A Florida medical doctor was removed from his workplace after offering parents letters to let their children opt out of wearing masks in schools for $50 each.
Dr. Brian Warden posted on Facebook that he was offering parents in Leon County signed opt-out letters that would allow their children to attend schools without wearing masks. Warden was filing these under his limited liability company, Dove Field Health, which he formed in July, the Tallahassee Democrat reports.
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Warden’s posts created an outcry on Facebook, catching the attention of the hospital he worked for, the Capital Regional Medical Center. Shortly after, CRMC removed him from his position at the hospital.
“We act with absolute integrity in all that we do, and it is our expectation that third-party providers behave in a way that is consistent with those values,” the CRMC told the Washington Examiner in an email. “Immediately upon learning of this physician’s actions, we began the process of removing him from providing services to our hospital patients.”
The CRMC stressed to the Washington Examiner that he was removed from his position of providing services to their hospital patients, not fired.
Warden’s offer of mask opt-out letters comes after several Florida school districts implemented mask mandates within their schools. These mandates defy Gov. Ron DeSantis’s ban on such compulsory regulations within the state.
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The state of Florida last week had nearly 20% of its population test positive for COVID-19, according to Florida COVID-19 Response. Nearly 63% of Florida residents have received their first dose of the vaccine, with almost 52% fully vaccinated, Mayo Clinic reports.
