Covid

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by thumpferee

I would love to know how they plan on figuring that out!

While HIPAA only prohibits healthcare providers and healthcare businesses from disclosing protected information to anyone other than a patient without their consent, school systems are not covered by the law, but are covered by ordinary, common sense, privacy laws concerning minors.

School systems can require, by state law, proof of various vaccinations (Diphtheria, Tetanus, & Pertussis, Polio, Chickenpox, Measles, Mumps, & Rubella, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis A) for attendance, with all allowing medical exemptions, and some allowing religious exemptions.

It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to make COVID vaccinations or masks required for interscholastic sports. Connecticut interscholastic sports already require proof of a recent physical exam in order to participate.

However, for various reasons, I'm fairly certain that this idea won't fly. Maybe voluntary mask wearing, or everybody wearing masks, but nothing beyond that.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Private businesses are free to do whatever they want to do in terms of "mask discrimination", but schools are government controlled public places, no need to put a "label" on a minor that says "not vaccinated". Adolescents have enough to deal with, even without COVID, no need for unneeded additional stress.