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We know that there are vaccines for all kinds of other diseases that are required. measles, mmr, polio and so forth. why not covid-19? >> yeah. we have a long history of schools being a critical component of tracking and monitoring and encouraging families to get vaccinations. so they absolutely should be involved in this. school nurses are a key component to that. and so we should really be continuing to look at how we are going to handle the vaccinations. how we are going to know who is vaccinated, who is not, and what are the other strategies we have to put into place to keep everyone safe ...

Surprised that in the future, this is something that would be seriously considered depending upon how we handle the outbreak. >> so, you know, states decide, this is a state's issue, which immunizations to require but all states do require kids in school to be vaccinated against mmr, measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox. here in new york we're required for our kids to get the flu shot every year so it would seem completely inconsistent to not require the coronavirus vaccine, as well but dr. o'neil, how do you see this? you're a mother and doctor. do you think the covid vaccination should be on...

>> that's right. >> and what is that going to mean? >> well, we already have districts in our schools that have below standard immunization rates. we already have counties in tennessee that are prime sites for outbreaks of highly infectious diseases. we're 30,000 doses behind in mmr vaccines because parents felt like they couldn't get vaccinated or their pediatricians or the department of health weren't available during the pandemic. we have been told we can't even go remind those parents that they need to bring their children in to get vaccinated. so if folks think that covid-19 is highly tra...

The state government has imposed various levels of restrictions vide its order dated June 4, 2021, based on the weekly positivity rate and the oxygen bed availability in each district or separate administrative unit (municipal corporations with a population of more than 1 million). ​

Enough when we have over 600,000 americans who have died from the coronavirus. deaths are still happening and the spread is still happening particularly in places where there are lower vaccination rates. indiana is one of those states that is behind the national average right now in terms of vaccines. the university has already required vaccines for other types of illnesses, for mmr, for meningitis. this was all before the pandemic and they do allow for exemptions. so why is there a problem with this one? >> well, of course your recitation of what has happened is an interesting historical reci...