Washington not yet weighing school COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Washington not yet weighing school COVID-19 vaccine mandate
By AP News Staff
SEATTLE - Authorities say schools in Washington state won’t consider a requirement to mandate COVID-19 vaccines in schoolchildren until a vaccine is fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA on Monday signed off on the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds.
The state’s secretary of health, Umair Shah, said Tuesday more than 370,000 Washington teens and adolescents are in this age group.
Teens ages 16 and up are already eligible.
Like the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the two other vaccines available here — from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson — were also streamlined by the FDA for emergency use in response to the public health crisis. Vaccines undergo rigorous review before they’re fully approved, but the FDA can allow use under so-called "emergency use authorization" in instances when vaccines meet certain criteria and there are no approved alternatives.

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