Mich Co. Health Director Pleads For Help, Almost Run Off Rd. By Woman Driving 70+mph 2x: Mask Policy

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- Daily Kos, Sept. 21, 2021. - Ed. ‘I need help’: Michigan county health director pleads for help after almost being run off the road.

Nationwide, anti-maskers are attacking school board members and local government officials over mask mandates placed to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. We are still in a pandemic, and the delta variant is spreading fast, yet some people would rather commit violence than wear a mask for others' safety. As people resort to violence across the country, health officials are pleading for help.

In one horrific incident, a Michigan County health director pleaded with county commissioners for help after almost being run off the road following the issuance of a mask mandate for preschool through 6th-grade school buildings, Michigan Advance reported. “I need help. My team and I are broken. I’m about done. I’ve done my job to the best of my ability. I’ve given just about everything to Kent County, and now I’ve given some more of my safety,” Kent Co. Health Dept. director Dr. Adam London said in a letter to county commissioners.

The letter outlined his reasons for issuing the public health mandate requiring students to wear masks this fall. The letter dated Aug. 22 not only details the public’s reaction to the mask mandate issued Aug. 20 but how the lives of health department employees have been impacted.

“I had a woman try to run me off the road at 70+ miles per hour … twice, on Friday night. I think we have all seen the aggression and violence displayed at meetings across the nation during the past week,” London said. Meaning within 2 days of the mask mandate people already attempted to harm the lives of those involved in passing it. Unfortunately, the violence does come as a pattern. Across the country, health care professionals have been met with threats and physical violence as they express the need for mask mandates.

“There is nothing to be gained by entertaining such people with dialog. In many cases, these are the same people who dismiss the plot against the governor as ‘just guys joking around’ & the Jan. 6th insurrection as a peaceful patriotic protest. I think it is a grave mistake to unnecessarily give them targets & platforms. There is a sickness in America far more insidious than COVID. You are more empowered to fight this disease than I am.” London told commissioners he would not “needlessly expose” himself to “the brute mob hatred” from a “vocal & energized minority.” He noted that people called him terms like “child-abusing monster” & even threatened him with abusive language directed at his children...

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1. Domestic terrorists! Lock them up!

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2. The dumb fucks have learned to use Speech is all.

We will pound them back under soon. The Blue is building.

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4. K&R