Trump Pledges to Cut Federal Funding for Schools with Vaccine Mandates

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Donald Trump has made it clear: if he returns to the presidency, he will withhold federal funds from any school that enforces a vaccine mandate. This stance, while popular among his supporters, has raised significant concerns about its potential impact on public health and education across the United States.

 

In recent speeches, Trump has doubled down on his vow, stating that he will not allocate a single penny to schools with vaccine mandates, from kindergarten through college. This hardline stance has sparked debate and criticism from health experts, educators, and politicians alike.

 

Critics argue that Trump's proposal would effectively strip federal funding from every public school district in the country. Such a move would jeopardize the health and safety of students by undermining longstanding immunization policies that protect against diseases like polio, measles, and hepatitis B.

 

While Trump's rhetoric may appeal to his base, many question the feasibility and wisdom of his plan. Dr. Peter Hotez, a renowned expert in pediatric virology, has expressed concern that implementing such a policy would lead to a public health catastrophe.

 

The broader implications of Trump's proposal extend beyond public health. By politicizing vaccine mandates, the former president is injecting further division into an already contentious issue. The politicization of public health measures threatens to erode trust in science and undermine efforts to combat infectious diseases.

 

Moreover, Trump's vow underscores the ongoing polarization of American politics. As the Republican Party continues to embrace anti-vaccine rhetoric, it risks alienating moderate voters and exacerbating existing public health challenges.

 

In the end, Trump's pledge to cut federal funds for schools with vaccine mandates represents a dangerous precedent. It prioritizes political ideology over public health and education, putting the well-being of children and communities at risk. As the debate rages on, the stakes could not be higher for the future of America's schools and the health of its citizens.

 

 

Credit; MSNBC 2024-05-13

 

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[Tug]

That’s just plain stupid and wrong ditch the albatross enough!!

[thesetat]

I think that perhaps this is about the COVID mandate. Forcing kids to get a COVID vaccine. Not your normal vaccines that have been given and required for the last 80 or more years. 

I think the news service has twisted what he said once again to suit their agenda. 

As for requiring the COVID vaccine. That was just plain wrong to force kids to get it or not be allowed into schools. Noone knows yet what affect the vaccines will have on growing kids. Their bodies are constantly changing and that vaccine is relatively untested for these kids. It may damage the population in the future.

[RobU]

And the Lord said "before Armageddon there will be a mighty Trump"

[pomchop]

what a complete total idiot....just because he made a fool of himself over covid does not mean that u need to roll the dice with the likes of polio shots....IDIOT

[Paul Henry]

He is already responsible for over one millon unnessesary Covid 19 deaths through his lies and denialism. In the next breath he will bragg about how he had the Covid 19 vaccine developed in record time and without him we would still be waiting for the vaccine. LOCK HIM UP. "REAL MEN WEAR DIAPERS SO DO BABIES." We know he is not a real man!

[JCauto]

1 hour ago, thesetat said:

I think that perhaps this is about the COVID mandate. Forcing kids to get a COVID vaccine. Not your normal vaccines that have been given and required for the last 80 or more years. 

I think the news service has twisted what he said once again to suit their agenda. 

As for requiring the COVID vaccine. That was just plain wrong to force kids to get it or not be allowed into schools. Noone knows yet what affect the vaccines will have on growing kids. Their bodies are constantly changing and that vaccine is relatively untested for these kids. It may damage the population in the future.

 

It may damage the population in the future although despite hundreds of millions of vaccines being given to a very diverse set of populations there haven't been any evidence of such occurrence.

 

What IS known is that there were, in the USA, over one million excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is not under dispute and the evidence is overwhelming. And it's likely grossly under-estimated as well.

 

https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2024/new-analysis-reveals-many-excess-deaths-attributed-to-natural-causes-are-actually-uncounted-covid-19-deaths/

 

What is also understood is that the poor leadership of President Trump with the disinformation, promotion of quackery and refusal to fund the mitigation efforts when needed, that there were likely 40% of those deaths that DIDN'T NEED TO OCCUR! That individual directly contributed to the deaths of approximately 500,000 Americans or more. That the same group of people who have no issues screaming in women's faces that "abortion is murder" also slavishly worship the man who directly caused the deaths of so many of their compatriots, but specifically among those, their fellow travelers, is something that future generations will look upon with astonishment. SAD!

