New Posts For Thread: If This, Why Not That?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_ThatIt has been in and out of the news about drug testing welfare recepients in order for them to receive their benefits. I am not so opposed to this as I am if you dont give them the money you are already having to support them with, what then? I am fTB tests and drug tests are completely unrelated to each other.A PPD converter needs to be treated with isoniazid if he/she is going to be in contact with children. You don't get TB from flouting the law, you get it from riding a crowded subway, andhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_That?post_id=519192577#519192577TB tests and drug tests are completely unrelated to each other.A PPD converter needs to be treated with isoniazid if he/she is going to be in contact with children. You don't get TB from flouting the law, you get it from riding a crowded subway, andMon, 30 Apr 2012 15:11:31 -0500Yes, in hindsight, it can be considered to have been a waste of money. I think of it, though, more as peace of mind. I am a literature teacher, and some canonical English writers died in their 20s and 30s from TB. In fact, a good number of my familyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_That?post_id=519125601#519125601Yes, in hindsight, it can be considered to have been a waste of money. I think of it, though, more as peace of mind. I am a literature teacher, and some canonical English writers died in their 20s and 30s from TB. In fact, a good number of my familySat, 28 Apr 2012 14:40:58 -0500Before 2005, when the TB skin test requirement was repealed, all new students and new staff in a South Dakota school district had to have a TB skin test. And yes, testing negative for the skin test was a good thing. [/quote]So the test was unnecessarhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_That?post_id=519095729#519095729Before 2005, when the TB skin test requirement was repealed, all new students and new staff in a South Dakota school district had to have a TB skin test. And yes, testing negative for the skin test was a good thing. [/quote]So the test was unnecessarFri, 27 Apr 2012 17:47:35 -0500Before 2005, when the TB skin test requirement was repealed, all new students and new staff in a South Dakota school district had to have a TB skin test. And yes, testing negative for the skin test was a good thing.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_That?post_id=519094707#519094707Before 2005, when the TB skin test requirement was repealed, all new students and new staff in a South Dakota school district had to have a TB skin test. And yes, testing negative for the skin test was a good thing.Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:06:50 -0500Interesting.If you pass a tuberculosis test, is that a good thing?I wonder if thats because a TB test is no longer a standard test and is done to protect you from the mix of students in todays schools that might not have had a TB test required at anyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_That?post_id=519093857#519093857Interesting.If you pass a tuberculosis test, is that a good thing?I wonder if thats because a TB test is no longer a standard test and is done to protect you from the mix of students in todays schools that might not have had a TB test required at anyFri, 27 Apr 2012 16:43:48 -0500I don't smoke, drink, chew, or use drugs, so I've never had a problem with submitting to a drug test or to being fingerprinted for a background check. When I entered the teaching profession, teachers even had to submit to tuberculosis skin tests. Tohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_That?post_id=519093119#519093119I don't smoke, drink, chew, or use drugs, so I've never had a problem with submitting to a drug test or to being fingerprinted for a background check. When I entered the teaching profession, teachers even had to submit to tuberculosis skin tests. ToFri, 27 Apr 2012 16:24:09 -0500I do not have a problem with drug testing as a condition of employment, as long as it is applied equally to all employees, right up to the CEO.It's not just about impairment. I want my employees to be people who obey the law.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_That?post_id=519089289#519089289I do not have a problem with drug testing as a condition of employment, as long as it is applied equally to all employees, right up to the CEO.It's not just about impairment. I want my employees to be people who obey the law.Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:30:40 -0500I don't think it would be that much help. All that a random drug test will tell you is whether the guy had blown weed sometime in the last four to six weeks before the test. If there was evidence he was under the influence of something that day, anhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_That?post_id=519079873#519079873I don't think it would be that much help. All that a random drug test will tell you is whether the guy had blown weed sometime in the last four to six weeks before the test. If there was evidence he was under the influence of something that day, anFri, 27 Apr 2012 10:12:03 -0500I'll use this post for my point.I have to send a representative to your home and set you up on a piece of medical equipment, say heart monitoring, oxygen or some muscle stim device for a member of your family. I have two employees I could send, onehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_That?post_id=519078969#519078969I'll use this post for my point.I have to send a representative to your home and set you up on a piece of medical equipment, say heart monitoring, oxygen or some muscle stim device for a member of your family. I have two employees I could send, oneFri, 27 Apr 2012 09:46:51 -0500I'll use this post for my point.I have to send a representative to your home and set you up on a piece of medical equipment, say heart monitoring, oxygen or some muscle stim device for a member of your family. I have two employees I could send, onehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29084871/If_This,_Why_Not_That?post_id=519078745#519078745I'll use this post for my point.I have to send a representative to your home and set you up on a piece of medical equipment, say heart monitoring, oxygen or some muscle stim device for a member of your family. I have two employees I could send, oneFri, 27 Apr 2012 09:40:34 -0500