# Share your Covidiot stories **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 29, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854 "2020-04-29T22:21:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 56
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1102 "2021-08-30T16:20:37Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Naturally, Tassi has a conspiracy that the hospital killed Steele. “But as it turned out it, the stupidity was inside him all along.” ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1103 "2021-08-30T16:50:28Z")
Yes. I didn’t say they weren’t covidiots. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1104 "2021-08-30T16:52:11Z")
Well, my district has officially quarantined its first classroom, and we’ve only had 8 days of school. The teacher and her paraprofessional are going to get tested today. Before they even returned, I had to question the methodology of cramming together 1,000 kids who haven’t been vaccinated in classrooms all day long. We have 32 kids in one 4th grade classroom. How’s that for “social distancing”? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1105 "2021-08-30T16:57:43Z")
[Here](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7035e2.htm) is a CDC report about a teacher from Marin County, California, who was not vaccinated and on May 19, she experienced symptoms but didn’t get tested until May 21. During those two days, she removed the mask briefly to read to the grade school class. Within days, half the class tested positive, as did others connected to the school. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1106 "2021-08-31T02:51:23Z")
> **[UGA professor resigns mid-class after student refuses to wear mask](https://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-professor-resigns-mid-class-after-student-refuses-to-wear-mask/article_598ba244-077b-11ec-ba9b-cb3534ab07cc.html)** > > A UGA retiree-rehire psychology professor resigned on Tuesday after one of his students refused to properly wear a mask. Instructor resigns on the spot when student refuses to mask properly. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1107 "2021-08-31T14:44:29Z")
And another one gone, and another one gone…. > **[‘Hoax’ kills COVID-denying anti-vaxxer who worked for the CIA: report](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-hoax-covid-19-denier-cia-anti-vax-20210831-leumibd7tfhnferzxn3jm3so7m-story.html)** > > Robert David Steele told Vice he was among the first to say COVID was a 'hoax' ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1108 "2021-08-31T15:43:39Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1109 "2021-09-02T01:13:06Z")
And the stupid just keeps going: > **[Hundreds line up to have Florida chiropractor sign mask opt-out forms for...](https://www.13abc.com/2021/08/31/hundreds-line-up-have-florida-chiropractor-sign-mask-opt-out-forms-schoolchildren/)** > > Having a medical exemption form signed is the only way students can opt out of wearing a mask under the current mandate in the Sarasota County School District. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1110 "2021-09-02T01:47:40Z")
Report to licensing authority? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1111 "2021-09-02T01:49:33Z")
Not sure what you are asking but remember, a chiropractor is not a medical degree. They are not medical doctors by virtue of being a chiropractor. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1112 "2021-09-02T01:50:40Z")
But they’re licensed and have a scope of practice and legal/ethical standards. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1113 "2021-09-02T01:54:00Z")
I’m not sure they have any more authority than an acupuncturist (i.e. none). I really do not know though. Hopefully someone else can tell us. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1114 "2021-09-02T01:57:09Z")
They operate under a licensing authority of the state. You can’t just hang out a shingle without meeting the qualifications and state’s requirements. There is a health authority regulating this person. Is he operating within the parameters of his expertise? Is he only writing exemption letters for those who would generally be understood to qualify? ETA: I was suggesting a report, not asking a question. Sorry if I wasn’t clear. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1115 "2021-09-02T02:05:21Z")
Chiropractors are [regulated by Florida](http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499/0460/0460.html). That said, they are not medical doctors. Why a chiropractor should be able to write medical exemptions is beyond me. Maybe that is allowed in Florida. It’s stupid though. It’d be like your acupuncturist making decisions about your heart issues. Madness. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1116 "2021-09-02T02:29:22Z")
Wouldn’t it be cheaper and faster to just forge the signature? Be careful to spell the name right, how hard could this be? Heck, that’s what I did when I wanted to get out of gym. I’d forge mom’s signature on a typed note. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1117 "2021-09-02T02:35:49Z")
If you forge the signature the forgery is on you. Better to get someone else to sign it and say you had no idea they were not officially allowed to do so. And, it would seem, Florida allows chiropractors to do this. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1118 "2021-09-02T20:54:47Z")
My unvaccinated brother just told us he has contracted Covid. His plan is to stay home from work until Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1119 "2021-09-02T20:55:54Z")
Sorry to hear that. I hope his dumb ass doesn’t die. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1120 "2021-09-02T20:59:15Z")
Only until Tuesday? That may not be long enough. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-covidiot-stories/852854/1121 "2021-09-02T21:00:38Z")
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