Private Florida School Won’t Employ Vaccinated Teachers
A private school founded by an anti-vaccination activist in South Florida has warned teachers and staff against taking the COVID-19 vaccine, saying it will not employ anyone who has received the shot.
The Centner Academy in Miami sent a notice to parents on
Monday informing them of a new policy for its two campuses for about 300
students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Teachers or staff who have
already taken the vaccine were told to continue reporting to school but to stay
separated from students.
Co-founder Leila Centner told employees in a letter last
week that she made the policy decision with a “very heavy heart,” the Miami
Herald reported. Centner asked those who have not received a COVID-19 vaccine
to wait until the end of the school year, and recommended holding off until
research shows how the vaccine might affect the non-vaccinated.
Dr. Aileen Marty, an infectious disease specialist with
Florida International University’s Wertheim College of Medicine, said there is
no evidence that unvaccinated people face any risks from the vaccinations of
others.
Centner and her husband David Centner started the school in
2019 after moving to Miami from New York. The school’s website promotes
“medical freedom” from vaccines and offers to help parents opt out of vaccines
that are otherwise required for students in Florida.
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