A nonprofit charity organization announced its intent to relocate unvaccinated residents by the end of the month, and some people aren’t lovin’ it.
Ronald McDonald House Charities in British Columbia and Yukon said on Wednesday it would move children and families under its care to alternate housing if they are not vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 31. Some of the listed alternatives included hotels or similar charity facilities, according to CityNews.
“We appreciate that this policy will impact those who have made a decision not to vaccinate however, the overall health and welfare of all our residents is our primary concern,” a statement from the charity read.
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Ronald McDonald House sent letters to its resident families informing them of the mandate on Monday. One father who said he received the letter posted a video to Facebook purportedly showing him confronting charity staff over the mandate.
Austin Furgason, who said his 4-year-old son has leukemia, called the mandate “some kind of crazy evil like I’ve never seen in my life.”
The father and other families who may be affected by the mandate received support from the Right, with some Twitter users asking the charity to consider “what side of history [it’s] on” after imposing the “horrifying” requirement.
I am working to reach out to the father who’s son is being evicted from Ronald McDonald House to see how we can help.
Children cannot not be treated like this.
— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) January 12, 2022
The Ronald McDonald House is kicking out unvaccinated children?
That’s just horrifying.
— Brigitte Gabriel (@ACTBrigitte) January 12, 2022
The Ronald McDonald House is evicting 5 year old cancer patients because they are unvaccinated. If this doesn’t question what side of history you’re on, I don’t know what will. pic.twitter.com/vihCAYjfbg
— Angelo Isidorou (@angeloisidorou) January 12, 2022
A fundraiser on GoFundMe for the father and his wife, identified as Austin and Lindsay Furgason, was started shortly after the video was uploaded. As of Wednesday, it has raised $73,623 for their son’s cancer treatment.
Ronald McDonald House Charities was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1974. Since then, the charity has worked to allow parents of sick children to live in “a quiet respite in the hospital the child is receiving medical attention.”
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Canada reported 56,030 cases of COVID-19 within 24 hours on Wednesday. A total of 31,680,678 people in the country have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, with 29,355,481 people fully vaccinated, according to the World Health Organization.
RMHBC has not responded to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.
