Kids are not the transmission vectors that unvaccinated or vaccinated teachers should be fearing. https://www.cmaj.ca/content/193/17/E601   Note, for the week of July 31, 5-17 year olds hospitalization rate due to covid was 0.5%/100,000.  Additionally, CDC records from January 1, 2020 to October 02, 2021, there were 8 deaths with covid among 0 – 17 y.o. out of 1,508 total deaths, for a total 0.53% of deaths with covid.

Breakthrough cases are occurring more among the vaccinated than the unvaccinated, so the attempt to avoid illnesses is very likely not preventable. COVID vaccination rates don't parallel lower infections.  https://americasfrontlinedoctors.org/2/frontlinenews/covid-vaccination-rates-do-not-correlate-with-lower-infections/      Moreover, it is unrealistic, if not nonsensical, to assert a goal of zero covid infection. It will never be achieved, just like the common cold or flu that cycles annually.

Furthermore, the strength and longevity of the natural immunity derived from the covid virus is superior to the vaccine-induced immunity, as attested to by the American Medical Association and even Pfizer’s board of directors and scientists.

https://www.ama-assn.org/about/publications-newsletters/top-news-stories-ama-morning-rounds-week-may-24-2021

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03647-4.pdf https://www.projectveritas.com/news/pfizer-scientist-your-antibodies-are-probably-better-than-the-vaccination/    

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/pfizer-board-member-natural-immunity-against-covid-needs-to-be-included-in-policy-discussions_3971383.html?v=ul

Undoubtedly, there are many students who have already had covid and thus, the vaccine is not only superfluous but harmful.  Many resources cite data revealing that ADE occurs due to the mRNA covid vaccine. https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-10-01-ai-powered-dod-data-analysis-program-project-salus-shows-ade-accelerating-fully-vaccinated.html  “Pfizer's own clinical trials of the vaccine showed disturbing effects on young people, ... including symptoms consistent with myocarditis."  https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/coronavirus/connecticut-confirms-at-least-18-cases-of-apparent-heart-problems-in-young-people-after-covid-19-vaccination/2494534/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

Until the WHO changed the definition of herd immunity, the long-accepted and scientifically proven fact was that herd immunity successfully reduces virulence. A virus will mutate to a less virulent form as it evolves.  But mass vaccination during a pandemic does not allow it to naturally mutate to a degraded form but forces it to strengthen.  https://rightsfreedoms.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/bombshell-nobel-prize-winner-reveals-covid-vaccine-is-creating-variants/

The right to avoid the imposition of human experimentation is fundamental, rooted in the Nuremberg Code of 1947, ratified by the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki, and further codified in the United States Code of Federal Regulations. http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/helsinki/ The 1948 Declaration of Human Rights specifically states, “Everyone has the right to freely participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.” https://www.un.org/en/about-us/universal-declaration-of-human-rights , https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/udhr.pdf U.S. caselaw also supports the exercise of medical freedoms, “this Court has never retreated from its recognition that any compelled intrusion into the human body implicates significant, constitutionally protected privacy interests….” Missouri vs McNeely, 569 US 141 (2013).  Grimes / Higgins v Kennedy Krieger Institute, Rabi Abdullahi, et al. v. Pfizer, Inc. Further, it is unlawful to conduct medical research on human test subjects even in the case of an emergency, unless steps are taken to secure informed consent of all participants. 21 CFR § 50.24, 21 § C.F.R. 50.20, 21 C.F.R. § 50.23

The investigational COVID-19 vaccines were granted emergency use based upon reducing symptoms only, not on preventing transmission or contraction of SARS CoV2 - “the studies aren’t designed to assess transmission…. there’s really no information on this at this point in time.” https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/99d35b02-a5cb-41e6-ad80-a070f8a5ee17/WhitePaper_ExperimentalVaccinesCovid-19_Feb23.pdf  Thus, the reported 90%+ effective rates refer to minimizing the symptoms of COVID-19, not immunizing against the virus.

NIH-funded research found the immune systems of more than 95% of people who recovered from COVID-19 had “durable memories of the virus up to eight months after infection.” https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/lasting-immunity-found-after-recovery-covid-19

Please respect the science and parental rights which are God-given natural rights, protected by the Constitution and further codified in VA Code § 1-204.1.