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Old Posted Apr 25, 2019, 7:58 PM
Mikemike Mikemike is offline
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Originally Posted by suburbia View Post
I should add -

This topic is interesting because it is at the intersection of a number of threads that are normally looked at within separate silos. This intersection is of 1.) Extremism, 2.) Public Health (anti-vax), 3.) Education (limited over-sight with home schooling), and 4.) Fiscal prudence (or lack there of).

I get that there is a political bent to some of this, but it doesn't lessen the importance of these matters. These issues are systemic and are hidden under layers. Sometimes their defense is labeled supporting diversity of education (which is ironic, because it supports extremist forms to fester and indoctrinate the next generation). The impact on health is massive, because if 90% of kids were in public schools, the vaccination gaps would be minuscule.
It's different for homeschool, but catholic schools and the vast majority of independent schools do support vaccination just as public schools do, besides some hesitance toward vaccines for things like HPV that are not contagious in the same way that measles is.

Extremism can spread in any type of school (wasn't Jim Keegstra in a public school?). Hate should be stopped and expunged, most definitely, but targeting all non-public schools in order to do so is as over-broad and hits as many innocent by-standers as does targeting all muslims "because Islamic terror".
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