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Zorro

(15,722 posts)
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 01:17 PM Sep 2021

Thousands of Sarasota parents seek doctor's note exempting kids from school mask mandate

VENICE – Thousands of people showed up Sunday for a mask-exemption event, where families could get a note from a doctor medically clearing their children from wearing a mask in public schools.

The Hollow, a wedding venue in Venice, hosted the waiver mill on its property in a rural area of the county.

The event included a cookout, a visit from former President Donald Trump's original national security adviser Michael Flynn and armed guards. But the main attraction was the two doctors giving out mask exemptions.

Sarasota Schools Spokesman Craig Maniglia said the district did not yet know how many new forms were turned in Monday, but they were bracing for up to 2,000.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2021/09/14/sarasota-schools-mask-mandate-loophole-leads-huge-crowds-seek-doctors-note/8315459002/

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Thousands of Sarasota parents seek doctor's note exempting kids from school mask mandate (Original Post) Zorro Sep 2021 OP
I would hope any doctor rendering a false said note... FarPoint Sep 2021 #1
In Floriduh? lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #2
Florida does have a Physicians Board... FarPoint Sep 2021 #8
These 'parents' are willing to expose their CHILDREN to a deadly virus. Why would ANYONE ever NoMoreRepugs Sep 2021 #3
When they start burying their children The Wizard Sep 2021 #4
This seems ripe for an Eric Andre meme Mad_Machine76 Sep 2021 #5
They've already tried...it isn't working! PortTack Sep 2021 #7
What could possibly Mad_Machine76 Sep 2021 #6
Genetic defect. lagomorph777 Sep 2021 #9
Did I hear correctly that it was a Chiropractor Colgate 64 Sep 2021 #10
That was a week or two ago Zorro Sep 2021 #11

FarPoint

(12,288 posts)
1. I would hope any doctor rendering a false said note...
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 01:20 PM
Sep 2021

would face clinical/professional consequences...

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
2. In Floriduh?
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 01:22 PM
Sep 2021


However, I think Sarasota could designate one school as a superspreader and send all the maskless kids and teachers there.

FarPoint

(12,288 posts)
8. Florida does have a Physicians Board...
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 01:42 PM
Sep 2021

just saying....the rules should still apply....if they are not a patient and had an exam with supporting evidence, then, that is not appropriate medical practice.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,371 posts)
3. These 'parents' are willing to expose their CHILDREN to a deadly virus. Why would ANYONE ever
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 01:24 PM
Sep 2021

think there is any chance in hell that we could find common ground with these Deplorable morons? The war for America might not be a shooting war yet, but the war is definetly here.

Mad_Machine76

(24,392 posts)
6. What could possibly
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 01:32 PM
Sep 2021

keep a child from wearing a mask, medically? I would imagine that the number of children for whom would be legitimately exempt would have to be infinitesimally small.

Zorro

(15,722 posts)
11. That was a week or two ago
Tue Sep 14, 2021, 03:07 PM
Sep 2021

The school board said those exemptions weren't valid, and parents had 2 weeks to get one from a licensed medical doctor.

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