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-policy-failures-have-exacted-a-heavy-toll-on-public-health1/

 

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/25/1189939229/covid-deaths-democrats-republicans-gap-study

[thaibeachlovers]

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

Donald Trump has made it clear: if he returns to the presidency, he will withhold federal funds from any school that enforces a vaccine mandate.

Good. It should be a choice.

[thaibeachlovers]

40 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Good. It should be a choice.

To the poster that gave me a confused emoji, do you think I should be forced to get something injected into my body that I do not want?

Do you support dictatorship?

Do you believe propaganda?

[Tug]

2 hours ago, thesetat said:

I think that perhaps this is about the COVID mandate. Forcing kids to get a COVID vaccine. Not your normal vaccines that have been given and required for the last 80 or more years. 

I think the news service has twisted what he said once again to suit their agenda. 

As for requiring the COVID vaccine. That was just plain wrong to force kids to get it or not be allowed into schools. Noone knows yet what affect the vaccines will have on growing kids. Their bodies are constantly changing and that vaccine is relatively untested for these kids. It may damage the population in the future.

No dude it’s just plain stupid 

[pomchop]

49 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Good. It should be a choice.

so u are ok if you have kids or grandkids for them to go to kindergarten with unvaxed kids for polio and the like?  have another glass of dear leader kool aide.

[JCauto]

10 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

To the poster that gave me a confused emoji, do you think I should be forced to get something injected into my body that I do not want?

Do you support dictatorship?

Do you believe propaganda?

I believe that to protect the herd, you put the cattle in squeeze cages and drench them or inject them with the vaccines needed to protect both them and the other cattle from the known dangerous diseases that are killing them.

 

I'm okay with that for other outbreaks when the herd members are already showing signs of mental deterioration similar to "Mad Cow" disease that prevents them from understanding the importance. It's the same reason you were vaccinated when you were young.

 

I also note that there is a Venn diagram that shows people who don't believe the COVID-19 vaccines were needed or efficacious and the people who have zero problems with taking complete body autonomy from women when it comes to their pregnancies. That Venn diagram is a circle.

[newbee2022]

Gag that idiot. He's getting more erratic from day to day. Do Americans have a soft spot for idiocy?🙏

[Dcheech]

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Good. It should be a choice.

This is not about the [COVID] vaccinations. My state, as most (all?) other states never had a mandatory public school [COVID] vaccination policy. Just Trump trying to scrounge votes & playing the great divider again; If I am elected I promise four more years of Culture Wars ... I promise to divide ... I promise chaos & what fun   😐 

Good deal you are living in The Land Of The Long White Cloud.

 

[cncltd1973]

I never agree with Trump, but I think Covid was a huge overreaction that largely affected the obese, elderly and sick. forcing the entire population to vax is a mistake. the US lost 1/3 of 1% of the weak and frail, that's natural, survival of the fittest. if you want to live than try putting some effort into health and longevity instead of making everyone vax. I'm for polio and measles vax but covid doesn't belong in those ranks.

[Danderman123]

22 minutes ago, cncltd1973 said:

I never agree with Trump, but I think Covid was a huge overreaction that largely affected the obese, elderly and sick. forcing the entire population to vax is a mistake. the US lost 1/3 of 1% of the weak and frail, that's natural, survival of the fittest. if you want to live than try putting some effort into health and longevity instead of making everyone vax. I'm for polio and measles vax but covid doesn't belong in those ranks.

I had a healthy young lady friend die of COVID.

 

You are not thinking clearly.

[Wrwest]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

To the poster that gave me a confused emoji, do you think I should be forced to get something injected into my body that I do not want?

Do you support dictatorship?

Do you believe propaganda?

There is a choice. Take the vaccine or stay out of the public schools so as not to increase the chance of the spread of contagious disease. I am an old American who was given all the childhood vaccines required to enter the public schools which have documented results of reducing illness. But it is your choice ...

