A COVID vaccine mandate, especially for students, is an unnecessary political overreach. People aged 19 and under seldom contract and even more seldomly succumb to COVID-19. Even CDC guidelines - that overruled their own medical research indicating the vaccines were unnecessary and potentially unsafe for children - say the vaccines are appropriate for students aged 15 and up, not younger. That unionized teachers and other politically motivated staff live in constant fear and feel the vaccine protects them, does not mean we should subject our children to this idiocy. Vaccine mandates are a singularly bad idea, especially for our children. Do the right thing and defeat this idea.