gut-wrenching. reporter: the nation s largest educators are endorsing teachers getting vaccinated. they say teachers and other educators should have the option to submit to regular testing but added that her 3 million members should embrace vaccinations ahead of the new school year. it is clear vaccinations is one of the most effective ways to keep schools safe. meanwhile the american federation of teachers, the nation s second largest teachers union has stopped short of enforcing vaccine requirements. according to politico, union officials instead voted to encourage its workers to mandate potential mandates with local governments and school systems. additionally the supreme court refused to block indiana university s requirement that students be vaccinated against covid-19 in order to attend classes in the fall sme southeast mester.
this was the first legal test of a covid vaccine mandate to come before the justices. bc news reports a challenge to the policy was directed to amy coney barrett, the justice in charge of that region of the country who denied it. there were no noted dissents from other justices. eight students asked the court for an emergency order, arguing that the risks associated with the vaccine outweigh the potential benefits for the population in their age group. a federal judge ruled last month that the school had a right to pursue, quote, a reasonable and due process of a vaccination in the legitimate interest of the public health for its students, faculty, and staff. the second circuit court of appeals and staff agreed. they will allow exceptions for students who object for medical and other reasons. still ahead, major league baseball field of dreams ends in dramatic fashion. plus, is pop star britney spears finally free from a
manufactures a drug used to fight covid-19 back in 2019 when it was beginning to come to light. the washington post reports, quote, a disclose nur a filing with the senate came 16 months after the 45-day reporting deadline set forth in the stock app which is designed to combat insider trading. since 2012 the senator and his wife had not bought or sold stock in an individual company in at least ten years before buying these shares. paul has disclosed nearly 200,000 transactions involving mutual funds, trusts, and government bonds. the senator sits on the senate health committee which was briefed on the coronavirus threat a month before his wife purchased those shares. still ahead, with the school year just getting under way, hundreds of schools in one florida county have been forced to kwarn team over covid concerns. plus, what the new 2020
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i m jonathan lemire. nbc 6 in miami is reporting that three teachers and a teacher s assistant in broward county have died this week. all for were on summer break when they contracted the virus. they also told nbc 6 there s another teacher s assistant currently in the hospital battling covid. just the week the public schools board voted to approve masks in school. nearly 500 students in palm beach county, florida, have been quarantined boston of covid-19, just two days into the school year. so far 51 cases have been confirmed. 37 are students and 14 employees. the school district, the tenth largest in the country, now requires face masks for all students and staff members. around 5,700 students have opted out per an order from governor ron desantis that allows parents to give their children permission to do so. however, governor desantis is