The is no such thing as herd immunity. There is no immunity provided. “herd immunity” is a thought exercise with the intent of shaming people into getting a vaccine. The thought exercise requires a controlled population, meaning that there is no additional people added to the community.
Good point.
No one trust the c d c anymore
They are corrupt
The medical profession doesn’t fare much better.They two are corrupt
Getting paid some thirteen thousand dollars to declare someone has covid Or thirty nine thousand dollars to put them on a ventilator and blow out their lungs
Moreover doctors were paid three hundred dollars for each patient that got two jabs
You have destroyed our trust and i’m not getting the flu shot ever
Hint: “Louisiana bill would ban COVID vaccine mandates in schools, threatening New Orleans policy
Patrick Wall
A student in St. Francisville, La. received the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. Under a bill moving through the Louisiana Legislature, no school could require students to get the vaccine.
A bill moving through the Louisiana Legislature would forbid schools from requiring students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, which is recommended by public health officials but opposed by some vaccine skeptics.
The bill would invalidate the current policy in New Orleans’ public school system, which requires students ages 5 and up to get vaccinated against COVID unless their parents opt out. Hit especially hard during the pandemic, New Orleans was one of the nation’s first school systems to adopt such a rule.
On Wednesday, members of the House Education Committee voted 13-1 in favor of House Bill 46, which prohibits any day care, school, college or university from imposing a COVID vaccine mandate on students. The committee also approved another bill, HB 47, requiring schools to include information about opting out of vaccines in any messages to families about immunization requirements. The Legislature passed similar bills last year, which were vetoed by former Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat.
Louisiana requires students to show proof of immunization against certain diseases before attending public or private schools, but it does not mandate that they receive the COVID vaccine. Parents can claim an exemption to the vaccination rule for medical, religious or philosophical reasons.
Individual school systems can request permission from the state health department to require additional vaccines, including COVID. The state approved NOLA Public Schools’ COVID vaccine mandate in 2021.
Clinical trials have shown the COVID vaccine to be safe and effective for children. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and major medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, have recommended that children ages six months and older receive the vaccine.
However, Louisiana lawmakers and anti-vaccination groups have opposed requiring anyone, including students, to get vaccinated against COVID.
“The intent of this bill is to stop mandates,” said Rep. Kathy Edmonston, R- Gonzales, who sponsored the bills. “It doesn’t have anything to do with yay or nay on the vaccines, we just don’t want mandates.”
At the height of the pandemic, Gov. Edwards proposed a statewide COVID vaccine mandate for students, but backtracked following staunch Republican opposition and a lawsuit by then-Attorney General Jeff Landry. Landry, a Republican who became governor in January, was an outspoken critic of pandemic restrictions and COVID vaccine requirements.
However, the New Orleans school system moved to adopt its own mandate, with NOLA Public Schools and dozens of charter school operators jointly requesting state permission to require students to get the COVID vaccine unless their families applied for an exemption. The state signed off, making New Orleans one of the country’s first school systems to impose a COVID vaccine mandate, which went into effect Feb. 1, 2022.
The Louisiana Department of Health “agrees that vaccination is the most effective tool in preventing severe disease, hospitalization, and deaths,” the agency said in a Dec. 16, 2021 letter approving New Orleans’ policy.
In a statement Wednesday, a NOLA Public Schools spokesperson said the district would continue to follow state and federal laws regarding immunization, including families’ right to opt out.
During Wednesday’s hearing, some anti-vaccine advocates and lawmakers questioned the safety and efficacy of the COVID vaccine. They also said COVID-19 is not a vaccine-preventable disease.
However, both the CDC and the Louisiana Department of Health include COVID-19 on their lists of vaccine-preventable diseases. Gov. Jeff Landry’s website notes that everyone six months and older is eligible to get the COVID vaccine, which was approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
“Vaccines are authorized for use by the FDA,” the governor’s website says, “meaning clinical trials have proven the vaccines as a safe and effective defense against COVID-19.”
A Landry spokesperson did not respond Wednesday to a request for comment on the bills, though his office submitted a card with information about them to legislators, the details of which weren’t immediately clear Wednesday.
The bills will now move to the full House for debate.