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>>> NBC 7 NEWS AT 4:00 STARTS
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>> Reporter: PROTESTS OVER
SCHOOL V█ACCINE MANDATES AVE
PARENTS TAKING THEIR CHILDREN
OUT OF CLASS TODAY.
THERE WERE DISRUPTIONS TO THE
SCHOOL DAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, THANKS FOR
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4:00.
>> A SMALL NUMBER OF PARENTS
>> A SMALL NUMBER OF PARENTS
PULLED THEIR CHILDREN OUT OF
SCHOOL TODAY.
SCHOOL TODAY.
>> NBC SEVENS ARTIE OJEDA IS
LIVE.
>> Reporter: MONICA AND OMARI,
>> Reporter: MONICA AND OMARI,
IN THE BIG PICTURE, WHEN YOU
IN THE BIG PICTURE, WHEN YOU
CONSIDER ALL OF THE DISTRICTS
PARENTS AND STUDENTS, THIS
REALLY ONLY REPRESENTS A SMALL
REALLY ONLY REPRESENTS A SMALL
AMOUNT OF PARENTS.
AND BALBOA PARK THIS MORNING,
AND BALBOA PARK THIS MORNING,
ABOUT 100 PEOPLE STAGED WHAT
LOOKED MORE LIKE A SIT IN.
MEANWHILE, IN CARLSBAD, THE
GATHERING WAS MUCH LARGER WITH
ABOUT 150 PEOPLE LINING
CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.
A SMALL NUMBER OF PARENTS
A SMALL NUMBER OF PARENTS
YANKING THEIR KIDS OUT OF CLASS
TO MAKE A FAMILIAR POINT.
>> I AM NOT ANTI-FAX.
MY KIDS HAVE ALL THEIR OTHER
VACCINES.
>> WE ARE NOT ANTI-FAX.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE SAYING.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE SAYING.
WE NEEDED TO BE PROVEN.
>> Reporter: THERE WERE AT
>> Reporter: THERE WERE AT
LEAST FIVE RALLIES PROMOTED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
AT ISSUE, GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S
PLAN REQUIRING ALL STUDENTS GET
THE COVETED VACCINE ONCE THEY
BECOME ELIGIBLE.
RIGHT NOW, THE STATE IS
ANTICIPATING THAT WOULD LIKELY
HAPPEN FOR OLDER STUDENTS
STARTING NEXT JULY.
STARTING NEXT JULY.
BUT FOR THESE PARENTS, IT’S NOT
TOO SOON TO VOICE THEIR
CONCERNS.
>> MY DAUGHTER HAS AN
UNDERLYING HEART CONDITION AND
WITHOUT ANY LONG-TERM STUDIES
WITHOUT ANY LONG-TERM STUDIES
AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON WHAT
THIS POTENTIAL VACCINE COULD
DO, I DON’T WANT TO TAKE THAT
RISK.
>> Reporter: NICK CROSS SAYS HE
AND HIS WIFE BOTH CONTRACTED
COVID, BUT NONE OF THEIR THREE
CHILDREN WERE IMPACTED.
>> IT AMAZES ME THAT WE NEED TO
PUT SOMETHING, THE GOVERNMENT
THINKS WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING
THINKS WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING
IN OUR KIDS TO PROTECT OTHER
IN OUR KIDS TO PROTECT OTHER
PEOPLE WHEN IN FACT, THEY MIGHT
NOT EVEN GET SICK.
>> Reporter: BUT THE BIG
PICTURE, IT WOULD SEEM THE
MAJORITY OF PARENTS DON’T
AGREE.
MORE THAN 80% OF ELIGIBLE SAN
DIEGO COUNTY RESIDENTS NOW ARE
FULLY VACCINATED.
OFF-CAMERA, SEVERAL PARENTS
TOLD US THEY HATE COVID
TOLD US THEY HATE COVID
VACCINES FOR STUDENTS.
AT LEAST ONE TEACHER WAS PART
AT LEAST ONE TEACHER WAS PART
OF THE PROTEST IN BALBOA PARK.
SAYING
>> IF I HAVE TO BE VACCINATED,
I WOULD LEAVE.
THAT’S MY ONLY INCOME.
BUT THAT’S HOW STRONGLY I FEEL
ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT.
>> Reporter: JUST A FEW MINUTES
>> Reporter: JUST A FEW MINUTES
AGO, I DID HEAR FROM A
SPOKESPERSON AT THE SAN DIEGO
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SHE TELLS ME TODAY’S ATTENDANCE
WAS THAT 91%.
91%.
COMPARE THAT TO 92% LAST
MONDAY.
MEANWHILE, THERE WERE SOME
UNEXPECTED FOLLOWS WHEN SIX BUS
DRIVERS CALLED OUT IN PROTEST
OF THE VACCINE MANDATE.
THAT IMPACTED ABOUT 500
STUDENTS HERE WHO TAKE THE