California Law Strips Licenses from 'Misinformation'-Spreading Doctors

A new California law gives the state unprecedented control over what doctors can say to their patients about COVID-19.

"We've got to stop the disinformation pipeline," an emergency physician supporting California's AB 2098 told the California Assembly in April.

Stanford economist and medical school professor Jay Bhattacharya, a leading critic of the law, says that it "puts the [Center for Disease Control] in the same room with the doctor and the patient," violating a basic trust.