r. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday he supports efforts by local governments to mandate vaccinations for teachers against the novel coronavirus.
“I'm going to upset people on this but I think we should [mandate vaccinations for teachers]. I mean, we are in a critical situation now,” Fauci told MSNBC “We have had 615,000 deaths and we are in a major surge now as we're going into the fall, into the school season. This is very serious business."
The top government scientist was responding to a sentiment shared by Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, who said, "As a matter of personal conscious, I think that we need to be working with our employers, not opposing them on vaccine mandates."
"I'm sorry I know people must like to have their individual freedom and not be told to do something. But I think that we're in such a serious situation now, that under certain circumstances, mandates should be done," continued Fauci.