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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

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Prime Minister Mia Mottley today hinted that the COVID-19 vaccine could be added to the list of mandatory vaccines children will need to attend school in Barbados. While Mottley reiterated Government’s stance that it would not be mandating adults to take the vaccine, she said students were required by law to receive vaccinations before they were accepted into nursery, primary or secondary school. Currently, children are required to be immunized against several diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, polio and tuberculosis. Just over two weeks ago Government made the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine available to children 12 years and older. “We have given the country this assurance that we will not mandate adults, but we equally have a system that has been in place for decades with respect to the vaccination of children in schools. On the previous occasion that I spoke, I mentioned that we have a system that requires all students to be vaccinated unless you have the exception that is triggered by religious persuasion or a medical condition and the ministries of health and education deal with those in a seamless way,” Mottley said during a nationallytelevised address from Ilaro Court this afternoon. The Prime Minister said even as Government was targeting mid-October for a possible return to face-to-face classes, there needed to be a higher vaccination percentage among students. Mottley said so far only one in every five children between the ages of 12 and 18 has been vaccinated. She said it was also necessary for there to be a significant reduction in the overall number of cases on the island as some schools had been converted into isolation facilities to deal with the surge. “I want us as a country please to set the target that within the next five weeks - to the middle of October - that we are capable of vaccinating as many of our students as possible because those persons need to be able to get back in to functional school and there are so many parents who are already asking about why we can’t do it. Read the rest of the article in the comment section below 👇🏾 #thechasefiles #covid #childvaccination #mandatoryvaccines #educationinbarbados #barbados https://www.instagram.com/p/CTpDBBsAnNbY6GyULu7Sp7viMw3NV5FIJKBidY0/?utm_medium=tumblr