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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond urged students Friday to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before the fall term begins and full, in-person classes resume.
Thurmond called on students aged 12 and up to get vaccinated as soon as they can to protect themselves, their peers and their teachers.
Thurmond also urged parents to do the same, especially if they have children who are under age 12 and thus not yet eligible for a vaccine.
“We just want to urge and encourage every adult who can get a vaccine, if nothing else, get your vaccine so that you can help your children who can’t get a vaccine be able to be safe and to be able to get their education in person,” Thurmond said Friday morning.
Thurmond deferred to state legislators and public health officials when asked if the state is considering a mandate for the COVID-19 vaccine the same way it mandates vaccinations against illnesses like measles and whooping cough, but argued the vaccines’ protection from serious illness and death is a public good.
“At the rate that they are projecting that the unvaccinated folks will get COVID-19 due to the (delta) variant, it seems to me that a vaccine mandate is a good thing,” he said. “But mandates are only as good as they are able to be enforced. … Until there are mandates, we must do all that we can to educate those who have been hesitant.”
Thurmond’s encouragement comes the same week that three unvaccinated teachers in Broward County, Florida, died due to COVID-19 complications just a week before their classes are scheduled to start.
State officials have attempted to mitigate similar outcomes by requiring teachers to either confirm their vaccination status or get tested for COVID-19 weekly.
“We’re seeing that 99% of the cases with serious injury are those who are unvaccinated,” Thurmond said. “That tells us that we can prevent serious injury by making sure that those who can’t get a vaccine get one.”
I’m sure Mr. Thurmond is very well meaning in his encouragement for people to get vaccinated and in his conveyance of the information that the unvaccinated are 99% responsible for the current cases. There is, however, very credible information from Doctors & Scientists that contradict the 99% figure and state that the fully vaccinated are about equally responsible for new cases. Israel, a country with one of the highest % of fully vaccinated, in particular is experiencing a surge of cases in the fully vaccinated. Please refer to ” The Children’s Health Defense” site for accurate information on the subject. In one article, they site how the CDC has manipulated data to show higher rates of infection in the unvaccinated, again, contrary to the truth. I remain reluctant to become vaccinated as the “vaccine” is still experimental and I do not choose to be part of the experiment. I believe in individual choice and object to mandates of any kind. I feel concerned for our youth receiving the jab because there is also reliable information on the dangerous side effects such as myocarditis, neurological damage and sterilization. What parent would risk their future grandchildren so that their child does not get the flu.??? Just keep your children healthy and wait for the results of the experimental jab study to be completed next year. Have you looked at the VAERS numbers? https://vaers.hhs.gov/. This is a vaccine injury & death reporting system. I hope that parents will do their own research and make the best decision for their family.
Please disregard the above post from an anti-vaxxer. The “children’s health defense” site is a well-known anti-vax site.
Don’t fall for the ‘VAERS Scare’ tactic. They are completely misusing that database.
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-health/dont-fall-vaers-scare-tactic
The above is a good primer on what that database was used for and how it came about.
Talk to your doctor. The vaccine could save your life.
BobB. Please stop with the anti vaxer label of anybody that disagrees with you.
It is still in experimental stage. When FDA finally ( what is taking so long) approves it more people may be interested in taking it. Quit calling names. Every doctor does not agree.
Not calling names. Those websites are anti-vax.