I vehemently oppose any Covid 19 vaccine mandate for Virginia school children. There is no benefit to vaccinating this population.

Fact: the vaccine does not stop the spread of the virus, vaxxed and unvaxxed can contract covid.

Fact: vaxxed and unvaxxed carry the same viral load.

Fact: children are largely unaffected by the virus.

Fact: natural infection is just as good, if not better, than vaccination.

If you are an adult, by all means receive the shot. Please consider science as your guide, not "the science" as pushed by lawmakers. Parents, not policy makers, should have agency over the medical health of own children.