A Florida chiropractor signed hundreds of mask exemption forms for students. Now, the district has..

[Nevilledog]

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A Florida chiropractor signed hundreds of mask exemption forms for students. Now, the district has...
A school district in Sarasota County, Florida, has tightened its mask policy after a chiropractor signed hundreds of medical exemption forms that allowed students to opt out of wearing masks in...
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7:33 AM · Sep 26, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/us/florida-chiropractor-mask-exemption/



(CNN) — A school district in Sarasota County, Florida, has tightened its mask policy after a chiropractor signed hundreds of medical exemption forms that allowed students to opt out of wearing masks in schools, officials said.

The Sarasota County School Board had voted in August to implement a 90-day mandatory mask policy for students, employees, visitors and vendors, with exceptions for medical reasons or if wearing a face mask would not be consistent with a student's Individualized Education Plan.

Then on September 1, the district updated its policy to only accept medical exemption forms from licensed medical doctors, osteopathic physicians or advanced registered nurse practitioners, Superintendent Brennan Asplen said in a letter to families and employees.

The decision was due in part to a chiropractor who signed hundreds of medical forms exempting students from the mask mandate, a district official told CNN. Chiropractors are not medical doctors.

The school district has rejected about 650 medical exemption forms, the "majority" of which were signed by Dan Busch, a chiropractor at Twin Palms Chiropractic in Venice, it said.

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[Maraya1969]

1. Good. Now none of his exemptions are valid.

[Grins]

15. And bad. 650 kids, who may have Covid, went into public schools.

If I was a local parent and my kid got Covid from one of his "patients," there would be one hell of a lawsuit.

No one sees a chiropractor for shit like this, so he did it for one reason - MONEY!

[traitorsgalore]

2. "Meet the staff" of covidiot, variant breeding, domestic terrorists

https://www.twinpalmschiro.com/meet-the-staff/

[cojoel]

3. I'm not a doctor, but

it is hard to for me see how wearing a mask would affect the health of someone suffering from spinal subluxation.

[snort]

11. He's not a Doctor either, but Chiropractors get their feefees hurt when they're not called that.

[keithbvadu2]

4. Sign this one, chiropractor.

Sign this one, chiropractor.

[Hortensis]

5. Only a shame 650 parents didn't have to pay for them.

Apparently he did it as a noble public service. An ethics complaint has been filed with the Florida Department of Health, which licenses chiropractors. A medical exemption should be preceded by proper evaluation, including physical. No idea if chiropractors would be considered qualified to issue this type of exemption.

Asked a day later by CNN about the exemption forms and whether he had examined every child for whom he signed one, Busch said, "This wasn't about me. This is about parents' freedom."

[Nevilledog]

6. He did a lot at an event organized by Michael Flynn.

[Hortensis]

8. What does it take to lose a chiropractic license, I wonder?

If this doesn't fail standards, hard to imagine anything would, short of performing adjustments by running people over with a truck.

[Disaffected]

10. AFAIK, chiropractors are usually

only sanctioned by their "licensing" body for financial indiscretions. Medical quackery or malpractice are almost always ignored.

If chiropractors were compelled to practice only science based medicine, and for fields in which they are qualified, most would go out of business.

[Hortensis]

12. Wow. So not even performing adjustments with a truck.

Should be incredible.

Thanks.

[SidDithers]

7. Why would a chriopractor have the authority to sign a mask exemption?...

What's next? Exemptions from acupuncturists? Reiki practitioners? Homeopaths?

FFS.

Sid

[onethatcares]

9. was it a case of

Get your mask exemptions here, $50.00 cash only.

[jmowreader]

13. As I remember it was $500 cash only

But yeah, you got it.

[spanone]

14. How could they be valid, he's not a doctor.

[Disaffected]

21. They are not valid.

May as well get the Rug Doctor (whose still steamin' mad at dirt).

[Cryptoad]

16. ,,, and Chiropractors wonder why,,,

they are the butt of so many jokes,,,,,

[struggle4progress]

17. "Biff cannot wear a mask because his little toe bone is misaligned"

[struggle4progress]

18. Reporter attempts to speak with chiropractor Dan Busch

[bottomofthehill]

19. I am going to ask my mechanic for a mask exemption.

He has about as much knowledge in virology as most chiropractors. I love my Chiro, but he is not an infectious disease guy. He is not an MD, he is not even a phd, he is a guy who makes me feel better when my back hurts.

[calimary]

22. No kidding!

[MiniMe]

20. What does a chiropractor have to do with mask mandates and exemptions?

Nothing at all as far as I can see.