A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Washington Medical Commission’s investigations of two licensed medical professionals accused of publishing false information about COVID-19.
The lawsuit, which was co-filed against WMC Executive Director Kyle S. Karinen by former NBA basketball player and Gonzaga alumnus John Stockton, argued that the investigations violated the physicians’ right to free speech as well as those who wished to hear beliefs that went against “mainstream COVID narrative,” according to court documents.
In one instance, charges were filed in August 2022 by the commission against a physician after he wrote newspaper articles that “minimized deaths” from COVID and “falsely stated that COVID-19 vaccines and mRNA vaccines are harmful or ineffective.”
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Washington Medical Commission’s investigations of two licensed medical professionals accused of publishing false information about COVID-19.
The lawsuit, which was co-filed against WMC Executive Director Kyle S. Karinen by former NBA basketball player and Gonzaga alumnus John Stockton, argued that the investigations violated the physicians’ right to free speech as well as those who wished to hear beliefs that went against “mainstream COVID narrative,” according to court documents.
In one instance, charges were filed in August 2022 by the commission against a physician after he wrote newspaper articles that “minimized deaths” from COVID and “falsely stated that COVID-19 vaccines and mRNA vaccines are harmful or ineffective.”
