Doctors argue that bill aimed at preventing physicians from spreading lies about COVID-19 will prevent honest debate that leads to improved treatment.
As an emergency physician at Stanford and Mills-Peninsula hospitals who has treated hundreds of COVID-19 patients, Dr. Ram Duriseti recalled bucking a prevailing treatment strategy early in the pandemic of rushing the sickest patients onto ventilators not only to help them breathe but to reduce spread of the virus.
“Rarely does a state legislature pass a bill that is so obviously unconstitutional,” the complaint says. “Even more rarely does a governor sign that bill into law.” “Licensed physicians, doctors, and surgeons possess a high degree of public trust and therefore must be held accountable for the information they spread,” Low said in comments to the state Assembly about his bill, AB 2098, co-sponsored by the California Medical Association. “Providing patients with accurate, science-based information on the pandemic and COVID-19 vaccinations is imperative to protecting public health.
“When you’re afraid to speak because you think you could be punished for it, it can result in people self-censoring,” Younes said. “Scientific consensus isn’t defined. It means doctors will be afraid to say things the law wasn’t even intended to include.” Dr. Aaron Kheriaty is a private practitioner who testified on COVID policy before a Senate panel in January. Dr. Pete Mazolewski is a trauma surgeon at John Muir Health who said his approach to delaying immediate removal of an inflamed appendix in favor of antibiotic therapy has since become standard.
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