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lindysalsagal

(20,678 posts)
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 04:00 PM Aug 2021

CNN video story about several public meetings w angry anti-vax, anti-masker mobs

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/19/health/cobb-county-schools-georgia-covid/index.html

Parents pull kids from schools as district bucks CDC guidance and board member spreads misinformation

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Updated 9:26 AM ET, Thu August 19, 2021

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(CNN)It's the third week of school in Cobb County, Georgia, and many parents are livid with the district's lax Covid-19 protocols and dangerous misinformation being disseminated by a school board member via his official email account.

Some parents, including those with children suffering from asthma and one whose 13-year-old has a flagging immune system after fending off a rare leukemia as a younger child, are taking their kids out of school, they told CNN.

Child Covid-19 cases are steadily increasing. But with schools opening, expert warns this is just the beginning

"Every day, there's a chaotic event -- entire grades sent home," said Jessica Zeigler, who has taken her three kids, including two with health issues, out of county schools. "Every day seems like a series of terrible decisions that we have to make."
Added Sara Cavorley, who took five of her kids, including the aforementioned 13-year-old, out of school this week: "I shouldn't have to choose between my children's life and school. That's a no-brainer. I choose my kids."
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CNN video story about several public meetings w angry anti-vax, anti-masker mobs (Original Post) lindysalsagal Aug 2021 OP
So many people are just so F'ed up, stupid and full of hatred. It's stunning just how stupid RKP5637 Aug 2021 #1
And they get all the media attention. FoxNewsSucks Aug 2021 #2
MSM always ratchets up conflicts to get the viewers/clicks. Such a shame. I believe in free speech, RKP5637 Aug 2021 #4
Where are ALL the stories about people who have gotten vaccinated and who mask anyway??? Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #3

RKP5637

(67,105 posts)
1. So many people are just so F'ed up, stupid and full of hatred. It's stunning just how stupid
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 04:09 PM
Aug 2021

and ignorant some are, and then they attack others. Incredible. And then the threats.

FoxNewsSucks

(10,429 posts)
2. And they get all the media attention.
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 04:17 PM
Aug 2021

Still waiting to see interviews with normal science-believing parents, Clinton/Biden voters we "need to understand", and people other than war criminals' opinion on Afghanistan.

RKP5637

(67,105 posts)
4. MSM always ratchets up conflicts to get the viewers/clicks. Such a shame. I believe in free speech,
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 04:43 PM
Aug 2021

but for mass media, we need responsible free speech IMO.

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