Preschools Mandating Vaccine for 5s

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Anonymous wrote:For those who have preschools that are mandating have they given you a timeline? I would like to space out the second second for my soon to be 5-year old and I was curious if preschools are open to that? Ours hasn't given any specifics yet, but I expect it to be mandated soon.

Our preschool said "by January" so there isn't really any time to find an appointment and line up both doses by then

Wow! That is a really fast turnaround.

Fingers crossed our lets us space them out a little.

They only need to be spaced 3 weeks per the FDA. No one cares what some rando moms think they “should” be spaced. January is plenty of time-hop to it or find other options.

NP, I don't understand these responses. If allowing a parent to add a little time in between doses ends up with a child still vaccinated isn't that better than causing a parent not to vaccinate their kid at all because they are being pushed/shamed?

Let's not miss the forest for the trees in all our zeal.

DP. The preschool is obviously making the calculation that most parents will vaccinate their child so they don't have to pull their child from preschool. That is consistent with what we've seen with employer mandates - people make a big show of threatening to quit, but when push comes to shove, they get their shots (and some try to use junk science to "reverse" the shot lol). It's not like there are a ton of preschool slots available everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:For those who have preschools that are mandating have they given you a timeline? I would like to space out the second second for my soon to be 5-year old and I was curious if preschools are open to that? Ours hasn't given any specifics yet, but I expect it to be mandated soon.

Our preschool said "by January" so there isn't really any time to find an appointment and line up both doses by then

Wow! That is a really fast turnaround.

Fingers crossed our lets us space them out a little.

They only need to be spaced 3 weeks per the FDA. No one cares what some rando moms think they “should” be spaced. January is plenty of time-hop to it or find other options.

NP, I don't understand these responses. If allowing a parent to add a little time in between doses ends up with a child still vaccinated isn't that better than causing a parent not to vaccinate their kid at all because they are being pushed/shamed?

Let's not miss the forest for the trees in all our zeal.

Well, why end there? Why not allow parents to wait until the vaccine has been fully authorized for kids before kicking kids out? After all, preschool/daycare outbreaks have been pretty rare to begin with.

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Anonymous wrote:For those who have preschools that are mandating have they given you a timeline? I would like to space out the second second for my soon to be 5-year old and I was curious if preschools are open to that? Ours hasn't given any specifics yet, but I expect it to be mandated soon.

Our preschool said "by January" so there isn't really any time to find an appointment and line up both doses by then

Wow! That is a really fast turnaround.

Fingers crossed our lets us space them out a little.

They only need to be spaced 3 weeks per the FDA. No one cares what some rando moms think they “should” be spaced. January is plenty of time-hop to it or find other options.

NP, I don't understand these responses. If allowing a parent to add a little time in between doses ends up with a child still vaccinated isn't that better than causing a parent not to vaccinate their kid at all because they are being pushed/shamed?

Let's not miss the forest for the trees in all our zeal.

DP. The preschool is obviously making the calculation that most parents will vaccinate their child so they don't have to pull their child from preschool. That is consistent with what we've seen with employer mandates - people make a big show of threatening to quit, but when push comes to shove, they get their shots (and some try to use junk science to "reverse" the shot lol). It's not like there are a ton of preschool slots available everywhere.

This is entirely different. I need my job and it's hard to find another one. There are other options other than private preschool, and there are lots of spaces in other schools that don't require shots available. Most preschools aren't requiring the shot because the risk/reward isn't there as others have pointed out.

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I'm very surprised that a preschool would require this, considering more than half of their population isn't even eligible to be vaccinated!

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Anonymous wrote:For those who have preschools that are mandating have they given you a timeline? I would like to space out the second second for my soon to be 5-year old and I was curious if preschools are open to that? Ours hasn't given any specifics yet, but I expect it to be mandated soon.

Our preschool said "by January" so there isn't really any time to find an appointment and line up both doses by then

Wow! That is a really fast turnaround.

Fingers crossed our lets us space them out a little.

They only need to be spaced 3 weeks per the FDA. No one cares what some rando moms think they “should” be spaced. January is plenty of time-hop to it or find other options.

NP, I don't understand these responses. If allowing a parent to add a little time in between doses ends up with a child still vaccinated isn't that better than causing a parent not to vaccinate their kid at all because they are being pushed/shamed?

Let's not miss the forest for the trees in all our zeal.

DP. The preschool is obviously making the calculation that most parents will vaccinate their child so they don't have to pull their child from preschool. That is consistent with what we've seen with employer mandates - people make a big show of threatening to quit, but when push comes to shove, they get their shots (and some try to use junk science to "reverse" the shot lol). It's not like there are a ton of preschool slots available everywhere.

This is entirely different. I need my job and it's hard to find another one. There are other options other than private preschool, and there are lots of spaces in other schools that don't require shots available. Most preschools aren't requiring the shot because the risk/reward isn't there as others have pointed out.

Okay, it sounds like you'll be fine then.