His license should be taken away.
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Not to mention the ease with which anyone can buy a fake vaccine card. I have to say that as soon as I saw my D’s vax card back in January, my immediate reaction was how easy it would be to copy. This article is the tip of the iceberg for such scams.
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Not the brightest bulb in med school.
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He’s not alone: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/parents-coached-escape-mask-vaccine-rules-79575870?cid=referral_taboola_feed
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And honestly, this is why I no longer have sympathy for those who choose not to get vaccinated. They know what they are doing. They haven’t figured out it’s based upon bad odds and they don’t care if they hurt others by their actions, probably believing they aren’t, but they know what they are doing. Their choice. Their consequences.
I feel a lot of sympathy for those who disagree with them who are affected.
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This isn’t a surprise. It is a continuation of the ‘excuse letter’ industry…
-Want to take your turkey on an airplane…get a letter
-Want a handicap parking permit…get a letter
-Want your kid to have special accommodations…get a letter
-want your Russian wolf hound to live with you in the dorm…get a letter. (yes, it happened)
- want to smoke a medicinal substance in an area where smoking is forbidden - get a letter
- want to live in a tent on the sidewalk and scream at passersby, and shoot up drugs - get the local activist group to write a letter…
and on it goes…
We have conditioned a society where many feel so special …that of COURSE they don’t need to obey any rules.
Heck, just look at our own leaders and the ‘rules for thee but not for me’ behavior.
Not a WOW…but sadly a business as usual.
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FWIW, not all letters are wrong. Quite a few are legit.
But then there are the others.
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A letter is correct if I agree with it.
A letter is wrong if I disagree with it.
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Hardly. A letter is correct when there’s substance to it - my disabled dad having a handicapped parking permit for example.
A letter is wrong when there’s no substance to it - a totally able-bodied person who just doesn’t want to have to find somewhere to park and “buys” a letter online or elsewhere to get a permit.
Same with trained service dogs vs “I want Fido with me” and other such things.
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I actually agree with you @Creekland. I don’t believe in lying and lying to get a letter to not get a Covid shot, or a dr. Lying in a letter is wrong. I have been very consistent in this view as I know you’ve seen in the booster thread. I don’t agree with lying for that either.
My comment was more intended to agree with @dietz199 that people are getting all sorts of “letters” for reasons that suit them. It’s a crazy world we live in.
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My first job out of college was production supervisor in a truck manufacturing plant. Two doctors in our area, a chiropractor & a psychiatrist, were prolific providers of excuse notes for employees. It was common knowledge that the notes were baloney, but the docs knew enough about what they were doing to get away with it. Nothing surprises me when there’s an opportunity to make a few bucks.
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Wow is about the blatant openness of it. Advertising it in a FB group. And selling it. Many doctors may write a letter but do they also sell it? It is a level up.
Or down, in this case…
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I don’t agree with what he did. But on top of that, I’m shocked that he didn’t think he’d get reported.
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We all know cutting corners a little bend rules a little while maintaining some resemblance of compliance to the rules. In this case, the guy turned the criminal act to an enterprise. They are all breaking the law whether doing it in hiding or openly. Doing it openly is much worse. It is not acknowledging it is unlawful.