To the Editor:
Re “F.D.A. Approves Pfizer’s Vaccine for Ages 12 to 15” (front page, May 11):
Now that Covid vaccines will be made available to children 12 and over, New York City and State should consider making the vaccine mandatory for students 12 years and older to return to school in the fall. Students currently need to be vaccinated to prevent the spread of highly communicable diseases like measles, polio, chickenpox, diphtheria, etc.
Parents should be given ample time to comply with any mandate adding Covid to the list.
Furthermore, now that the vaccine is widely available to adults, should not those who are employed by the schools — administrators, teachers, aides, cafeteria workers, security officers, etc. — present proof of vaccination as a condition of employment in September? I have heard politicians say schools are safe and they are making changes to ensure that fact, yet nothing about mandating vaccinations.
Lawrence Abrams
New York
The writer is a retired principal.
Underpaid Workers
To the Editor:
Re “Biden Says Unemployed Must Accept Job Offers” (Business, May 11):
Can we state the obvious? If getting the Covid unemployment subsidy pays better than going to work, can we admit that many workers are severely underpaid for the work they do? It seems that some employers cannot hire workers for the wage they want to offer, not the wage that is fair.
Jan Owens
Mount Pleasant, Wis.