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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2018 23:18:14 EST Strypey

   @Kelly_NAproducR so can visitors, hospital food, AC, medical staff, all sorts of things. I can't help but think starting a moral panic about therapy dogs is a great PR tactic for distracting people from the causes of antibiotic resistance, like over-use, factory farming etc, many of which are very profitable ...

   1. Jezza™ (jeremiah@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Sunday, 25-Nov-2018 23:20:46 EST Jezza™

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      @strypey @Kelly_NAproducR It's about harm reduction. Food, AC, medical staff, and all sorts of things are variously required in a hospital. "Therapy dogs" are not. This is about limiting an unnecessary vector of pathogens from a place full of infectious and immune-compromised people.

      It's not a smoke-screen, any more than mentioning that the office is on fire is not intended to be a distraction from other workplace safety concerns.