Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
He isn't preventing anyone from keeping students and community safe, he's just putting the onus of protection on the parents and individuals rather than using the force of the state.
Except that in a pandemic involving an airborne virus efforts at prevention require everyone to participate in order for the effort to be effective. It’s not much freedom if a parent’s only choice for safety is to keep their kids home from school.

I suppose in the coming years the anti science efforts of republicans will include attempting to shutdown the CDC and fire all local public health officials since they have zero respect for the work those organizations and people do.