President Donald Trump signed an govt order Friday aimed toward pulling federal funding from faculties and universities that require vaccinations towards COVID-19.
The overwhelming majority of districts and establishments have both ended any coronavirus vaccination requirements or by no means selected to implement such a rule within the first place, as COVID-19 instances dropped and immunization charges rose among the many common inhabitants. Presently, no public K-12 schools within the U.S. have a COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
Trump’s govt order represents a pledge that he made on the marketing campaign path — though at times it was unclear whether or not he would solely goal faculties that required COVID-19 vaccines, or faculties that had any sort of vaccine necessities. Frequent necessities embody vaccinations towards polio and measles, mumps and rubella.
Newly minted Division of Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed doubt concerning the efficacy of vaccinations and even helped unfold false conspiracy theories that the jabs may trigger hurt.
Trump has given each indication that he’s prepared to capitulate to Kennedy’s theories.
On Thursday, the president signed an executive order titled “Establishing the President’s Make America Wholesome Once more Fee,” which outlined coverage goals and established Kennedy as head of the fee.
Language within the order hinted at conspiracy theories surrounding autism and even some long-prescribed psychiatric medicine; Kennedy’s fee is directed to evaluate the “prevalence of and risk posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, temper stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss medicine.”
