FL Chiropractor writes hundreds of "medical exemptions" for kids of maskhole parents

[FelineOverlord]

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[Takket]

1. "FL Chiropractor loses medical license" would be the next headline if this country had a clue...

[twin_ghost]

5. Chiropracters don't have medical licenses.

[Takket]

7. so... and forgive this protentially silly question....

how can he write a medical exemption?

[paleotn]

10. State officials don't know any better.

I've often wondered why chiropractors aren't lumped in with the rest of snake oil medicine. Money and a strong lobby? Fine print maybe like other alternative "cures."

[twin_ghost]

13. Becuase people foolish believe they are Medical Doctors because they use Doctor in their titles.

[jmowreader]

15. They have chiropractic licenses

[twin_ghost]

16. Have you ever read the history of Chiropractors?

It is a pseudo science.

[jmowreader]

17. I have done that

[captain queeg]

2. Didn't watch the video but that was my thought; why can a chiropractor's exemption be valid

I’ve gotten some relief for back pain from chiros but they are not doctors.

[FelineOverlord]

3. Dan Busch got $110,500 of PPP money

Because of course he did

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[Baked Potato]

4. That's a whole lot of ignoramuses there. nt

[Tarc]

6. If FL chiropractors do not have medical licenses, then they cannot grant medical exemptions

This seems like a simple thing for the school districts to say "fuck off".

[SheltieLover]

8. Interesting that schools will take chiro's note for this (conveniently!)

But chiros shake in terror if a parent asks for a note to keep a student out of school for a couple of days "for fear of losing license to practice.," according to one I asked.

[paleotn]

9. A quackopractor. Not surprising really.

If he's into quack medicine, it's no surprise that he's also into quack politics.

[walkingman]

11. I've always considered chiropractors similar to DO's - I'm sure they have

some legitimacy but not anything beyond physical therapy. I do know a lot of people that swear by them and admittedly I have no experience.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

18. DO's have

valid licenses and take the same board exams as MD's.

[walkingman]

19. I googled both and was actually quite surprised....not what I had thought

in fact I think I might actually like the DO approach (holistic)? Thanks for enlightening me.

[Hekate]

12. Nice. The armed thugs standing by certainly lend an air of legitimacy to the proceedings!

Gods help us all.

[jmowreader]

14. Are schools allowed to refuse to accept a doctor's note without verification from another doctor?

I would assume Florida schools have an MD they call in for various purposes. If they can ask for a second opinion, the answer to this crap is to require anyone submitting a note written by a doctor of chiropractic to submit their kid to a second exam by an MD. Since it's pretty obvious these DCs are just selling their signatures, few to none of their notes would be justifiable.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. No school or employer should pay any attention to any excuse from this asshole/idiot