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Opponents of mandatory vaccinations for children dominate hearing


Opponents of mandatory vaccinations for public school dominate hearing
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School buses are parked in neat rows at the Trumbull school bus depot at 81 Spring Hill Road in Trumbull, Conn. on Wednesday, April 1, 2020.Brian A. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut Media
Dozens of parents on Tuesday threatened to move out of the state and at least one suggested legal action if the General Assembly makes them vaccinate their kids to attend public and private school.
The hearing that was set to last 24 hours, until Wednesday morning, was over lawmakers’ attempt to severely limit exemptions to the mandatory vaccination of school children for measles, mumps, rubella and other diseases, ending religious objections. ....

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Bridgeport councilman gets COVID vaccine, urges skeptical Black residents to get theirs


Bridgeport councilman gets COVID vaccine, urges skeptical Black residents to get theirs
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City councilman Ernest Newton speaks at a news conference at the Morton Government Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. Oct. 20, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT Normally draped in his trademark richly colored suits when out and about, Councilman Ernie Newton is publicly baring an arm for a cause.
“I’m here today to get my shot because I believe that this will help us not spread the disease,” Newton says in a video posted online on Facebook over the weekend.
With some minorities hesitant to receive the two-dose coronavirus vaccinations, Newton, a longtime Black community leader and politician, recently pledged to promote his inoculation in order to convince constituents it is safe to do so. ....

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