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A doctor and parent who was called a traitor this week for advocating for a mask mandate during a school board meeting in Tennessee said Thursday that the criticism against him from some local parents was mind blowing.
Dr. Britt Maxwell spoke out after appearing at a Williamson County School District Board meeting on Tuesday, and footage showing a group of parents surrounding health care professionals as they left the building went viral.
"We'll not comply," the group chanted. "We know who you are."
Maxwell, who has children who attend schools in the district, including one with respiratory issues, told CNNs John Berman on Thursday that he left the school board meeting early after sensing that he would get intense pushback from some parents for defending the use of masks in schools amid rapid COVID-19 case surges.
The doctor said that as he and his wife, who is also a medical professional, left, there was a chanting crowd already gathered outside.
I was approached and someone put their hand in my face and called me a traitor, Maxwell said on CNNs New Day.
I dont see how anyone can say that when Ive been on the frontlines of this pandemic since the beginning, treating patients in rooms, unvaccinated for the vast majority of it, hoping I wouldnt take it home to my family, he explained.
For someone to say that is mind blowing, he added.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/567506-doctor-being-called-a-traitor-for-advocating-for-masks-at-school-board
Absolutely. Batshit. Insane.
hatrack
(59,585 posts)We will find you, and beg for help, and learn that there's nothing you can do.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,785 posts)These parents will be begging these same Medical professionals to save their kids or themselves from a grisly death. Will it change their minds as they watch their children die? Some will come around and acknowledge their STUPIDITY. Some may say it was "God's will."
I can say with certainty that no parent ever gets over the death of a child no matter their age. I have 2 younger granddaughters whose mother refuses to follow the science, abhors the thought of wearing masks in public. No matter the steps taken to strengthen the Immune system, COVID does not care about that. It will strike. I pray to God each day, not them or any parent's child.
durablend
(7,460 posts)Watch!
Botany
(70,504 posts)... division and unrest.
I wonder how many of these "concerned parents" are Christians and they are getting misinformation
from Fox and Russia.
Yoyoyo77
(267 posts)You folks preached for years and years about the anti-christ coming and when he arrived, you fell to your knees in worship of
him!
mopinko
(70,102 posts)JUST.LIKE.THE.TEA.PARTY.
we've seen this movie. it ends badly.
make them prove they have a kid in the schools.
Chainfire
(17,537 posts)A doctor is a traitor for trying to save their children's lives. There is no sacrifice too great to support the far right. If they are willing to kill their children, how do you think that they would treat you? This is another part of the hate and fear legacy of Donald Trump.