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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]In the context of discussing teacher and school workforce vaccinations, what is the goal of saying "well what about kids' vaccinations"?  Is it just a pure whataboutism?  Or am I missing something?

Yes, teachers should be vaccinated for public health, for the protection of children who can't be vaccinated, for the protection of their coworkers, and for smoother operating of schools during a pandemic.

Yes, kids who can be vaccinated should get vaccinated for public health, for the protection of children who can't be vaccinated, for the protection of people they are around, and for smoother operating of schools during a pandemic.

Yes, parents should be vaccinated for public health,...you get the point.

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This is a schools forum. As such, what we are discussing is covid transmission in schools. This thread has the title, "Mandatory vaccines for teachers/staff and eligible students". By mid-September, all teachers and staff will either be vaccinated or tested weekly. So, mission accomplished. But, what about the "eligible students" part of the subject line? A whole lot of posters in this thread want to ignore them and jump to blaming adults in Wards 7 and 8. The vaccination situation in those wards is not great, but for adults over 50 it is not horrible. For adults between 40 and 50, it is concerning, but again not horrible. For children between 12 and 17, it is horrible. Less than 10%. There are going to be a lot more of those unvaxxed 12-17 years olds in the schools then there are adults from those wards (and the adults will either be vaxxed or tested). This is not to blame the children, but simply to explain why blaming adults in those two wards is misplaced (that is, if your concern is the heath and safety of our school children).

If your point is that everyone who is eligible to be vaccinated should be vaccinated, I could not agree more. But, this discussion started with a poster explicitly focusing on adults in Wards 7 and 8. My point is only to say that for schools, it is the children of the wards -- and to some extend the children of other wards -- whose vaccination status is more concerning. You will never solve a problem if you do not correctly identify the problem. Those who are focusing on the adults of Ward 7 and 8 are not correctly identifying the problem.

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