Glenn Youngkin: Virginia 'is not going to adhere' to CDC COVID-19 shot mandate

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin mentioned the choice to vaccinate kids towards COVID-19 must be left to folks.

On Thursday, a Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention advisory board voted so as to add the COVID-19 vaccine to kids’s immunization schedules, with states selecting whether or not it will likely be required for entry to colleges and preschool.

“COVID-19 mandates must be in our rear view mirror,” Youngkin tweeted late Thursday. “The choice to vaccinate a toddler towards COVID-19 is for Virginia dad and mom to make about what’s greatest for them and their household. We is not going to adhere to those @CDCgov mandates.”

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“In Virginia, dad and mom matter,” the Republican governor added.

Tennessee Gov. Invoice Lee joined Youngkin in pushing again towards the CDC suggestion, touting his state's efforts to protect parental selection.

“I’ve all the time mentioned mandates are the incorrect method and Tennessee has led in pushing again on federal COVID vaccine necessities,” Lee wrote on Twitter. “Because of our work with the Normal Meeting, Tennessee households received’t be impacted by at this time’s CDC vote. We’ll proceed to face for Tennessee kids and for private freedom.”

Following the CDC’s announcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected any mandate so as to add the COVID-19 vaccine to kids’s immunization schedules.

"I do know quite a lot of dad and mom are involved about that," DeSantis mentioned at a information convention in Fort Myers. "So long as I'm kicking and screaming, there shall be no COVID shot mandates to your children. That's your determination to make as a mother or father."

DeSantis famous that Florida Surgeon Normal Joseph Ladapo additionally doesn't advocate the vaccine for youngsters beneath 18.