Opinions about vaccinating children are divided, and it played out in a push-pull between state officials on Thursday.
found that two-thirds of California voters supported requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for K-12 students. But there is a big split along party lines: Democrats and liberals overwhelmingly support a mandate while only about a quarter of conservatives and Republicans do.
Pan’s was the second of the working group’s bills to be sidelined by its author. A proposal to require all people who work, including contractors, to be vaccinated was also pulled. “We did not feel it was the appropriate policy for children with respect to COVID-19 at this time,” said Christina Hildebrand, head of A Voice for Choice. The group advocates for parental choice and has worked since 2015 to keep personal belief exemptions for various vaccines in place. She points to the low rate of COVID vaccination among 5- to 11-year-olds as a reason to hold off on a mandate.
Madrid said the bills signal the possibility of future vaccine mandates as the world becomes more globalized and pandemics happen more frequently.
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