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Districts begin mandating COVID-19 vaccines for eligible students

August 27, 2021

Via: K-12 Dive
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“While millions of people have already safely received COVID-19 vaccines, we recognize that for some, the FDA approval of a vaccine may now instill additional confidence to get vaccinated,” said acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock in a press release announcing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine’s approval.

For the American public at large and public school parents specifically, preference for vaccine mandates has been split sharply among political lines, according to a poll by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, with a minority of Republicans and a majority of Democrats expressing support. In the same poll, 42% of parents favored vaccine requirements for students, compared to nearly 60% of non-parent adults.

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