Around the Web – Original Source: redstate.com
NanoStockk/iStock/Getty Images Plus The nonpartisan group Californians for Good Governance reported Monday night that the California Senate voted for an Orwellian bill that would allow the state medical board to designate doctors who don’t spout the party line on COVID as “unprofessional.” This would presumably lead to these docs losing their licenses for sharing their opinions. The bill now moves on to the House and then, after it’s been rubber-stamped by members, to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. BREAKING: #AB2098 , which would punish doctors for Covid misinformation, just passed the Senate without any discussion or debate. It will head […]
Around the Web – Original Source: redstate.com
The bill’s definition of misinformation is completely fallacious “… false information that is contradicted by contemporary scientific consensus … ” – argumentum ad populum, argumentum ad verecundiam
If taken to court, the state should be forced to prove the doctor’s statements false, and in order to do that would have to prove the CDC’s conclusions true. Simply saying “the CDC said so” does not constitute proof of anything. If falsehood the doctor’s statements can’t be proved, then it can’t be called misinformation. But that’s assuming there are still a few good judges, who would rule on the facts of the case, rather than their own opinion of what’s in the best interests of the state, true or not.