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Residents ask board to cancel student flu vaccination clinic, raise consent and liability concerns
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the Nelson County Board of Education to cancel a planned mass influenza vaccination clinic for students and staff, asserting inadequate informed-consent processes, privacy concerns and potential legal liability.
Several members of the public used the board’s guest-comment period on Sept. 23 to urge the Nelson County Board of Education to cancel a proposed mass influenza vaccination clinic for students and staff, citing what they described as failures in informed consent, electronic disclosure systems and privacy protections. Commenters also warned of possible liability for the board and alleged risks from live-virus intranasal vaccines.
Why it matters: The comments asked the board to reconsider or cancel a planned clinic for students and staff, raised questions…
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