State Officials: Doctor COVID Misinformation Suit Is Moot After Repeal Of Statute

(January 31, 2024, 2:27 PM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Having completed briefing on mootness ordered by a California federal court 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Amendment and is unconstitutionally vague, California state officials moved to dismiss the cases after the statute was repealed....