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Falsely citing risk to students, Florida school bars vaccinated teachers

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/reuters/04/28/vials.jpg"/><figcaption>Empty vials of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are pictured in a kidney dish at a rest stop near Drayton, North Dakota where Manitoba-based truckers, transporting goods to and from the United States, were vaccinated against COVID-19, as part of a deal between the Canadian province and the state of North Dakota, April 22, 2021.<em> Dan Koeck, Reuters</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>A private school in Florida is barring teachers who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 from coming into contact with students, arguing against all evidence that the educators pose a health risk.</p><p>Critics have held up the move by the Centner Academy as a particularly glaring example of the dangers of misinformation as the US works to get its population inoculated.</p><p>In an email to parents on Monday, co-founder Leila Centner wrote that vaccinated people &quot;may be transmitting something from their bodies&quot; that could harm others, in particular the &quot;reproductive systems, fertility, and normal growth and development in women and children.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/27/21/balikan-gaano-kabilis-sumampa-1-milyon-covid-19-cases-pilipinas">BALIKAN: Gaano kabilis sumampa sa 1 milyon ang COVID-19 cases sa Pilipinas</a></li></ul><p>Centner acknowledged that the assertion, which is false, &quot;is new and is yet to be researched.&quot;</p><p>The school urged faculty and staff who have not yet been vaccinated to wait until the end of the school year to do so.</p><p>Faculty and staff, the letter said, should hold off on getting vaccinated &quot;until there is further research available on whether this experimental drug is impacting unvaccinated individuals.&quot;</p><p>US health regulators and the World Health Organization have said that the three vaccines being used in the US on an emergency basis are safe and effective.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/27/21/philippines-new-cases-covid19-updates-april272021">PH logs 7,204 new COVID-19 cases</a></li></ul><p>The Centner Academy was founded in 2018, has about 300 students and charges some $30,000 a year in tuition for middle school, according to its website.</p><p>Centner founded the school with her husband David Centner, a former tech and electronic highway tolling entrepreneur.</p><p>He and his wife donated heavily to Donald Trump&#x27;s re-election campaign and the Republican Party, while giving smaller amounts to local Democrats, said The New York Times, which first reported the school&#x27;s email to parents.</p><p>Aileen Marty, a physician and infectious disease specialist at Florida International University, described the email as &quot;sad.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It gives the illusion that she&#x27;s basing it on facts,&quot; Marty told the Miami Herald.</p><p>&quot;But there&#x27;s not one citation, there&#x27;s not one physician or scientist whose name is spelled out in there. There&#x27;s no references. There&#x27;s nothing. There is no scientific evidence provided.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/27/21/philippines-to-suspend-entry-of-travelers-from-covid-19-hotspot-india">Philippines to suspend entry of travelers from COVID-19 hotspot India</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1672672" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Critics have held up the move by the Centner Academy as a particularly glaring example of the dangers of misinformation.</p>

Critics have held up the move by the Centner Academy as a particularly glaring example of the dangers of misinformation.