Vaccine before school

The new school year will be starting in a few months and as parents of a daughter, we understand and cherish the value of a good education. The pandemic we are experiencing has caused us great apprehension.

Public health experts have predicted more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States by the end of the month, and all we hear from the current administration are empty promises. Promises that a vaccine will be developed by the end of the year, anybody that needs a test can get a test, or that the virus will just disappear.

Among all this talk, we have yet to hear a coherent plan by local school districts that will ensure the safety of all schoolchildren. Presently, all schoolchildren are required, with some exceptions, to be vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox and whooping cough, yet parents are expected to send their children to