A swell of media coverage of a family having to relocate from a Vancouver Ronald McDonald House due to their vaccination status has polarized Canadians and Americans on the subject..The Furgason family has undergone an exhausting ordeal while their four-year-old son Jack undergoes treatment for leukemia at the BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver..The Kelowna family of four has been staying at Vancouver’s Ronald McDonald House (RMH) near the hospital since October. On Monday, they were notified of RMH BC & Yukon’s decision to require all guests in the house to be fully vaccinated..Neither of Jack’s parents — Austin or Lindsey — are vaccinated and both their children are under the age of five. The family was given until the end of January to vacate..Austin confronted the administration at the house on Tuesday morning and posted the video of his interaction with the staff member on Facebook that same day which went viral..Austin told the Western Standard on Thursday they had received an overwhelming amount of support but said the “hate” was coming their way, as well..US-based Fox News spoke with Austin Wednesday night bringing the Family’s story into American living rooms..Former Fox News contributor and American-Canadian political commentator Steven Crowder picked up the story and took to his podcastLouder with Crowder on his YouTube channel Thursday to rant about the situation referring to it as “medical fascism.”.Even activist, talk-radio host and founder of Turning Point USA — a nonprofit that advocates for conservative values on high school, college and university campuses — Charlie Kirk referenced the Furgason’s story on The Charlie Kirk Show Thursday..The family’s struggle has also jumped the pond landing in the UK’s Daily Mail news site on Wednesday..The story has been covered across Canada by numerous mainstream media outlets as well as across Facebook and Twitter, some posting disturbing Ronald McDonald clown memes further polarizing people on the topic.. MemeTwitter meme . Meme2Twitter meme . Ronald-meme .Some are applauding RMH for its policy aimed at keeping at-risk patients safe while others have slammed the charity for being discriminatory and heartless for leaving families in need without a place to stay..Commenters have been largely polarized on social media and news stories, some attacking the family with visceral statements and others calling on everyone to boycott supporting RMH with #BoycottMcDonalds..#BoycottMcDonalds has been trending for two days now with 490 tweets on Friday alone..Melanie Risdon is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.mrisdon@westernstandardonline.com
