Governor Lee Says Tennessee Schoolchildren Will Not Be Required To Get COVID Vaccinations
Image: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, seen here at a ceremony for Sinova Global’s new plant in Lake County, says that the Tennessee school children won’t be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Image Credit: Facebook / Gov. Bill Lee
The Center Square [By Jon Styf] –
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee wants to be clear that Tennessee’s schoolchildren will not be required to take a COVID-19 vaccination to attend school.
“I’ve always said mandates are the wrong approach, & TN has led in pushing back on federal covid vaccine requirements,” Lee wrote on Twitter. “Thanks to our work with the General Assembly, TN families won’t be impacted by today’s CDC vote. We’ll continue to stand for TN children & for personal freedom.”
Lee’s note came after the Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended that the COVID-19 vaccine on federal child immunization lists.
The recommendations caused 12 other states to sign a letter last week asking the committee to reverse course on its recommendation.
“While most vaccines prevent the vaccinated individual from getting the disease in the first place and stop the spread of the disease, the COVID-19 vaccine does neither,” the attorneys general wrote in their letter.
The letter went on to state that the recommendation could undermine the public’s faith in the CDC’s recommendations.
About the Author: Jon Styf, The Center Square Staff Reporter – Jon Styf is an award-winning editor and reporter who has worked in Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, Florida and Michigan in local newsrooms over the past 20 years, working for Shaw Media, Hearst and several other companies. Follow Jon on Twitter @JonStyf.
How many of our so called medical professionals are wanting children vaccinated? I’d be willing to say several from the 4 metropolitan areas of the state where liberal ideology runs rampant.
I applaud the Governor’s stance. Let’s be clear. All this Covid nonsense is just that, nonsense. It is not a vaccine, it doesn’t stop you from getting Covid or passing to others. A vaccine, measles, mumps, smallpox shots for example are vaccines. They prevent you getting the disease. The Covid shots are a pallitive that may lessen the severity or length of time your affected but it doesn’t prevent the disease. In addition, the covid shots are making the drug companies fortunes while the push their own versions. Thank you, Governor for taking a stand, not stick to it.