Governor Phil Murphy this afternoon formally announced that he is signing an executive order requiring all pre-school through grade 12 personnel to be fully vaccinated by October 18th or undergo regular testing at a minimum of once to twice each week.
“While schools have already been notified, more details will be released soon,” said Murphy. “We have received multiple reports that [personnel have already received vaccines].”
Children can get COVID and they can spread COVID, the governor reminded people.
“We’re not going to sacrifice the safety of our students and staff,” said Murphy, who has already required masks in schools as children prepare to go back to the classrooms.
Teachers are already extremely well vaccinated, noted Murphy – adjunct staff less so.
The same vaccine requirement will apply too all state employees, the governor noted.
Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee for New Jersey Governor, released the following statement upon what he described as Governor Murphy’s “hypocritical announcement” that teachers will have a choice between vaccination and regular testing:
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“Governor Murphy’s announcement today is both hypocritical, and evidence that powerful Trenton special interests get to play by one set of rules, while the rest of us are forced to play by another set. Specifically, why is Governor Murphy willing to find common ground on a flexible vaccinate or test policy with the teacher’s union, but not willing to do the same with parents who oppose his mask mandate for K-12 students? The answer, of course, is simple: average parents don’t run a powerful union that funneled $10 million in dark money to benefit the Governor’s campaign. The NJEA did, so they get to cut a deal. Parents did not, so they are told what to do without any recourse.”
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Who will be paying for this “regular testing?” I’m thinking it should be the unions.