Any parasite that feeds off blood is more than a “nuisance” because it’s capable of bloodborne pathogen transmission.
This is eugenics disguised as inclusion.
I didn’t know school lice checks stopped around 2002 and it’s interesting that people don’t realize tax money was used to pay for supplies and testing…so where does all that money go? Because we still pay the taxes.
There’s more to be said about the weaponization of “shame” in discussions like this than I can manage before I have to leave for work. But this sounds like the herpes argument in which people claim we must allow ourselves to be exposed and possibly infected otherwise we are bigoted; however, there’s a difference between attacking someone for a condition most likely out of their control and forcing people to engage in behaviors that increase exposure or health risk.
This all might sound inclusive on the surface, but we just learned several fucked up points about the US education system: 1) they aren’t spending taxes properly, 2) they aren’t monitoring or addressing student health, 3) they are implying all students have the same immune system and that immunocompromised people or those with severe allergies do not exist, 4) they’re framing eugenics as inclusivity while claiming concern is prejudice.
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“‘I think that people are starting to realize the value of in-person school and that really anything that takes them out of that should be scrutinized,’ Dr. Dawn Nolt of Oregon Health & Science University told NPR. ‘Head lice is not a valid reason to keep a kid out of school or be dismissed from school.'”
“Nolt authored the latest guidance issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics, in 2022, which incorporated new research but largely echoed prior versions. It discourages widespread lice checks in schools since a small study found that more often than not, lice are misidentified, which leads to unnecessary treatment.”
“The life cycle of lice also takes four to six weeks to become a full-blown infestation. Only then would a child be seen scratching their head uncontrollably, something caused by an allergic reaction to the lice saliva.”
“‘Kicking them out on a Wednesday when they’ve been having it for the past four to six weeks is not going to do anything. But it’s going to take that kid out of school and shame that kid and shame that family,’ Nolt says. ‘I just think that’s not acceptable.'”
Source: “Leniency on Lice in Schools” from NPR, 1 September 2025
Originally posted to Facebook: 3 September 2025