lawsuit-over-ca-covid-misinformation-bill/ There is an excellent discussion by Dr. Sanjay Verma explaining how often the public health authorities got it wrong during Covid and the lack of science behind the public health decisions we all have been living with for the past three years. And I always have a good time when FG&J get together (Ray Flores, Greg Glaser, and yours truly). (Hopefully, they edited…

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