Burrows asked Calderwood if she would stay despite any controversy. “Dissension is okay but we have to have respectful discussion,” Burrows said. “I just want to make sure that when the going gets tough, we’re all in. We all have to have thick skin.”

Calderwood said she better understands the situation.

“The commissioners felt they were going on the same course and I felt like I was being subtly made to make a choice between going full bore against the elected officials or not living with what I thought was right,” Calderwood said about the reason she submitted her resignation on July 18.

During the public comments, members from a group called Stand Together for Freedom brought forward excerpts from a transcript of a video made by a group called Frontline Doctors, which touts hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the virus, and cites the purported dangers of wearing masks. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have removed various versions of the video, which went viral, citing misinformation.

In general, speakers expressed anger and frustration toward shutdowns of businesses and the Ravalli County Fair and Rodeo. Most speakers said they favored the board accepting Calderwood’s resignation.

Victor caller Nancy Spagnoli said she was is in favor of masks and Dr. Calderwood.