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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThousands 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/
FarPoint
(12,288 posts)would face clinical/professional consequences...
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)However, I think Sarasota could designate one school as a superspreader and send all the maskless kids and teachers there.
FarPoint
(12,288 posts)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)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.
The Wizard
(12,536 posts)they'll blame Biden.
Mad_Machine76
(24,392 posts)"Why would Biden do this?"
PortTack
(32,705 posts)Mad_Machine76
(24,392 posts)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.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Both parents born without brains.
Colgate 64
(14,732 posts)who was signing the medical waivers?
Zorro
(15,722 posts)The school board said those exemptions weren't valid, and parents had 2 weeks to get one from a licensed medical doctor.