[paul1804]

His vaccine mandate is the Covid Vaccine, not other essential vaccines that are proven safe unlike the MRNA shots thats effecting the healthy lives of many. 

[RobU]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Good. It should be a choice.

They already have a choice. Either get vaccinated or don't go to school. The vaccination is for the protection of the other children in the school to prevent infection by carriers who have not been vaccinated. 

[Emdog]

4 hours ago, thesetat said:

I think that perhaps this is about the COVID mandate. Forcing kids to get a COVID vaccine. Not your normal vaccines that have been given and required for the last 80 or more years. 

I think the news service has twisted what he said once again to suit their agenda. 

As for requiring the COVID vaccine. That was just plain wrong to force kids to get it or not be allowed into schools. Noone knows yet what affect the vaccines will have on growing kids. Their bodies are constantly changing and that vaccine is relatively untested for these kids. It may damage the population in the future.

It's not about the covid mandate

It's about measles vaccine. Measles can be deadly.

"Measles vaccination averted 57 million deaths being between 2000 and 2022. Even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine is available, in 2022, there were an estimated 136 000 measles deaths globally, mostly among unvaccinated or under vaccinated children under the age of 5 years." per WHO.

Those who say it should be a choice simply don't understand the dynamics of vaccination: it is not done just for your benefit, but the communities. A certain percentage of population needs to have vaccination to contain the spread. Those who try to opt out just on belief (unlike those who can't due to medical issues) are freeloading parasites. If they wanted to go live 100 miles from anyone else, I'd be okay with that. But if you live in communities, sometimes the community is more important than your beliefs, however wrong headed

[Thingamabob]

The advice of the 'experts' in the UK was a disaster. I doubt we will ever fully recover from the effects of the lockdowns. Children lost two years of schooling, perfectly fit people were forced to stay at home. In one instance two elderly ladies were arrested for sitting next to each other on a bench in the open air in a park. That was the kind of regime we were living under. Not remotely a Trump fan but I think there is something worth listening to in what he says on this subject. 

 

[transam]

8 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

The advice of the 'experts' in the UK was a disaster. I doubt we will ever fully recover from the effects of the lockdowns. Children lost two years of schooling, perfectly fit people were forced to stay at home. In one instance two elderly ladies were arrested for sitting next to each other on a bench in the open air in a park. That was the kind of regime we were living under. Not remotely a Trump fan but I think there is something worth listening to in what he says on this subject. 

 

Wasn't most of the World doing the same thing when dealing with this unknown pandemic...?  🤔 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 hours ago, cncltd1973 said:

I never agree with Trump, but I think Covid was a huge overreaction that largely affected the obese, elderly and sick. forcing the entire population to vax is a mistake. the US lost 1/3 of 1% of the weak and frail, that's natural, survival of the fittest. if you want to live than try putting some effort into health and longevity instead of making everyone vax. I'm for polio and measles vax but covid doesn't belong in those ranks.

 

1. No one ever forced "the entire population to vax" related to COVID in the U.S., nor is anyone proposing to for the future.

 

and 2. Trump here -- at least based on his actual words spoken -- isn't just talking about school vaccine mandates relating to COVID. He's talking about wanting to ban federal funding for any school that requires ANY vaccine, including those for things like polio and measles that have long been a standard requirement for attending public schools.

 

From the OP:

 

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Such a move would jeopardize the health and safety of students by undermining longstanding immunization policies that protect against diseases like polio, measles, and hepatitis B.

 

[Danderman123]

To be clear, Trump was being vague when he spoke, and will likely narrow the vaccines down to just COVID, if he is pressed.

 

By being vague, he hopes to pick up support from those who follow RFK because they are anti-vax.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The guy is an utter idiot, and by now, I guess that's to be expected, especially since he's running again for president and is trolling for what he thinks will bring him votes.

 

Here's what he's running up against:

Researchers estimate vaccines have saved 154 million lives over past half-century

May 9, 2024

 

An international team of health and medical researchers including workers at the WHO, working with economists and modeling specialists, has found that the use of vaccines to prevent or treat disease has saved the lives of approximately 154 million people over the past half-century.

...

