California Announces 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For Schoolchildren “California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the country’s first coronavirus vaccination mandate for schoolchildren.”
Previously, local school districts made their own rules about the vaccination status of students, which led to complaints that there was not a consistent requirement from one district to another. So far, five districts in California have imposed their own requirements, which will take effect in January.
The new mandate will not override those districts’ plans, allowing school districts to “accelerate” the requirements. The new mandate comes as there has been a growing divide among the nation, the vaccinated versus the unvaccinated. It doesn’t help that there is a wealth of misinformation surrounding the safety of the vaccine; a fact which frustrates public health officials. Recently YouTube has vowed to ban and delete any content that spreads coronavirus misinformation.
President of the California Medical Association, Dr. Peter N. Bretan, said the organization “strongly supports” the governor’s decision to enforce a state-wide mandate,“This is not a new idea. We already require vaccines against several known deadly diseases before students can enroll in schools,” Bretan told the media outlet.
For his part, Newsom voiced the opinions of many people who have taken the vaccine and are ready for life to return to some semblance of normal.
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