Coaches, Gov. Lamont urge high schoolers to get vaccinated as COVID-19 cases rise
News 12 Staff
Updated on: Jul 26, 2021, 11:58pm
Gov. Lamont was joined by coaches at a New Haven vaccination site Monday to urge students to get vaccinated before returning this fall.
Coaches said if students aren’t vaccinated, they could be excluded from the field this fall.
"We deal with a lot of kids. They can take [COVID-19] home to their grandparents, their parents, uncles, aunts, and family members,” said Hillhouse High School football coach Reggie Lytle.
It's a worry that Gov. Lamont agrees with.
“If a coach says, 'I want everybody vaccinated.' If the superintendent says, 'I want everybody vaccinated.' If the owner of the restaurant says, 'I want to make sure that, before you come in here without a mask, I can see you've been vaccinated,’ we leave that up to the good discretion of those folks,” Lamont said.