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I think this makes a ton of business sense. 1) Children are near the top disease spreaders 2) Less sick children means less sick employees 3) Less sick children means less employees spending time with their sick kids 4) Everyone wins!

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he's doing it personally. out of his own money. out of a desire to do his bit not to have flu spread around. why would you even be speculating on whether this makes "business sense"?

> why would you even be speculating on whether this makes "business sense"?

Why not?

Also, it might make it more likely to happen next year if it makes good business sense this year.

3) Less sick children means less employees spending time with their sick kids

4) Everyone wins!

Everyone except those kids who care less about having a flu sometimes than having a chance of their working parents spending time with them. =/

Larry Page is destroying families.

This may make good business sense as you point out, but do you think pros and cons for google's business were evaluated before Larry decided to pay for these vaccines? I think in absence of any evidence, we should give him the benefit of doubt and look at this as a genuine act of charity.

That is one of the most idiotic things I have ever read. I hope you are being sarcastic.

and add employees required to give their children flu shots.

Are you then shorting the shares of the companies whose CEOs do not buy vaccines?

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