THREAD: I have devastating news for Mississippi parents who don't want health mandates on their schoolchildren.
I that describes you, please sit down and have tissues ready before I tell you about MS Code § 37-13-134. 1/
MS Code § 37-13-134 is the so-called "Comprehensive School Health Education Program."
But even if you thought it was really based on "health," it's not just "health education. Nope, it's not enough or the #MSleg to make your child listen to their propaganda. 2/
No, the state demands ACTIVITY.
That's strict authoritarianism right out o the gate. Right there in Section 1. I mean, if this isn't communism—what is? 3/
They even force this down the throats of KINDERGARTENERS! 4/
And the state doesn't even let your local school district decide what activities your community considers to be "physical activity-based instruction"—like learning to nap, perhaps.
No, ever hungry for power, the STATE will make your decisions for your kindergartner. 5/
HOW OBESE CAN A KINDERGARTENER EVEN BE? 6/
This doesn't even have a religious exemption—for instance, if parents believe Jesus kept giving everyone food because he wants us all to be obese.
But if you didn't like the tyrannical K-8 program, then let me tell you, it just goes downhill from here.
The 9-12 program is based on mysterious "Carnegie" units that appear related a mysterious and likely anti-American group calling themselves the "Carnegie Foundation." 8/
But who are they really?
Bill Gates and George Soros have both been photographed with people named "Carnegie." 😯 9/
Nothing in the 9-12 curriculum accommodates parents in favor of heart attacks.
In Mississippi, we don't have both sides. We just have the state's side. And if you think heart attacks are great—tough.
Does the 1st Amendment mean nothing anymore? 10/
Know who funds these organizations? COASTAL ELITES. 😱 11/
Now the feds want to take over? Could this lead to a federally mandated social studies curriculum? 12/
"Evidence-based" is what liberals say when they want to launder CRITICAL RACE THEORY into the schools.
I know it's true because I heard it on Supertalk. 13/
Mississippi's "comprehensive school health education program" is so authoritarian that it has a compulsory inquisition, and yes, the program can be taught in Spanish when necessary. 14/
What part of life does this not touch? 15/
"Physical activity coordinator"?
Make that "unelected bureaucrat"! 16/
We cannot burden our children's future by spending money on liberty-denying, compulsory physical activity that we could instead invest in their future by growing the economy via tax cuts. THESE ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS! 17/
Who are Mississippi's authoritarian legislators to say that someone with a doctorate is any more qualified than someone who practices a trade? Snobs! 18/
Members of each school's health council were NOT ELECTED BY THE VOTERS. 19 /
Are they trying to sell alcohol to kindergarteners?
☑️ Mail postcards to MSians to ensure everyone knows vaccines are free and where they are available
☑️ Send push-messages to cell phones with public health information about COVID-19
☑️ Require employers to post public health info
☑️ Require schools to send public health info home to parents (and require parents to sign that they received it)
☑️ Hold town halls for vaccine-hesitant constituents (like Arkansas' Republican governor is doing)
☑️ Resume holding regular press briefings
Seth Keshel—a Sidney Powell/Michael Flynn fanboy I've never heard of before—gave a presentation at Flora United Methodist Church arguing that Trump won the 2020 election.
He then "appointed" the congregation to be "defenders of the constitution."
The phrase "CRITICAL RACE THEORY" on the screen behind Keshel brings to mind the contrast between the apparently all-white attendees and the makeup of Flora, MS, which is 42% black.
A group called "Mississippians for Election Integrity"— which is not a registered organization in Mississippi but appears to be associated with the event in Flora—later put out an ad inviting followers to doubt our own elections here in Mississippi.
One method I repeatedly propose is to send postcards, like the cards @MississippiSOS sent before last year's elections, to be sure people know vaccines are free, where they can get one, debunk common myths, etc.
THREAD: MS Parents for Vaccine Rights a/k/a MPVR—MS's most prominent anti-vax organization—appears to have a legal snafu.
They are fundraising in MS (left), but unfortunately, they did not renew their registration to solicit donations, so it expired a year ago (right). 1/
It appears that MPVR also registered as a PAC but failed to file its annual report for year 2020 when it was due this January.
In any event, MPVR is not involved in any candidate campaigns or ballot initiatives, so its PAC registration is irrelevant. 2/
It is somewhat surprising that MPVR is so far behind on its required filings, considering that MPVR's board members include both Mississippi agriculture commissioner Andy Gipson and MS House rep Dan Eubanks. mpvrpac.com/mpvr-pac-team/ 3/
THREAD: Mississippi schools that don't require masks should not just say "voluntary masking." They should say masking is required unless the parents opt a child out of masking.
Most importantly, the opt-out process should be identical to Mississippi's absentee voting process. 1/
In order to opt your child out of masking, you will have to submit a waiver form.
But you can't just download the waiver form—the form doesn't count unless it has the clerk's original initials on it. So you have to request it from the clerk. 2/
Unfortunately, you can only request the waiver form using an official "Application for Waiver Form," which itself must bear the clerk's original initials to count.
So, you have to start by calling or emailing the clerk to request an "Application for Waiver Form." 3/
"Burnout" is one way to put it, but there's no ignoring that the pandemic helped Mississippi's nurses learn they can make more money doing the same work in other states.
So, Mississippi's nursing shortage continues to grow.
Mississippi used to have financial aid programs for nursing students and nursing teachers that kept nurses in-state due to in-state service requirements for loan forgiveness.
However, MS stopped funding those programs several years ago.
IHL requested funding for nursing financial aid programs at a Senate health committee hearing late last year to address our nursing shortage and nursing teacher shortage.
Sen. @McMahanMS suggested that IHL cut the cost of nursing programs in half instead.