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U.S. teachers' union shifts stance to back vaccine mandate as COVID surges

United States · August 8, 2021 · 11:10 PM UTC

COVID-19 vaccinations should be required for U.S. teachers to protect students who are too young to be inoculated, the head of the nation's second-largest teachers' union said on Sunday, shifting course to back mandated shots as more children fall ill.

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