A California surgeon spoke out Tuesday against a state bill that would punish doctors for spreading COVID-19 “misinformation” on key issues, including vaccinations and medications.
Dr. Peter Mazolewski, a board-certified general surgeon, ripped the proposal that now sits on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk after legislative approval, telling host Dana Perino that the policy could be “destructive” and “dangerous.”
“It’ll be dangerous to patient care, it’ll be destructive in the sense that there will be no scientific progression,” he said on “America’s Newsroom” Tuesday.
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Mazolewski warned that the bill could also establish a “dangerous” precedent for similar bills to come, particularly for those concerning other medical conditions.
He added that the repercussions of restrictive medical information laws could be disastrous, creating a mass exodus from the industry across the state.
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“We all know that there’s been contemporary scientific consensus regarding COVID that has been wrong. It has actually been refuted partially and fully,” he said.
“We can go back to many issues: One percent mortality, closing schools is healthy for our children, wearing masks helps prevent the dissemination, [if you get] vaccines you won’t get ill at all, vaccines won’t allow for transmission of disease. We know all of these have been refuted,” he added.
Mazolewski said California medical boards would be empowered to determine appropriate punishments for doctors who commit relevant offenses.
In a joint Fox News op-ed, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Dr. Pierre Kory urged Newsom to “kill this terrible bill and prevent a hostile takeover of medicine by oppressive government censors.”
