Mon Sep 6, 2021 – 10:31 am EDT
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia (LifeSiteNews) – Public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, are to require student athletes to take an experimental COVID jab in order to participate in school sports. The announcement comes despite the fact that The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the current best estimate of the infection fatality rate for all children under 18 years of age is 0.00002 or 0.002%.
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) Superintendent Scott S. Brabrand issued a statement last week confirming the need for vaccination against COVID-19 for any student wishing to participate in “Virginia High School League (VHSL) winter and spring sports for the remainder of the 2021-22 school year.”
Beginning November 8, the mandate will also apply to the “dance team and step team, as well as out-of-season practices and workouts,” Brabrand wrote.
In his message to the school community, Brabrand stated that getting students to take the experimental shots “is a critical step in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and minimizing any disruption to learning.”
“The majority of pauses to instruction for our high school students come as a result of exposure during athletic activities, which the
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