Doctor pushes back against California’s medical misinformation policy

As previously reported, the California legislature wants to pass a “medical misinformation bill,” aka Assembly Bill 2098. The law would ban doctors from giving medical advice and treatment not approved by the state.

Put simply, the bill bans doctors in California from criticizing vaccines and alternative treatments not approved for Covid like ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, particularly online.

One doctor, Syed Haider, has been forced to retain a lawyer because of his support of such treatments.

Related: Proposed California bill threatens to revoke doctors’ licenses for contradicting state messaging

“Like a lot of other doctors around the world, I’ve just been trying to raise awareness of this,” Haider told Epoch. “But, like a lot of doctors in America, I’ve gotten letters from the American Medical Association, the Federal State Medical Board warning me that my license is at risk if I speak out about vaccines or if I spread misinformation or if I prescribe ivermectin.”

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