West Virginia governor: 'No chance' of vaccine mandate for students

[left-of-center2012]

Moderator Margaret Brennan asked the West Virginia governor on CBS’s “Face the Nation” if he is going to consider mandating the COVID-19 vaccine to students in light of a similar order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
“No chance,” Justice responded.

When asked why the state had previously mandated other vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus and polio,
Justice replied that he "truly" believes
"that the mandates only divide us and only divide us more. From the standpoint of mandates,
I don't believe in imposing upon our freedoms, over and over and over. And I've said that over, I don't know how many times I gotta say it,” Justice told Brennan.

COVID-19 cases in West Virginia are higher than they were this summer The state saw over 1,600 new COVID-19 cases on Friday and close to 2,000 the day prior, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/575070-west-virginia-governor-no-chance-of-vaccine-mandate-for-students

[aocommunalpunch]

1. Gutless coward is gutless. n/t

[jimfields33]

5. Those 3,700 who died from COVID in West Virginia

Probably wish they got the vaccine especially those who died pre vaccine.

[SheltieLover]

2. Can CDC or Dept of Ed mandate for all students?

This is ridiculous!

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. "Mandates divide us..." So does death, Guv. nt

[spanone]

4. 'our freedoms'...right out of the wannabe dictators mouth

...and you didn't answer the question, asshole

[dsc]

6. and sadly he is one of the better governors on this

Cooper here has been great, but he only used sneakiness to mandate masks (he drew the quarantine guidelines in such a way that being mask optional was all but impossible) and we have 0 chance of seeing a vaccine mandate for teachers let alone students.