Connecticut
Connecticut won’t require COVID vaccines for children
Conn. governor will not require COVID vaccines for kids
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont explains why he’s in opposition to a requirement for kids to be vaccinated for COVID-19 throughout an interview on Good Day New York.
NEW YORK – Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says he won’t mandate that kids be vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
He made the remark throughout an interview on the FOX 5 morning present Good Day New York.
“Clearly, it is by no means one thing that we will require,” Lamont stated. “You may’t push individuals too laborious.”
He says his hope is that as mother and father see extra of their pals vaccinate their kids they are going to resolve to do it themselves.
“It isn’t like smallpox or polio,” Lamont stated of the coronavirus. “That is extra one thing the place in the event you get vaccinated you possibly can preserve your self comparatively secure. It isn’t one thing that I’ve to mandate that everyone does the identical means.”
He famous that Connecticut has by no means mandated the flu vaccine however nicely over 70% of the inhabitants of the state will get that vaccine.