They definitely handled it differently. I just wanted to point out allergies existed. They didn’t just magically appear.
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W. K. Lis
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Some people have an allergy to some components in vaccines.
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Yes, but usually it's to the eggs that many (but not Pfizer and Moderna) are 'grown; in.
zang
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Show these studies. As a parent of a peanut-allergic child who's been wearing an epipen on her every day since Jr. Kindergarten, you'd think I'd have heard about those.
zang
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Exactly. It's funny that the same people who treat schools like sticky-fingered unwashed bioincubators, tend to be the same ones who shrug off a child with anaphylactic reactions having to sit next to six other kids eating PB&Js. Your kid doesn't like anything but Peanut Butter? Maybe the problem is *you*.
I was skeptical, but there was a recent report: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/food-ban-review-mcmaster-led-school-daycare-guidelines-1.6014519#:~:text=Food bans of peanuts and,led by Hamilton's McMaster University.&text=She said such bans have negatively impacted children.
And from a few years ago, from a peanut allergy site: https://peanutallergyfacts.org/2019...er-than-bans-schools-should-be-allergy-aware/
And from a few years ago, from a peanut allergy site: https://peanutallergyfacts.org/2019...er-than-bans-schools-should-be-allergy-aware/
zang
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It's not clear from the article what level of allergic reaction they're talking about. If we're talking anaphylactic reactions (as peanuts, nuts, shellfish, etc. almost always are), a ban is indeed warranted. Sadly, the food allergen waters have been muddied by overreactive parents who treat sensitives with as much weight as full on anaphylactic reaction. Combine that with idiot adults in general who think "allergy" is a code-word for "I don't like". It ends up that people take allergens less seriously in the abstract, and overreact in the actual. When I worked in restaurants, you wouldn't believe the number of "allergies" that were claimed, only for the claimant to turn around and knowingly order a dish—against a server's objection—with the same ingredient in it. People will often say what advantages them most, if they can get away with it. Your kid won't eat anything but peanut butter, then you teach that kid to like sunbutter, or wowbutter, or soybutter, etc.
""They feel stigmatized, they can't eat with their friends, it has led to bullying, and that's something that has to be addressed," she said."
At least in the TDSB (and as far as I know, all Ontario), kids with allergies aren't forced to eat alone. They aren't given that stigmatization, thankfully. My daughter's playmates understand why they aren't allowed certain foods, and no-one blinks an eye about it. It's almost always parents who are the problem.
I agree, I was hoping they would have a link to the actual report. I also agree that too many people use the allergy excuse, and as someone with family members who have life-threatening reactions, this isn't helpful.
Videodrome
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My oldest kid is now part of the Pfizer Pham!
I haven't seen much coverage of this, but currently NACI's advice is to stay with the same type of vaccine. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coron...naci-recommends-using-the-same-type-1.5439707
AlvinofDiaspar
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From CP24:
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Canadian soldier facing mutiny charge after urging troops not to take COVID-19 vaccine
The Department of National Defence says a military officer is facing charges after allegedly urging other members of the Canadian Armed Forces not to help with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
www.cp24.com
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lenaitch
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^^ All I've got is . . . sigh.
lenaitch
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I agree, but there has to be some kind of societal/medical/dietary thing going that I don't understand. I went to school from the mid-'50s to late-60's and don't recall a single kid keeling over or swelling up in the cafeteria and don't recall a single peer who professed an allergy (ok, maybe peas or broccoli) . In more recent decades, the number of people with serious allergies seems to have exploded.
lenaitch
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A former colleague once said that we all have a self-destruct button, and every now and again we like to push it just to see what happens.
ottawacitizen.com
Soldier who called on troops to refuse vaccine distribution faces mutiny related charge
A soldier who called on his fellow military personnel to refuse helping with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines has been charged with an offence related to mutiny.
ottawacitizen.com