Free speech is facing new attacks at State level

Ben Carson

Unsurprisingly, one example comes from California. A new law was recently passed here laying the groundwork for doctors to lose their licenses if they disseminate what the state deems “misinformation or disinformation” related to COVID-19. This speech will now be considered a violation of professional conduct.

As a former pediatric neurosurgeon, I can attest that this is nothing more than an implied threat to all of California’s doctors: toe the party line, or lose your medical license, business, and source of income. In this case, it is particularly concerning because so much of what we now know to be true about COVID-19 was formerly considered misinformation.

These restrictions will have not just a chilling effect on free speech but also on the practice of medicine itself. All scientific discovery is a series of hypotheses, trials, errors, and adjustments in pursuit of truth. Only by this process of free and open inquiry can we find out our mistakes, correct them, and make progress moving forward. I can say with absolute certainty that politics has no place in science. This fundamental concept is one the Left likes to commandeer, yet contradicts time and again with actions such as these. In this case, we know exactly who it is that is going to be doing the teaching.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/free-speech-is-facing-new-attacks-in-california-and-new-jersey/ar-AA16w110

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