Patricia Mazzei, The New York Times
Published: 11 May 2021 12:07 PM BdST
Updated: 11 May 2021 12:07 PM BdST Centner Academy’s elementary school campus in Miami. The school threatened teachers’ employment if they got a coronavirus vaccine during the school year. Scott McIntyre for The New York Times
A fifth-grade math and science teacher peddled a bogus conspiracy theory Wednesday to students at Centner Academy, a private school in Miami, warning them that they should not hug parents who had been vaccinated against the coronavirus for more than five seconds because they might be exposed to harmful vaccine shedding. );
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“Hola Mami,” one student wrote in an email to her parents from school, saying that the teacher was “telling us to stay away from you guys.”
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Centner Academy barred teachers newly vaccinated against the coronavirus from being near students. Some parents threatened to withdraw their children. Others clamored to enroll.
How a Miami School Became a Beacon for Anti-Vaxxers
Centner Academy barred teachers newly vaccinated against the coronavirus from being near students. Some parents threatened to withdraw their children. Others clamored to enroll.
Centner Academy’s elementary school campus in Miami. The school threatened teachers’ employment if they got a coronavirus vaccine during the school year.Credit.Scott McIntyre for The New York Times
May 2, 2021Updated 2:16 p.m. ET
MIAMI A fifth-grade math and science teacher peddled a bogus conspiracy theory on Wednesday to students at Centner Academy, a private school in Miami, warning them that they should not hug parents who had been vaccinated against the coronavirus for more than five seconds because they might be exposed to harmful vaccine shedding.
Centner Academy barred teachers newly vaccinated against the coronavirus from being near students. Some parents threatened to withdraw their children. Others clamored to enroll.