The goal of the team was to evaluate the degree of success of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) launched by the World Health Organization in 1974. The goal of the EPI has been to vaccinate all the children in the world against the most common deadly diseases. At its onset, the list included seven diseases; it has since been expanded to include 14.

...

The research team also found that children benefited the most from vaccination—101 million of the lives saved were under the age of 1. They also found evidence that vaccination programs had a major impact on infant mortality rates—over the past half-century, rates have declined globally by 40%. The researchers also found that the measles vaccine made the biggest impact—it was responsible for 60% of the lives saved.

 

(more)

 

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-vaccines-million-century.html

 

[thesetat]

3 hours ago, pomchop said:

so u are ok if you have kids or grandkids for them to go to kindergarten with unvaxed kids for polio and the like?  have another glass of dear leader kool aide.

I am confused alot by you logic. IF an unvaccinated kid sits next to a vaccinated kid. Does this mean the vaccinated kid will get so sick and die or worse? If so, then what is the point of being vaccinated for anything. My kids had the measles vaccines but still caught measles in the school classroom. Even the COVID vaccine does not prevent you from getting COVID. So why should you force another child to do and believe what you want when there is nothing for prevention in that vaccine.  Whow has the right to tell me what i should or should not inject into my kid.. If you choose it for your kid and believe they are protected in some way. Then the kid next to them in class getting sick will not affect your child. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

11 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

To be clear, Trump was being vague when he spoke, and will likely narrow the vaccines down to just COVID, if he is pressed.

 

By being vague, he hopes to pick up support from those who follow RFK because they are anti-vax.

 

 

"The Trump campaign said this line refers solely to COVID-vaccination mandates for students, not older immunization requirements for diseases like polio, measles, and diphtheria.

 

“If you actually listen to the entire section, and also if you’ve been following his speeches for the past year, he’s talking about COVID vaccines in addition to masks in the same breath. This isn’t anything new he hasn’t said,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said via email.

 

Trump did not say the word COVID while discussing his education plans on Saturday, or in previous versions of his stump speech that featured similar phrasing. [emphasis added]

 

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-school-funding-vaccine-mandates.html

 

Others took him at his word for what he actually said:

 

 

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-school-funding-vaccine-mandates.html

 

[Danderman123]

1 hour ago, paul1804 said:

His vaccine mandate is the Covid Vaccine, not other essential vaccines that are proven safe unlike the MRNA shots thats effecting the healthy lives of many. 

It depends on what day of the week he is talking.

[RobU]

1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

The advice of the 'experts' in the UK was a disaster. I doubt we will ever fully recover from the effects of the lockdowns. Children lost two years of schooling, perfectly fit people were forced to stay at home. In one instance two elderly ladies were arrested for sitting next to each other on a bench in the open air in a park. That was the kind of regime we were living under. Not remotely a Trump fan but I think there is something worth listening to in what he says on this subject. 

 

The 'Expert' in the UK who advocated not vaccinating children with MMR vaccine was struck off the UK medical register. He moved to the USA and plays the system he is now a multi millionaire in the USA promoting non vaccination and selling goods from his website. Making money from the stupids. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

4 hours ago, Paul Henry said:

He is already responsible for over one millon unnessesary Covid 19 deaths through his lies and denialism. In the next breath he will bragg about how he had the Covid 19 vaccine developed in record time and without him we would still be waiting for the vaccine. LOCK HIM UP. "REAL MEN WEAR DIAPERS SO DO BABIES." We know he is not a real man!

 

From the recent past:

Trump renews praise for Covid vaccines, 'one of the greatest achievements of mankind'

Trump was booed by an audience in Dallas on Sunday after revealing he got his Covid booster shot.

 

Dec. 23, 2021

 

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump praised the efficacy of the coronavirus vaccines in a new interview just days after being booed by an audience for revealing he received a Covid booster shot.

 

"The vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind," Trump told conservative commentator Candace Owens in an interview on Wednesday. While Trump has expressed opposition to vaccine mandates, he has long taken credit for the vaccines developed on his watch.

 

"I came up with a vaccine, with three vaccines all are very, very good," he said in the interview, referring to the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson shots.

 

(more)

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-renews-praise-covid-vaccines-one-greatest-achievements-mankind-n1286551