US: Several governors across the country were quick to assure residents that they would not institute COVID-19 vaccine requirements for school and day care entry

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/list-of-gop-governors-dismissing-covid-19-vaccine-mandates-for-school-entry/ar-AA13eGXX

List of GOP governors dismissing COVID-19 vaccine mandates for school entry

Abigail Adcox - Friday

Several governors across the country were quick to assure residents that they would not institute statewide COVID-19 vaccine requirements for school and day care entry after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee voted Wednesday to include the COVID-19 shot on the childhood immunization schedule. Many states use the schedule as a guideline when crafting vaccination requirements.

Governors in Tennessee, Virginia, Oklahoma, and Florida have already said that their states would not put in place requirements for children to receive a COVID-19 vaccine for school entry.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' recommendation to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the 2022 Child & Adolescent Immunization Schedule drew criticism from opponents, who said it would lead to more statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandates for schools.

The CDC has said the inclusion of the COVID-19 shot on the schedule is only a recommendation for parents and health providers on when certain vaccines should be administered, as school-entry vaccination requirements are determined by state or local jurisdictions.

"It’s important to note that there are no changes in COVID-19 vaccine policy, and today’s action simply helps streamline clinical guidance for healthcare providers by including all currently licensed, authorized and routinely recommended vaccines in one document," the CDC said in a press release...

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https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/oct/22/governor-there-is-no-mandate-for-covid/?appnews

Governor: There is no mandate for covid vaccinations for schoolkids

CDC advisory misinterpreted in ‘Twitter-verse,’ he says by Doug Thompson | October 22, 2022 at 5:13 a.m.
FAYETTEVILLE -- There's no mandate for schoolchildren to get covid vaccines, there won't be in Arkansas and concerns there will be are based on misinterpreting what the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did in a recent decision, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told the Northwest Arkansas Political Animals Club on Friday.

"The Twitter-verse went crazy," Hutchinson said after an advisory committee to the CDC recommended covid vaccines be added to the immunizations required for schools.

The advisory recommendation isn't binding, Hutchinson said. States decide what immunizations are required.

The governor already talked to state Department of Health advisers about vaccinating youngsters, he said.

"We have not had enough experience with them yet" to impose them on young, growing children, he said of the newly developed vaccines.

"It's not going to happen," Hutchinson said of requiring covid immunization to attend public school. "These are decisions parents should make."..

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/10/21/at-least-11-states-say-no-to-mandatory-covid-19-shots-for-kids/

At Least 11 States Say No to Mandatory COVID-19 Shots for Kids

Reagan Reese / @reaganreese_ / October 21, 2022
At least 11 states have rejected or are expected to reject a recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that pediatricians give COVID-19 shots to children along with other vaccines.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously decided Thursday to add COVID-19 shots to the children’s immunization schedule, which some schools and states use to create vaccination requirements. Many states, however, have laws in place that prohibit schools from requiring a COVID-19 vaccination for students...