The Steady Drip: National Education Association supports vaccine mandates, COVID-19 testing (Connecting the Dots: The National Education Association (NEA), America Votes, Planned Parenthood, FDA, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, CNN & Soros Funding, All Networking)

National Education Association supports vaccine mandates, COVID-19 testing (Connecting the Dots: The National Education Association (NEA), America Votes, Planned Parenthood, FDA, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, CNN & Soros Funding, All Networking)

By Jordan SmithPublished August 13, 2021Updated 5:31PMHealthFOX TV Digital Team

https://www.fox7austin.com/news/national-education-association-supports-vaccine-mandates-covid-19-testing

As employers across the United States debate vaccine requirements, the nation’s largest teachers’ union is weighing in.

The National Education Association (NEA) issued a statement on Thursday backing the use of FDA-authorized vaccines for all public school educators.

The NEA said it has strived to follow the science throughout the pandemic, and that the science on the vaccines is clear: "They have proven to be enormously effective in fending off infection and, in ‘breakthrough’ cases, preventing serious illness."

"Evidence shows that COVID-19 vaccines, combined with other safety measures are the most powerful weapon we have against the pandemic," NEA President Becky Pringle said. "We believe that such vaccine requirements and accommodations are an appropriate, responsible, and necessary step to ensure the safety of our school communities and to protect our students."

The U.S. is in the midst of a surge of COVID-19 cases that have been largely driven by the more infectious delta variant. Like previous administrations, the White House has rejected the idea of a federal vaccine mandate.

But the Biden administration has been supportive of employers who require proof of vaccination from their workers. Companies like Facebook, Google and United Airlines are among those mandating the COVID vaccine.

Many entities have required vaccination but also gave the option for unvaccinated persons to be frequently tested — a move the NEA expressed support for.

"We also support regular COVID-19 testing in lieu of vaccination for those not yet vaccinated or those for whom vaccination is not medically appropriate or effective," Pringle said. "We believe that such vaccine requirements and accommodations are an appropriate, responsible, and necessary step to ensure the safety of our school communities and to protect our students.

Pringle said 90% of NEA’s 3 million members have already been vaccinated. But she encouraged schools to provide appropriate employee accommodations, such as paid leave and readily available vaccination sites, to those who are not yet inoculated. She called employee input "critical."

"In order to ensure that students and educators are able to enjoy safe, uninterrupted, in-person education, educators must have a voice in how vaccine requirements are implemented," Pringle said. "Educators must also continue to play an active role in developing other mitigation systems—including testing, tracing, masking, distancing, hand washing, ventilation, cleaning, and disinfection."

Connecting the Dots:

National Education Association (NEA) is a national partner with America Votes.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.

Cecile Richards was the founder & president of America Votes, is the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and was a grant overseer for the Turner Foundation.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Donald Kennedy was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Margaret A. Hamburg is the commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank),

the chairman for the Turner Foundation and the founder of CNN.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is a director at Johnson & Johnson (Vaccine Manufacture).

Charles O. Prince III is a director at Johnson & Johnson (Vaccine Manufacture) and was a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Ann Dibble Jordan was a director at Johnson & Johnson, is married to Vernon E. Jordan Jr., and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Constance J. Horner was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and is a director at Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine Manufacture).

Suzanne Nora Johnson is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a director at Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine Manufacture).

Amy W. Schulman is a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the EVP & general counsel for Pfizer Inc. (Vaccine Manufacture).

Resources: Past Research

America Votes (Past Research on America Votes & the National Education Association (NEA))

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/11/america-votes.html

Planned Parenthood Prez: ‘A Woman Voting for Ted Cruz Is Like a Chicken Voting for Col. Sanders’ (Past Research on Cecile Richards)

TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/04/planned-parenthood-prez-woman-voting.html

Charleston: CNN’s Sick Pattern of Using the Dead as Political Weapons Against the Right (Past Research on CNN & Ted Turner)

SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/06/charleston-cnns-sick-pattern-of-using.html

FDA Fails to Protect Americans from Dangerous Drugs and Unsafe Foods (Past Research on the FDA)

SUNDAY, MAY 10, 2015