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The island’s largest teacher union is not supporting mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for students at this time. General Secretary of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), Herbert Gittens believes that whether a child is vaccinated or not should come down to parental choice. Last Friday in a national address Prime Minister Mia Mottley hinted that the COVID-19 vaccine could possibly be added to the list of mandatory vaccines children will need to attend school in Barbados. However, during an interview with Barbados TODAY, Gittens said the BUT did not support mandatory vaccines for either adults or children. He explained that parents or guardians who were hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID- 19 would almost be sure to express that same hesitancy in having their children or wards take the vaccine. “There is still some discussion happening as it relates to the whole COVID vaccines for adults, we had said it should remain a choice and for children it will come down to parental choice. I believe the whole idea of mandatory vaccines as it relates to COVID right now needs wider discussion but for children we still believe that parental choice still needs to come into play,” Gittens said. “What is going to happen is that where parents are hesitant to do it for themselves they may also be hesitant to do it for children. We know as a union that the vaccine, based on all the science, provides a layer of protection and it would be good for persons to probably take the vaccines for that level of protection. But at the same time. given all the challenges that have occurred with the vaccine as it relates to anti vaxxers and choice and all of that, we don’t believe that at this time there should be any mandates. There shouldn’t be any mandates for adults at this point in time and we feel the same way for children at this time.” Read the rest of the article in the comment section below 👇🏾 #thechasefiles #covid19 #mandatoryvaccines #educationinbarbados #herbertgittens #BUT #teachersunioninbarbados #pfizer #parentalconcerns #parentalchoice https://www.instagram.com/p/CTzUUa7AN01_0rpq0qQMlV4lBNuLWvXxCISeWk0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The island’s largest teacher union is not supporting mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for students at this time. General Secretary of the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT), Herbert Gittens believes that whether a child is vaccinated or not should come down to parental choice. Last Friday in a national address Prime Minister Mia Mottley hinted that the COVID-19 vaccine could possibly be added to the list of mandatory vaccines children will need to attend school in Barbados. However, during an interview with Barbados TODAY, Gittens said the BUT did not support mandatory vaccines for either adults or children. He explained that parents or guardians who were hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID- 19 would almost be sure to express that same hesitancy in having their children or wards take the vaccine. “There is still some discussion happening as it relates to the whole COVID vaccines for adults, we had said it should remain a choice and for children it will come down to parental choice. I believe the whole idea of mandatory vaccines as it relates to COVID right now needs wider discussion but for children we still believe that parental choice still needs to come into play,” Gittens said. “What is going to happen is that where parents are hesitant to do it for themselves they may also be hesitant to do it for children. We know as a union that the vaccine, based on all the science, provides a layer of protection and it would be good for persons to probably take the vaccines for that level of protection. But at the same time. given all the challenges that have occurred with the vaccine as it relates to anti vaxxers and choice and all of that, we don’t believe that at this time there should be any mandates. There shouldn’t be any mandates for adults at this point in time and we feel the same way for children at this time.” Read the rest of the article in the comment section below 👇🏾 #thechasefiles #covid19 #mandatoryvaccines #educationinbarbados #herbertgittens #BUT #teachersunioninbarbados #pfizer #parentalconcerns #parentalchoice https://www.instagram.com/p/CTzS0ntAZMPPg24NlSSjyyTTG44y0upuyHYxY80/?utm_medium=tumblr