Can I ask if teacher is vaccinated?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Administration is not allowed to ask if a teacher was vaccinated or to require them to be vaccinated in order to be employed.

I'm not sure where you heard this, but it isn't true. Employers can mandate vaccines. They can demand proof of vaccination.

Not when it is approved under an EUA.

Many employers (including the military) are not mandating it (and mandating it raises some liability concerns), but what is your support for the notion that they cannot mandate it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Administration is not allowed to ask if a teacher was vaccinated or to require them to be vaccinated in order to be employed.

I'm not sure where you heard this, but it isn't true. Employers can mandate vaccines. They can demand proof of vaccination.

ummm not for this vaccine....

my employer mandates flu vaccine but not Covid, although encouraged and offered (hospital)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were offered a spot at daycare for this spring. Am I able to reasonably expect the center to tell me if the teacher took the Covid vaccine or plans to?

You can ask what the school policy is, but they aren't allowed to give out personal information about induvial teachers, so I doubt you'll get a response specifically about your child's teacher(s). -Daycare Asst. Director

[Anonymous]

Center owner here. We are requiring teachers to at least make a good-faith effort to get vaccinated, absent a medical reason not to. 90% of our staff have either received the first dose already, or have an appointment to get it next week. That being said, we can't disclose the vaccination status of any particular teacher to a client, since it's personal medical information. I guess they could ask the teacher directly, but I think it would be inappropriate to do so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were offered a spot at daycare for this spring. Am I able to reasonably expect the center to tell me if the teacher took the Covid vaccine or plans to?

You can ask what the school policy is, but they aren't allowed to give out personal information about induvial teachers, so I doubt you'll get a response specifically about your child's teacher(s). -Daycare Asst. Director

Can a parent ask what percentage of teachers in the classroom are vaccinated if there are multiple teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were offered a spot at daycare for this spring. Am I able to reasonably expect the center to tell me if the teacher took the Covid vaccine or plans to?

You can ask what the school policy is, but they aren't allowed to give out personal information about induvial teachers, so I doubt you'll get a response specifically about your child's teacher(s). -Daycare Asst. Director

Can a parent ask what percentage of teachers in the classroom are vaccinated if there are multiple teachers?

What difference would it make? You can still get COVID and pass it on to others, even if you’ve been vaccinated. Your only protection would be you getting the vaccine, not your teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Administration is not allowed to ask if a teacher was vaccinated or to require them to be vaccinated in order to be employed.

I'm not sure where you heard this, but it isn't true. Employers can mandate vaccines. They can demand proof of vaccination.

ummm not for this vaccine....

my employer mandates flu vaccine but not Covid, although encouraged and offered (hospital)

Your employer may not be mandating it, but why do you say that an employer would be forbidden to mandate it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Administration is not allowed to ask if a teacher was vaccinated or to require them to be vaccinated in order to be employed.

I'm not sure where you heard this, but it isn't true. Employers can mandate vaccines. They can demand proof of vaccination.

ummm not for this vaccine....

my employer mandates flu vaccine but not Covid, although encouraged and offered (hospital)

Your employer may not be mandating it, but why do you say that an employer would be forbidden to mandate it?

DP Because about 30% of DCUM posters are legitimately dumb as rocks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were offered a spot at daycare for this spring. Am I able to reasonably expect the center to tell me if the teacher took the Covid vaccine or plans to?

You can ask what the school policy is, but they aren't allowed to give out personal information about induvial teachers, so I doubt you'll get a response specifically about your child's teacher(s). -Daycare Asst. Director

Can a parent ask what percentage of teachers in the classroom are vaccinated if there are multiple teachers?

What difference would it make? You can still get COVID and pass it on to others, even if you’ve been vaccinated. Your only protection would be you getting the vaccine, not your teachers.

This is not necessarily true. I think the vaccines haven’t been studied for stopping transmission, just whether it can prevent severe disease at this point. A lot of researchers are optimistic that it can stop transmission of the non-variant strains.

So yeah, it does make a difference.

[Anonymous]

HIPAA does *not* cover school settings. It covers medical providers and prohibits them from unauthorized disclosure or release of medical records or information about patients. Always hilarious when people try to invoke HIPAA in other random, non-applicable situations. Children’s school information and records are subject to privacy under different laws that cover schools, such as FERPA.

People need to stop handing out bad legal advice on this website!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were offered a spot at daycare for this spring. Am I able to reasonably expect the center to tell me if the teacher took the Covid vaccine or plans to?

You can ask what the school policy is, but they aren't allowed to give out personal information about induvial teachers, so I doubt you'll get a response specifically about your child's teacher(s). -Daycare Asst. Director

Can a parent ask what percentage of teachers in the classroom are vaccinated if there are multiple teachers?

What difference would it make? You can still get COVID and pass it on to others, even if you’ve been vaccinated. Your only protection would be you getting the vaccine, not your teachers.

This is not necessarily true. I think the vaccines haven’t been studied for stopping transmission, just whether it can prevent severe disease at this point. A lot of researchers are optimistic that it can stop transmission of the non-variant strains.

So yeah, it does make a difference.

You do realize that optimism is not fact, right? As stated, the guidance that medical professionals are currently providing says that getting the vaccine will protect you but not others. Even if your teacher gets the vaccine, it can still be passed on to non-vaccinated colleagues, parents, etc. Please continue to wear a mask and do your part to prevent the spread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were offered a spot at daycare for this spring. Am I able to reasonably expect the center to tell me if the teacher took the Covid vaccine or plans to?

You can ask what the school policy is, but they aren't allowed to give out personal information about induvial teachers, so I doubt you'll get a response specifically about your child's teacher(s). -Daycare Asst. Director

Can a parent ask what percentage of teachers in the classroom are vaccinated if there are multiple teachers?

What difference would it make? You can still get COVID and pass it on to others, even if you’ve been vaccinated. Your only protection would be you getting the vaccine, not your teachers.

This is not necessarily true. I think the vaccines haven’t been studied for stopping transmission, just whether it can prevent severe disease at this point. A lot of researchers are optimistic that it can stop transmission of the non-variant strains.

So yeah, it does make a difference.

You do realize that optimism is not fact, right? As stated, the guidance that medical professionals are currently providing says that getting the vaccine will protect you but not others. Even if your teacher gets the vaccine, it can still be passed on to non-vaccinated colleagues, parents, etc. Please continue to wear a mask and do your part to prevent the spread.

On my god. I wasn’t saying they people shouldn’t wear masks. I want to know what percentage of my kid’s teachers are vaccinated and somebody told me that it doesn’t matter because teachers can DEFINITELY still pass it along even if they are vaccinated. It matters. And people should still wear masks.

[Anonymous]

OP - if you're that concerned about it, then perhaps you should consider waiting until your family has been vaccinated before sending your child to daycare. Nannies are eligible for vaccines now. If you are willing to pay a premium, you could probably find a vaccinated nanny.