Challenge To California Doctor COVID Misinformation Statute Rendered Moot By Repeal

( April 3, 2024, 2:28 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In related lawsuits by California physicians claiming that a state statute allowing medical boards to discipline physicians for disseminating misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments violates the First Amendment and is unconstitutionally vague, a California federal judge on April 2 granted state officials’ consolidated motion to dismiss both cases, finding that the repeal of the statute rendered the controversy moot....