unionmom4 t1_j7924jv wrote on February 5, 2023 at 12:33 AM

The DOE has always given newly admitted students 30 days to get their first vaccinations. These new immigrants are no different.

Grass8989 t1_j793bl7 wrote on February 5, 2023 at 12:42 AM

Right but since we are in a proclaimed “migrant crisis” maybe they should have adjusted the guidelines accordingly. This isn’t a singular unvaccinated kid entering a school, this is a significant number of potentially unvaccinated children entering the school system.

unionmom4 t1_j794k0c wrote on February 5, 2023 at 12:52 AM

They have never done this. After the last crisis in Haiti, schools were inundated with new registrations, many of whom had no documentation, no vaccinations and no previous schooling. I don’t agree with this mandate, many of those children had tuberculosis and other diseases, but the DOE allows them to attend school for 30 days and potentially infect students and staff

ManhattanRailfan t1_j7axk7f wrote on February 5, 2023 at 12:55 PM

Yeah, but if you say that, then the conservatives (who are almost universally antivax themselves so wtf?) who infest this subreddit wouldn't have an excuse to be racist.