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No, my premise is that attempting to treat all schools the same is not a sign of prejudice against private schools.  Not whether schools should have been opened or closed.  [b]But the government saying "all schools should be X" is not prejudice against a subset of schools. [/b] OP of this subthread said the emails demonstrated [b]his prejudiced efforts to attempt to keep non-public schools closed[/b] (third time!) and I pointed out that that makes no sense.  The attempt, all along, was to treat privates and publics the same way.  It didn't work, and they got very irritated with private school re-opening advocates while it was being fought out.  Being irritated with someone and then treating them the same way as people you're demonstrably not irritated with is not prejudice.  The animus you're claiming did not lead to a different outcome than the people that are being held up here as a favored class (public schools).  You can't say "failing to treat me in the exact way I prefer while also not liking me" is prejudice.  Every time you are gainsaid is not prejudice.

I'm out of different ways to say it.  It might have been overly cautious, it might have been insufficiently granular, it might not have even worked in the end, but a policy of "all schools should be treated the same because of Covid" is not prejudice against private schools.[/quote]

Yes, the ability to close a private school for months at a time due to a potential threat vs. an actual threat found on the premises, is prejudice.  It is a violation of separation of powers and went well beyond the legal authority of a public health officer (which is why he was forced to reverse his decision). Just because he thought his decision was fair did not make it legal.    [/quote]

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