Madison - Doctor Excuse

UPDATE, February 21, 2011: Doctors who handed out excuse notes surprised by response

Doctors who wrote medical notes over the weekend excusing protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol from work are getting slammed with angry phone calls and profane e-mails from people telling them they deserve to be thrown in jail, one doctor said Sunday.

The physicians wore lab coats Saturday as they stood on a street corner and offered medical notes to the tens of thousands of protesters who paraded past them. The protesters were rallying against a Republican-backed state bill that would eliminate collective bargaining rights for most state workers.

One of the doctors was Lou Sanner, 59, who practices family medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Sanner said he gave out hundreds of notes and that many protesters with whom he spoke seemed to be suffering from stress.

"Some people think it's a nod-and-a-wink thing, but it's not," he told The Associated Press on Sunday. "One of the biggest stresses in life is the threat of loss of income, loss of job, loss of health insurance. People have actually been getting ill from this, or they can't sleep."

Many of the protesters who chanted for lawmakers to "kill the bill" at the protests were teachers who missed classroom time during the week to attend the rallies. In some districts, teacher absences were so widespread that entire schools were shut down for as many as three days.

As faculty absences grew, districts warned that teachers who missed time without prior approval or a doctor's note could face disciplinary action, including docked pay for the days they were out.

Sanner and several of his colleagues from the university offered to sign doctors' notes that said, "To Whom It May Concern: This is to confirm I have seen and evaluated the above named patient. Please excuse from work/school due to a medical condition" followed by blanks for the dates and the physician's name, signature and medical license number.

It's not clear how well-received the notes will be.

These doctors are surprised by the response to their unethical behavior?

With all due respect, what fools!
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Andrew Breitbart was in Madison yesterday speaking at the rally in support of Governor Scott Walker.

While here, he was diagnosed with "Walker Pneumonia" by a doctor on the street writing out fraudulent medical notes to assist union protesters in providing excuses for their absences.



It was that simple. Ask and you shall receive.

Obviously, the DOCTOR didn't know he was talking to Breitbart and not a Wisconsin public employee.

BIG MISTAKE.



This guy says he's a "licensed physician." He did get concerned about being filmed.

He said, "If you could stop filming, that'd be great."

Yeah, it probably would have been.

"Stop filming. Please stop filming. Is that on?"

Yeah, it was on.

Not only are thousands of Wisconsin public school teachers engaging in an illegal job action, but they have no qualms about lying to avoid any discipline resulting from their walkout.

They should be fired.

And these doctors are aiding and abetting them. Do you recognize them? They're behaving unethically.







It's really sick.

Video, from BreitbartTV.