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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]wow.

LA Times recently published a story about coronavirus... and xenophobia.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-03/coronavirus-outbreak-narrative-xenophobia?fbclid=IwAR2Kf4xrWTZeMTFoFuCFcDJu4GbwFd5qnkryfzh8u-virrKzQUZUo2kkNUU[/quote]

OP here.

I can't read the link, as I don't subscribe to the LAT - but I am cognizant enough to know that my intentions are not based in xenophobia. I am not interested in avoiding this event, Chinatown or Chinese people because they are [i]Chinese[/i]. I am interested in avoiding the situation because there is a likelihood (albeit small) that there is a connection in this location and I am conscious of putting my child, and over a hundred other children, in the path of something they otherwise might not be exposed to. I would think that our, and other, schools would be rethinking their participation. It's one year.

I consider that smart and preventative, not xenophobic. In my mind, it would be the same if there was an outbreak of something in, say, Seattle, and I was vetting the idea of sending my kid on a trip there. 
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