This petition is extremely disturbing to me as a parent of two young children. Though I received all my childhood vaccines (and also the covid vaccine) and my children are thus far up-to-date on their vaccines, it is fundamentally irresponsible for a vaccine that has not received FDA approval, and which will not until 2023:

• Phase III clinical trials for the available COVID-19 shots will not be completed until April 6, 2023 (Pfizer/BioNTech), February 14, 2023 (Moderna) and January 3, 2023 (Johnson and Johnson).

And for a vaccine in which the CDC found a correlation between it and heart disease:

• In June, 2021, the CDC reported a “likely association” between injection with the mRNA COVID-19 shot and heart inflammation.  The FDA subsequently required that a warning about myocarditis and pericarditis be added to the manufacturer’s insert.  Myocarditis and pericarditis are inflammatory conditions that can lead to cardiac arrhythmia and death.  Individuals have the right to decide whether the risks associated with this pharmaceutical product are ones they are willing to accept for themselves or their child(ren).

to be forcibly administered to school-age children who are simply not at high risk for this virus. If this vaccine were a wave slaying our kids in its path then I would be much more conciliatory, the reality is that it simply is not; that must be factored by everyone without jumping to reactionary hyperbole to satisfy someone’s personal anxiety. I firmly say No to EUA child vaccine mandates.