Dr. Scott Atlas under fire for telling Michigan to 'rise up' against COVID-19 restrictions

[left-of-center2012]

Dr. Scott Atlas, a controversial member of President Donald Trump's coronavirus task force, is facing heavy criticism after telling Michiganders to "rise up" against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's new COVID-19 restrictions imposed as new cases surge in the state.

Whitmer, a Democrat who has come under frequent fire from Trump, detailed a new order Sunday to help slow the spread of the virus as the country enters a new wave resembling its peak in April.

In response to the rising number of cases, starting Wednesday for three weeks, Michigan will suspend in-person instruction at high schools and colleges, halt indoor dining at restaurants and close some businesses, including movie theaters and casinos.

Shortly after the announcement, Atlas, a neuroradiologist with no training in infectious diseases who joined the White House coronavirus task force in August and has since railed against COVID-19 restrictions, tweeted, "The only way this stops is if people rise up. You get what you accept. #FreedomMatters #StepUp."

The language echoed Trump's previous calls to "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!"

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dr-scott-atlas-fire-telling-michigan-rise-covid/story?id=74234276&cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_hero_hed

[Blue Owl]

1. Atlas Thugged

[malaise]

3. Lock him up

Completely unacceptable

[soothsayer]

5. Awesome

[Srkdqltr]

2. Isn't that sedition?

[comradebillyboy]

8. The perfect example of sedition at that...

[marybourg]

13. Do you think a jury would convict on a charge as serious

as sedition, with a penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment and which requires incitement to violence, on the words: “rise up”?

[LakeArenal]

4. Wow he's inciting maskholes and dump is inciting Proud Boys.

Nice government you have there....be a shame if they killed you.

[belpejic]

6. He should lose his professional affiliations and licenses.

Time to play hardball with these f***ers. There should be consequences for their abhorrent and massively irresponsible behavior.

[Blues Heron]

7. He's on the side of the virus. He is evil.

He lost the election. Buh bye!

[Sneederbunk]

9. Michigan did rise up and helped pull Trump down.

[Initech]

10. What could possibly go wrong there?

[raccoon]

11. He should be fired and thrown into jail. Nt

[ironflange]

12. Any relation to Charles Atlas?

They both have muscles between their ears.