To: The President of CCNY, Vincent Boudreau, and all other school presidents From: Miriam Mendez
Date: February 15th, 2022
Subject: COVID-19 health precautions and mandates

As we all know, COVID-19 has been a big issue in the world for two years now. The mandates as well as the health precautions, in schools, are very flawed and are not thought out to really help their students. Schools all over the world have been mandated to give booster shots as well as vaccine shots such as Johnson and Johnson, Moderna, and Pfizer. Some schools, that I’ve witnessed, even have tried to give the vaccine or booster shots to children without their parents consent. All the Principal and Presidents do is send emails stating their going to give their students the vaccine without asking the permission of parents. Additionally, why are students being forced to take the vaccine when it can do more harm than good. Honestly, one can take the vaccine and have no issues. However, everyone’s body is different and there are people out there who can get very sick and even hospitalized over the vaccine. This notion of getting vaccinated or losing all your classes is a big issue because how are we paying for our own education and we are being denied it because we don’t have the vaccine. People with or without the vaccine are still getting covid so what is really the issue here? Some students are religious and believe vaccines are harmful, thus not taking it. The first amendment is all about the freedom of religion and there should be no laws prohibiting the exercise and freedom. How would one make laws forcing people to take the vaccine to get an education when it goes against their religion or beliefs. What if education is all one can have? Another issue regarding COVID-19 restrictions are the 6 feet rule as well as masks. It is very contradictory to the 6 feet rule when students are learning in a class of 40 other students and the chairs/desks are 2 feet apart. The mask mandate is always changing. One day there’s an email saying the masks are no longer needed and then the next day we need to double up in masks. It just does not make sense. To be quite frank, schools should go back to being online to prevent all the madness and chaos of being denied education or standing in line; which can also increase the chances of getting covid. Hopefully, school administrators and presidents can see the flaws in these mandates and accommodate the real needs of students. Change starts with the people and who knows, it can take one person to bring change to thousands.

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