BAY COUNTY Fla. (WMBB) — A local doctor’s social media post is causing some stir among bay district schools parents.
On Friday local dermatologist Jon Ward made a post on his opinion and editorial facebook page encouraging parents to train their kids to lie about their vaccination status.
The post was changed later that day.
However, that still gave parents enough time to reach out to school officials.
Bay District Schools superintendent Bill Husfelt responded to the post Monday.
“They are worried about people who see MD behind someone’s name and assume that person speaks for the entire medical community and trust me they don’t,” Husfelt said.
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He said people should not always believe what they see on social media and emphasized honesty is always the best policy.
“To tell our parents to teach their children to lie to us about if they’ve been exposed or if they’ve had covid or if they’ve had the vaccine,” Husfelt said. “I can’t imagine what world we’re living in when you have someone who is supposed to be a professional encouraging parents and children to do that.”
Husfelt went on to show some valuable information from trusted sources. He said misinformation is our enemy and this pandemic has created “expert” people who know how to manipulate information online.
He said he is always in contact with the top medical officials in our area – the ones who are on the front lines treating COVID-19 patients.
He also...
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