Mandatory vaccines for teachers/staff and eligible students

[Anonymous]

A growing number of cities including New York City and San Francisco are requiring all government employees to be vaccinated including teachers. DC should join them. We shouldn’t allow anti-vaxxers working on the public dime to prolong the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A growing number of cities including New York City and San Francisco are requiring all government employees to be vaccinated including teachers. DC should join them. We shouldn’t allow anti-vaxxers working on the public dime to prolong the pandemic.

So I think Bowser is a Democrat in name only. I don’t think holding up other democratic cities makes a difference to her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A growing number of cities including New York City and San Francisco are requiring all government employees to be vaccinated including teachers. DC should join them. We shouldn’t allow anti-vaxxers working on the public dime to prolong the pandemic.

So I think Bowser is a Democrat in name only. I don’t think holding up other democratic cities makes a difference to her

Even the NFL — not exactly a hotbed of liberalism — is firing staff that refuses to get vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A growing number of cities including New York City and San Francisco are requiring all government employees to be vaccinated including teachers. DC should join them. We shouldn’t allow anti-vaxxers working on the public dime to prolong the pandemic.

I think currently NYC is only requiring vaccination for health care workers, not all government employees. And vaccination is required, it's just those health care workers have to get tested weekly if they don't vaccinate.

And San Francisco is requiring vaccination once the vaccines are out of EUA and fully approved. And the requirement doesn't include teachers.

[Anonymous]

sorry vaccination is NOT required in NYC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A growing number of cities including New York City and San Francisco are requiring all government employees to be vaccinated including teachers. DC should join them. We shouldn’t allow anti-vaxxers working on the public dime to prolong the pandemic.

I think currently NYC is only requiring vaccination for health care workers, not all government employees. And vaccination is required, it's just those health care workers have to get tested weekly if they don't vaccinate.

And San Francisco is requiring vaccination once the vaccines are out of EUA and fully approved. And the requirement doesn't include teachers.

As a teacher, I'd be fully fine with them requiring it, assuming it holds up legally. Practically though, there's no way they could replace that much of their workforce prior to the beginning of school. Even if 90% of teachers are vaxxed (which is possible, but certainly disproportionate), that would mean hundreds of roles would need to be staffed at a time when there's already a teacher shortage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:sorry vaccination is NOT required in NYC

Read the New York Times. DiBlasio is announcing it today.

[Anonymous]

Here is a guide to the very silly hairsplitting (mostly by teachers unions) over whether the vaccine has been approved by the FDA.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/briefing/covid-vaccines-fda-approval.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A growing number of cities including New York City and San Francisco are requiring all government employees to be vaccinated including teachers. DC should join them. We shouldn’t allow anti-vaxxers working on the public dime to prolong the pandemic.

I think currently NYC is only requiring vaccination for health care workers, not all government employees. And vaccination is required, it's just those health care workers have to get tested weekly if they don't vaccinate.

And San Francisco is requiring vaccination once the vaccines are out of EUA and fully approved. And the requirement doesn't include teachers.

As a teacher, I'd be fully fine with them requiring it, assuming it holds up legally. Practically though, there's no way they could replace that much of their workforce prior to the beginning of school. Even if 90% of teachers are vaxxed (which is possible, but certainly disproportionate), that would mean hundreds of roles would need to be staffed at a time when there's already a teacher shortage.

When Janney is having problems filling teacher vacancies, you know there is a serious problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A growing number of cities including New York City and San Francisco are requiring all government employees to be vaccinated including teachers. DC should join them. We shouldn’t allow anti-vaxxers working on the public dime to prolong the pandemic.

I think currently NYC is only requiring vaccination for health care workers, not all government employees. And vaccination is required, it's just those health care workers have to get tested weekly if they don't vaccinate.

And San Francisco is requiring vaccination once the vaccines are out of EUA and fully approved. And the requirement doesn't include teachers.

nope, it’s all government workers in NYC, including teachers and police officers, by mid Sept. I am so excited about this and hope DC follows suit!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A growing number of cities including New York City and San Francisco are requiring all government employees to be vaccinated including teachers. DC should join them. We shouldn’t allow anti-vaxxers working on the public dime to prolong the pandemic.

I think currently NYC is only requiring vaccination for health care workers, not all government employees. And vaccination is required, it's just those health care workers have to get tested weekly if they don't vaccinate.

And San Francisco is requiring vaccination once the vaccines are out of EUA and fully approved. And the requirement doesn't include teachers.

nope, it’s all government workers in NYC, including teachers and police officers, by mid Sept. I am so excited about this and hope DC follows suit!!

Although the NYT piece says that they either need to be vaccinated or get weekly testing. So not really a full vaccine mandate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A growing number of cities including New York City and San Francisco are requiring all government employees to be vaccinated including teachers. DC should join them. We shouldn’t allow anti-vaxxers working on the public dime to prolong the pandemic.

I think currently NYC is only requiring vaccination for health care workers, not all government employees. And vaccination is required, it's just those health care workers have to get tested weekly if they don't vaccinate.

And San Francisco is requiring vaccination once the vaccines are out of EUA and fully approved. And the requirement doesn't include teachers.

nope, it’s all government workers in NYC, including teachers and police officers, by mid Sept. I am so excited about this and hope DC follows suit!!

It’s great. But all the news says it’s expected to be announced. Let’s try and be honest with our posts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A growing number of cities including New York City and San Francisco are requiring all government employees to be vaccinated including teachers. DC should join them. We shouldn’t allow anti-vaxxers working on the public dime to prolong the pandemic.

I think currently NYC is only requiring vaccination for health care workers, not all government employees. And vaccination is required, it's just those health care workers have to get tested weekly if they don't vaccinate.

And San Francisco is requiring vaccination once the vaccines are out of EUA and fully approved. And the requirement doesn't include teachers.

As a teacher, I'd be fully fine with them requiring it, assuming it holds up legally. Practically though, there's no way they could replace that much of their workforce prior to the beginning of school. Even if 90% of teachers are vaxxed (which is possible, but certainly disproportionate), that would mean hundreds of roles would need to be staffed at a time when there's already a teacher shortage.

So the choice is endanger people who can't yet be vaccinated or have larger class sizes? Hmmmm....

[Anonymous]

From the Times:

By Emma Fitzsimmons
July 26, 2021, 9:22 a.m. ET

New York City will require all municipal workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus by the time schools reopen in mid-September or face weekly testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to announce on Monday morning, according to a city official.

Last week, Mr. de Blasio’s decision announced a similar mandate for public health care workers — part of an effort to speed up vaccinations as the city faces a third wave of coronavirus cases driven by the spread of the Delta variant.

The new requirement would apply to roughly 340,000 city workers, including teachers and police officers. The Sept. 13 deadline, when about a million students are set to return to classrooms, shows the importance of the reopening of schools for the city’s recovery and for Mr. de Blasio’s legacy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the Times:

By Emma Fitzsimmons
July 26, 2021, 9:22 a.m. ET

New York City will require all municipal workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus by the time schools reopen in mid-September or face weekly testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to announce on Monday morning, according to a city official.

Last week, Mr. de Blasio’s decision announced a similar mandate for public health care workers — part of an effort to speed up vaccinations as the city faces a third wave of coronavirus cases driven by the spread of the Delta variant.

The new requirement would apply to roughly 340,000 city workers, including teachers and police officers. The Sept. 13 deadline, when about a million students are set to return to classrooms, shows the importance of the reopening of schools for the city’s recovery and for Mr. de Blasio’s legacy

de Blasio has really been a standard bearer for reopening schools. He deserves a ton of credit.