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The Trump-Vance Administration is trying to
Endanger Public Health By Targeting School Vaccine Requirements
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This order conditions federal funding on ending school-based COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Keeping Education Accessible and Ending Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools
EO 14214
February 15, 2025
This order directs the Secretary of Education to create guidelines for all schools, educational agencies, and universities to end COVID-19 vaccination requirements for in-person education. This will likely only apply to a very small number of schools and universities, because most schools that have a COVID-19 vaccine mandate apply it only to staff and not to students. But it will endanger populations most vulnerable to COVID-19 and its documented possible complications, such as students, teachers, and the people in their communities with underlying medical conditions. This also encourages anti-vaccine movements endangering public health writ large and potentially lays the groundwork for broader assaults on school vaccine mandates.
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