Education Minister Jeff Lloyd.
EDUCATION Minister Jeff Lloyd has clarified earlier remarks he made regarding vaccinations for public school students, saying he was not inferring that COVID-19 vaccines are mandatory for students.
On Monday, Mr Lloyd told reporters: “Do please remember that no child can enter the public school system without vaccinations, so parents are very familiar with vaccinations.”
However, yesterday the minister clarified that he was referring to students attending public schools for the first time.
He said: “What I said was any child entering a public school for the very first time—that is for students who are either coming to a pre-school or grade one would have to show proof of immunization of vaccines. No child, no teacher, no educator, no staff member, no administrator, nobody is required to have a COVID-19 vaccination in the Commonwealth in The Bahamas.”
The Ministry of Education later released a statement saying the COVID-19 vaccine is not included in the Ministry of Health’s immunisation schedule for students.
Therefore it is not mandatory for any student to demonstrate that they have received the COVID-19 vaccine in order to gain admittance to a public school.
Comments
John 2 years, 9 months ago
Ya da, ya da! But which vaccines do students in the age bracket he mentioned get? These people will try lie their way out of hell!
licks2 2 years, 9 months ago
Hehehehehehehehehehe. . . chile!!!!
pablojay 2 years, 8 months ago
John it seems you have no children ,otherwise you would remember taking them or having their mother doing so to a pediatrician,or clinic to be immunized.
Twocent 2 years, 8 months ago
Let’s remember that we have responsible vaxers, the people who trust authorities and consent to be a part of a huge experiment in the hopes that it does good. There are irresponsible vaxers, who just want their hedonist freedoms and don’t take the precautions they should and don’t follow the science. There are also irresponsible non-vaxers who don’t read the science and want their freedom to possibly die by disease after partying in large groups. And there are the responsible non-vaxed, who are waiting on better science and consistent reports and studies, who stay home, follow protocols when out, and didn’t need fines and coercion to stay COVID free and help get the nation to the COVID-FREE status we briefly enjoyed last year. Do we have common sense or is being sensible not common anymore?
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