The small neighborhood school where my granddaughter goes too has the best teachers. Even if school was online they had the kids say the Pledge of Allegiance each day, learned about America history etc. There is no way many will get the jab. This is awful.
Washington state is now requiring that all teachers and school staff be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment—marking the strictest school vaccine mandate in the United States.
Gov. Jay Inslee made the announcement at a press briefing on Wednesday, citing health concerns over variants of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
The measure, which extends to school bus drivers and volunteers in the public and private sectors, states that all K-12 and higher education employees have to be vaccinated by Oct. 18 or they risk losing their jobs, the Democrat governor said.
“I’m convinced we are at this point in this pandemic that without these vaccine requirements we will continue to be susceptible to new variants,” Inslee said, noting that 95 percent of CCP virus patients hospitalized in the state were unvaccinated.
The governor said that the state is “well past the point” where testing is enough to keep people safe, adding, “We’ve tried it. It has not been adequate for the task at hand.”
Inslee also emphasized that children under 12 are not yet eligible to be vaccinated.
“When you decide to get a vaccine, you’re protecting a kid out there who can’t get it,” he said. “This virus is increasingly impacting young people, and those under the age of 12 still can’t get the vaccine for themselves.”
He added, “We won’t gamble with the health of our children, our educators, and school staff, nor the health of the communities they serve.
There is a bit more here:
https://www.theepochtimes.com/washington-state-rolls-out-strictest-school-vaccine-mandate-in-us_3955623.html