{"id":1909,"date":"2021-08-12T16:17:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2021-08-12T16:17:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T16:17:57","slug":"anti-maskers-hurl-abuse-threats-after-tennessee-school-board-reinstates-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1909","title":{"rendered":"Anti-maskers hurl abuse, threats after Tennessee school board reinstates mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authors: By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/author\/yaron-steinbuch\/\">Yaron Steinbuc<\/a>h<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Wild video captured a group of irate people in Tennessee hurling threats at health care professionals and school board members after a mask mandate was reinstated \u2014 with one man threatening, \u201cWe know who you are! You can leave freely, but we will find you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">The chaos erupted Tuesday night in Franklin, just south of Nashville, where the Williamson County Board of Education approved the mask requirement for elementary schools as protesters gathered outside,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newschannel5.com\/news\/we-know-who-you-are-group-seen-threatening-medical-professionals-outside-williamson-co-school-board-meeting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to News Channel 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">During the heated debate before the measure was passed, a parent who identified himself as former Marine Daniel Jordan told the board, \u201cActions have consequences. If you vote for this, we will come for you, in a non-violent way,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/12\/us\/tennessee-covid-mask-mandate-school-board-protest\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">He added: \u201cIn the past, you dealt with sheep, now prepare yourself to deal with lions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Dr. Jennifer King, a parent and physician, told the board, \u201cAs a pediatric ICU physician, we are seeing more younger previously healthy children admitted with respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome than we have in prior strains, as cases in children are on the rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">\u201cThis trend will only worsen if we don\u2019t act now,\u201d she said during the raucous meeting, where attendees cheered, clapped and booed. Police escorted some disruptive people out of the room,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brinleyhineman\/status\/1425295786284404737\" target=\"_blank\">footage shared on Twitter shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">For More Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/12\/anti-maskers-hurl-threats-after-school-board-reinstates-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/12\/anti-maskers-hurl-threats-after-school-board-reinstates-mandate\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: By\u00a0Yaron Steinbuch Wild video captured a group of irate people in Tennessee hurling threats at health care professionals and school board members after a mask mandate was reinstated \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162,375,517],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-face-masks","category-news-of-the-day","category-school-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}