On Friday, the day before a planned protest in the neighborhood, Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Laurelhurst Community Council released a joint statement saying “the Laurelhurst Community Council (LCC) has agreed to fully support Seattle Children’s as it seeks city approval to end the Medical Review Committee for helicopter landings.”
Death threats are never ok. I do think there was an appropriate level of public shaming here since it did force the Laurelhurst community to take a step back.
I was surprised at the further discussion on Reddit that supposedly the Laurelhurst Community Council are not elected by the Laurelhurst community and the larger community members had no idea this had happened with Seattle Children’s. There were more claims that they had no idea there were community meetings.
Honestly, I think the Laurelhurst residents are being defensive for being rightly called out for prioritizing their comfort over dying children.