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I'm not "fighting" anything - just pointing out APE's priorities.

Why did APE also include school closures (twice) & VMPI as its #1 topic for this newsletter?

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I have no idea why they chose the particular order for the news letter because I didn't write it.  But since they are an educational advocacy group, legislative action on education issues seems like an appropriate topic for them to comment on.  [/quote]

Pushing “schools closures” as the top issue in Oct ‘21, weeks before Election Day, is sus. 
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You think Janet Howell is sus?  Patrick Hope?  Rip Sullivan?  Alfonso Lopez?  Hala Ayala?  They all voted in favor of SB1303.  [/quote]

Uh. They voted on it back in Feb/Mar. It’s now October.

Who legit thinks “school closures” is a concern now?

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The bill is set to expire after this school year, which means if the pandemic is still going on next year, there would no long be a requirement that schools offer in-person learning.  If that’s going to change, the legislature needs to act before then - it can’t wait until August to start thinking about it.[/quote]

IF the pandemic is still going in a year 
IF there is some new strain 
IF kids aren’t vaccinated 
IF vaccines aren’t effective against that strain 
IF the GA wouldn’t pass a similar law to what it has already passed

That’s a lot of IFs for that top #1 “concern”. 
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It is fine if you do not believe school closures are an issue.  I will not tell you that you have to think it is, or that you have to agree with APE's viewpoint.  People can have different ideas about what issues are and are not priorities without either operating in bad faith, though.  Operating under an assumption that anyone who does not completely share your views must be operating in bad faith does not change anyone's mind; the only purpose is to stifle discussion of different viewpoints.[/quote]

Should it be on the radar? Sure.

But to place it at the top of the list of concerns? Along with VMPI misinformation?

Transparent. 
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