When a pediatrician in Texas shared a Facebook message about the state's disastrous flooding, her employers disowned her and fired her. The Texas Medical Board even took notice of the tweet, which caused significant indignation. But what was so horrible about the post?
When Dr. Christina B. Propst took to her old Facebook page, Chris Tina, she was resentful. She was hostile to MAGA supporters, whom she subtly held responsible for the catastrophe is intensity. Twenty-eight children were among the 79 persons killed by the flooding in Texas. After the floodwaters completely devastated Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp, ten more young girls and a counselor are still missing. However, Propst contended in the essay that the Trump administration's dismantling of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was indirectly responsible for the high death toll and significant damage, and that a better emergency response would have resulted from FEMA having more funding and employees. She said in the post, which has gone viral on X, "May all guests, children, non-MAGA voters, and pets be safe and dry." "The Kerr County MAGA decided to dismantle FEMA. Climate change is denied by them. I hope people get the results of their vote. "Bless their hearts."
The conservative account Libs of TikTok swiftly got viral after retweeting one of the post's screenshots on X. That led to calls for Propst's removal and hateful remarks directed against her.
"This is the type of pediatrician that works at Houston's. One person remarked, "The morality, compassion, and empathy exhibited here are incomprehensible." Under an X post by Dr. Sherif Zaafran, the head of the Texas Medical Board, someone else left a remark pleading with him to take action. "Have you seen this, sir?
The user said, "Please let us know that this individual is not permitted near patients in Texas." As locals, we find this to be both horrifying and quite hazardous. Please assist. Thank you. In response, Zaafran sent a screenshot of the reply from Propst's employer, Blue Fish Pediatrics. "We appreciate you letting us know about this. He wrote, "I was informed of this previously. This is her employer's response, which is attached. Politicization has no place here. The search for survivors must be the main priority. We will look into any complaints we get in-depth," he added.
On Blue Fish Pediatrics' website, the entire statement is now shown as an alert at the top. It says, among other things, "We are aware that one of our doctors' personal social media comments has caused a great deal of hurt and fury. That post's timeliness and content do not align with Blue Fish Pediatrics' principles, objectives, or goals. To be clear, we do not endorse or encourage any remarks that attempt to politicize grief, undermine human dignity, or fail to express compassion for all children and families, regardless of their background or views.
"We believe in unity over division, healing over judgment, and humility over hyperbole in times of distress," it went on. "The doctor has been placed on administrative leave while we take this seriously and conduct an internal review." Memorial Hermann and Blue Fish Pediatrics websites took down Propst's personal page, and each made a statement on X regarding the post. Although it states that the provider was never employed by the Texas medical center, it reads almost exactly the same as the one that Blue Fish Pediatrics posted.
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