A private school in Miami said it will not employ teachers who have received the coronavirus vaccine, arguing the shot is currently “experimental” and lacks data on safety.
“It is our policy, to the extent possible, not to employ anyone who has taken the experimental COVID-19 injection until further information is known,” an email from the Centner Academy to teachers and parents recently said.
The letter also said school authorities “cannot allow recently vaccinated people near students.” Teachers were told to alert higher-ups if they’ve been vaccinated so they can be distanced from children and to wait until after the school year if they intend to get the shot.
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A publicist for Leila Centner, co-founder and CEO of Centner Academy, said in a statement that “we are not 100 percent sure the Covid injections are safe and there are too many unknown variables for us to feel comfortable at this current time.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, says the vaccine is “safe and effective” and some side effects are “normal.”
The new policy has sparked confusion among some parents, with one calling it “baffling” that Centner would not “want her teachers to get vaccinated.”
“Maybe they want to wait to see if there is a new variant and a new vaccine? I don’t know, but it’s a bit strange,” another parent, Sophie Pescher, said.
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The report comes as a recent poll found 4 in 10 people are hesitant to receive the vaccine or have outright denied getting it, citing concerns over side effects or “waiting to see what happens.”
