California law on Covid falsehoods put on hold
A federal judge shut down a California law holding doctors responsible for disseminating false information about Covid-19. The judge, William B. Shubb, said the law was “unconstitutionally vague” and that in a new area of study, it is hard to determine the falsity of a scientific conclusion. Governor Gavin Newsom said the law was tailored to address egregious instances of a doctor acting with malicious intent or straying from established standards of care in treating