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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDr. Scott Atlas under fire for telling Michigan to 'rise up' against COVID-19 restrictions
Dr. Scott Atlas, a controversial member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, is facing heavy criticism after telling Michiganders to "rise up" against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's new COVID-19 restrictions imposed as new cases surge in the state.
Whitmer, a Democrat who has come under frequent fire from Trump, detailed a new order Sunday to help slow the spread of the virus as the country enters a new wave resembling its peak in April.
In response to the rising number of cases, starting Wednesday for three weeks, Michigan will suspend in-person instruction at high schools and colleges, halt indoor dining at restaurants and close some businesses, including movie theaters and casinos.
Shortly after the announcement, Atlas, a neuroradiologist with no training in infectious diseases who joined the White House coronavirus task force in August and has since railed against COVID-19 restrictions, tweeted, "The only way this stops is if people rise up. You get what you accept. #FreedomMatters #StepUp."
The language echoed Trump's previous calls to "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!"
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dr-scott-atlas-fire-telling-michigan-rise-covid/story?id=74234276&cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_hero_hed
Blue Owl
(50,325 posts)malaise
(268,844 posts)Completely unacceptable
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,252 posts)comradebillyboy
(10,134 posts)marybourg
(12,606 posts)as sedition, with a penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment and which requires incitement to violence, on the words: rise up?
LakeArenal
(28,809 posts)Nice government you have there....be a shame if they killed you.
belpejic
(720 posts)Time to play hardball with these f***ers. There should be consequences for their abhorrent and massively irresponsible behavior.
Blues Heron
(5,931 posts)He lost the election. Buh bye!
Sneederbunk
(14,286 posts)Initech
(100,054 posts)raccoon
(31,106 posts)ironflange
(7,781 posts)They both have muscles between their ears.