The Louisiana Department of Health is proposing to add COVID-19 vaccines to the list of required shots for some students. It’s a move Governor John Bel Edwards supports. “It would be totally, I think, inappropriate, unfortunate and dangerous to not add the COVID vaccines fully licensed by the FDA to the schedule,” says Edwards.
It’s said that parents could opt out of the requirement for their child by simply signing a statement of exemption, just as with other vaccines.
Attorney General Jeff Landry is clearly opposed to the COVID-19 mandate for students. He says, “whether it is an illegal mandate by the President or an overreach by the governor, our office will stand up to government abuse and bullying.”
Governor Edwards outlines what the COVID-19 vaccine mandate means. “It’s going to be mandated to the extent that other vaccines are mandated but only when the FDA gives full license or full authorization, that’s age 16 and above,” says Edwards. The proposal will be reviewed by the state’s Health and Welfare Committee before a decision is made to move forward with it. A date for the committee meeting has not been set.
Still, Attorney General Jeff Landry is accusing Governor Edwards of overreach by supporting a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for kids 16 and older. “To the President and the governor: coercion is not consent. Medical decisions for our children should be made by parents, not by bureaucrats,” says Landry.
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