Washington State Dept. of Health decides no COVID19 shot required for students

In a press release on April 13, 2022, the Washington State Department of Health announced that receiving the COVID 19 shot would not be a requirement for students to attend school. Parents have lobbied heavily against the requirement during  the last few weeks, contacting both the Health Department’s Technical Advisory Group, and the Board of Health itself. There have also been numerous demonstrations and rallies against requiring the COVID19 shot for students.

We thank the State Board of Health for this decision. We appreciate, even more, the action of involved parents who made their opinions known, and who also provided the health department officials with research, scientific information, and explanations of personal experiences with the COVID19 shots.

We stress, however, that we citizens who uphold parents’ rights are not done. Past experience shows that we cannot go back to complacency but must maintain our vigilance. The virus will return, or there will be some other catalyst. The state will prepare to take other actions encroaching upon parents’ rights, and citizens and parents must be ready to make their opinions known again.

Here is the announcement:

“Statement from the Washington State Department of Health

OLYMPIA – Today, the Washington State Board of Health (SBOH) voted not to include COVID-19 in the state’s immunization requirements for school entry at this time. As stated in today’s SBOH meeting, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) supports the recommendation of the SBOH’s technical advisory group (TAG) and thanks the TAG for its thorough and methodical and transparent review of this matter over several months. During today’s SBOH discussion, it was made clear that both DOH and SBOH continue to support COVID-19 vaccines as being safe and effective, and particularly protective against severe illness, hospitalization, and death. Staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccine recommendations is the best way to protect community members against COVID-19. DOH continues to remind community members to help protect our schools, educators, and students by urging everyone to continue to do their part by getting vaccinated and boosted, if eligible. DOH reminds people to wear a mask if needed, stay home and get tested if they feel sick, and follow isolation recommendations if they test positive. COVID-19 is increasing in some communities, and we must still actively work to prevent its spread. This statement was originally attributed to the Secretary of Health, and it should be attributed to the Washington State Department of Health instead. The DOH website is your source for a healthy dose of information. Find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Sign up for the DOH blog, Public Health Connection.”

Attorney General Merrick Garland, Department of Justice, and Homeland Security vs Parents

The COVID19 virus has brought us unexpected blessings with respect to education. With lessons being given to students “remotely” at home, parents have been able to find out what is actually being taught, and many are not pleased. Some parents have become involved and have shown up at school board meetings to complain about what they have been seeing – racist attitudes taught under the guise of “equity, diversity, and inclusion”, gender confusing messages embedded in lessons, and concepts which go against traditional American beliefs. Parents have even seen strange things subjects such as math and the required readings that contain anti-family, anti-faith messages.  So, “Just what ARE the blessings?” you may ask.

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CRT and DEI – What are they teaching?

So much of what the education elites do is couched in misleading language. The current uproar about “CRT”- Critical Race Theory, also known as “DEI”- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, is just another example. Recently the Washington State Legislature passed a law requiring school staff and school board members to be trained in Critical Race Theory, but it does not mention CRT anywhere in the bill. Instead the bill refers to “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” and “cultural competency”.  When parents in Washington state complain to their school boards about CRT being taught in their district, school boards have been known to respond with, “Oh no, we’re not teaching CRT.”
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Turkish President Erdogan is blaming his political rival Fethullah Gulen for the recent attempted coup and wants Gulen extradited to Turkey. Gulen, a Turkish cleric, living in self-imposed exile in Pennsylvania denies the accusation and claims that Turkey’s coup was staged by President Erdogan himself. At this point, the truth is not forthcoming, but the violent events shine the spotlight on this Turkish cleric.

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