Friday, May 08, 2020

Social Distancing Informants Have Their Eyes on You

Social Distancing Informants Have Their Eyes on You
"Kevin Rusch was at home on a recent Sunday evening scrolling through Facebook when he saw a photo that shocked him: 
Image result for Brown Shirts Hitler YouthA man with an American flag bandanna wrapped around his head stood at a rally demanding Wisconsin lift orders that had shuttered schools and businesses.
That man was David Murdock, a cardiologist from his hometown, Wausau.
And, like the hundreds of other people at the rally, Murdock was maskless and did not appear to be practicing social distancing. 
In one photo, Murdock’s arm was slung around a priest, with the two holding a sign that read “We are an essential service.”
“His picture popped up, and when I saw it, I was furious,” Rusch said.
“I thought, this guy is out here hugging people and rubbing elbows without PPE on and he’s actively seeing patients.”
Rusch shared Murdock’s photo on Facebook with an admonition about the doctor who boldly attended a rally amid a global pandemic: Go to his hospital “at your own risk.”
Commenters piled on, and dozens of them contacted Murdock’s hospital.
Rusch did, too.
By the next afternoon, Murdock, 68, who has been practicing medicine in central and northern Wisconsin for 33 years, had been suspended for a week..."
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