Trump withholds money from schools that need the Covid vaccine

President Trump said on Friday that he was one more step in the administration's campaign against coronavirus vaccine requirements, White House officials said he was told by the federal government from schools and universities that demand students be vaccinated against Covid. He ordered the funds to withhold.

It was not clear how widely the order would have. No state requires K-12 students to be vaccinated against Covid. According to no mandate from the advocacy group, only 15 universities still needed the COVID vaccine for their students later last year.

Riding on the same wave of anti-vaccine sentiment, 21 states had already moved to outlaw covid vaccine mandate, the National Academy of National Health Policy, a non-partisan research group, said. And Republican elected officials across the country have proposed a ban in Montana regarding the administration of mRNA vaccines, including several Covid shots, and a ban on local health departments in Idaho that offer covid vaccines. We are pursuing the trend of anti-vaccine measures.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say monitoring shows that monitoring is safe for children.

Young people are much less likely to get seriously ill with the coronavirus, but doctors say the virus is still hurting many children.

For Trump, whose first administration accelerated development and deployment of Covidshot, saving roughly 140,000 lives in the early months of available availability, the latest executive order aims to curb efforts to promote vaccines It was the order.

Shortly after taking office last month, Trump also said he would revive more than 8,000 troops fired for refusing the Covid vaccine.

Friday's executive order was primarily aimed at a mandate implemented in 2021 shortly after the Covid vaccine became available. Local school districts, particularly in more liberal areas, required shots for students participating in sports and other extracurricular activities, as well as adult visitors to the school building, including parents.

School-based orders tend to increase vaccination rates among children, researchers found. These vaccinations protect students who may be vulnerable to more serious illnesses, reduce the circulation of the virus, and refrain from potentially exposing parents and grandparents.

But even in more liberal areas, school obligations were only modest support. Some researchers argued that they were counterproductive and polarized communities, and undermined trust in scientific institutions. Resistance to obligations as the pandemic progresses. Most policies were short-lived.

Covid vaccine mandates at universities also improved vaccination rates, researchers found health benefits that extend to surrounding communities. In counties where universities all require vaccines, one study has been discovered, with fewer residents dead from Covid.

There are also few teachers and school staff working under the Covid vaccine order. The state has not requested them, and in 2023, New York City and Los Angeles, the country's two largest school districts, lifted the requirements for the Covid vaccine for teachers.

This order applies only to Covid vaccines, leaving the untouched state requirement that school children be vaccinated against measles, polio, tetanus, pertussis and chicken pox. The state allows children who are unable to receive the vaccine for medical reasons, and many have granted exemptions for religious or other reasons.

At least some medical schools require a Covid shot for students. It was not immediately clear whether these rules would be affected by new orders.

Dana Goldstein and Tyler Pager reported.