# Private School in Miami warns staff to not get COVID-19 vaccine **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839 "2021-04-27T06:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/41 "2021-04-27T20:59:19Z")
Right now the DoD has decided that requiring vaccination for meds under EUA is beyond their legal authority over their soldiers. Though they fully expect to make it mandatory once the meds are under a full authorization, not an EUA. That’s the DoD and soldiers! This case is of course the opposite, trying to prohibit their employees from being vaccinated. But I will suggest there is a case to be made that the employer is within their rights. A stupid case, an ignorant case, an anti-social case. But one that, particularly before the sorts of insane judges common in South FL, they have a decent shot at winning. Remember that in the USA you have essentially two meaningful rights as an employee: the right to quit and the right to be fired. Pretty much everything else is employer’s choice: you can like it or you can lump it. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/42 "2021-04-27T21:04:43Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Right now the DoD has decided that requiring vaccination for meds under EUA is beyond their legal authority over their soldiers. It’s pre-US but some of the mouth breathing anti-vax idjits need to be reminded of how George Washington ordered the entire Continental Army to be inoculated against smallpox. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/43 "2021-04-27T21:13:49Z")
At least a few parents are appalled by the new policy, according to this article: > **['It's Baffling': Parents Confused After Centner Academy Announces They Won't...](https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/baffling-parents-confused-centner-academy-not-employee-people-vaccinated/)** > > Leila Centner, co-founder and CEO of Centner Academy, has recently shared unfounded COVID conspiracies on her Instagram page. Hopefully the school suffers a decline in enrollment. Centner said in the letter to parents that the school “cannot allow recently vaccinated people near students.” That’s interesting, as some parents have already been vaccinated and presumably spend quite a bit of time around their kids and quite possibly their classmates. > The school has told teachers if they get the vaccine over the summer, they can’t come back to school until clinical trials are over which is not scheduled to happen until 2023. How’d you like to be a science teacher at this place? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/44 "2021-04-27T21:16:04Z")
ETA: @Great_Antibob DoD’s preference is clear. They want everyone vaccinated and are promoting that via their considerable powers of persuasion. But they are nothing if not legalistic, and they hold that EUA is enough to cast doubt on the stuff and bind their hands. That same logic can be misapplied in reverse by the Centner people, and the thousands of copycats likely to emerge in the next few weeks egged on by OANN, etc. So their claim will be along the lines of “Under the EUA, how can we know the vaccinated don’t pose some other unknown unspecified threat to the rest of us?” And the narrow scientific true answer is, we don’t know. We also don’t know whether about a year from now all the vaccinated people will sprout wings, develop superhuman strength and a strong desire to kill the unvaccinated by tearing them in half, thereby beginning a battle royale for the future of the human race the normies are sure to lose. It does, however, seem very unlikely 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/45 "2021-04-27T21:16:12Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > How’d you like to be a science teacher at this place? Pretty sure science is not part of the ‘happiness’ curriculum. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/46 "2021-04-27T21:17:20Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > How’d you like to be a science teacher at this place? With my Liberal Arts degrees and minimal scientific training, I think I might be overqualified for that school. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/47 "2021-04-27T21:21:17Z")
Riffing on the Jive scene in Airplane! > Scene opens, Centner headmaster has fired most teachers the week before school starts and has no hope of filling all the positions in time. > > Applicant: Oh Mr. Headmaster, I speak Woo! > Headmaster: You vaccinated? > Applicant: No. > Headmaster: You’re hired! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/48 "2021-04-27T23:10:06Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > “Under the EUA, how can we know the vaccinated don’t pose some other unknown unspecified threat to the rest of us?” How can we know that the school’s headmistress and headmaster Leila and David Centner, supposedly humans, are not actually disguised shape-shifting aliens from the planet Gazoomba in the χ Persei cluster? In fact the smart money would say that they are, or at least, that they think they are. Hence why magic crystals are an integral part of the curriculum. On the plus side of having all the loonies in one place, all you have to do is turn all the outside door locks inside out and presto – instant lunatic asylum! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/49 "2021-04-27T23:25:09Z")
As long as they do the lock switcheroo on “parents visit the school” day so we can also capture the morons who’re paying these people for this drivel instead of a real education. And their mind-damaged offspring. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/50 "2021-04-27T23:54:08Z")
The US doesn’t have OAS, but we do have OSHA, which I imagine is the same thing. And it’s too late for this school to just fire staff “for no reason”: Any vaccinated staff member who gets fired at this point can just point to the public statements as evidence of the reason they were fired. A business can certainly not require vaccination. They can even not encourage it. But as soon as they’re actively discouraging it, or even prohibiting it, I would think that OSHA rules would come into effect. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/51 "2021-04-28T03:15:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I would think that OSHA rules would come into effect. Has OSHA published any rules addressing things like this yet? * * * Maybe the school has a point. I got the vaxxes last month (March 1 and 29) and haven’t had a period since. Ohmigosh! Oh wait, maybe it’s because I’m 69 years old? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/52 "2021-04-28T03:37:56Z")
Here’s the tuition and fee schedule. Lunch alone is $230 a month. Wow. What are they feeding these kids, anyway? [https://centneracademy.com/2021-22-tuition-fees](https://centneracademy.com/2021-22-tuition-fees) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/53 "2021-04-28T03:42:50Z")
According to this story, they also do guided meditation with crystals as part of the curriculum, and have a chiropractor on staff to adjust students and employees as needed. > **[Miami private school Centner Academy won’t employ vaccinated teachers, staff](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article250961279.html)** > > A private school with two campuses in Miami has warned its staff against taking vaccines that prevent COVID-19, saying it will not employ anyone who has been inoculated and spreading misinformation about the potential risks of vaccination. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/54 "2021-04-28T04:20:32Z")
That is an odd mix of beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/55 "2021-04-28T04:48:35Z")
I’d bet that’s the only mixing going on at that “school”. How likely do you think the student body is representative of the area’s demographics? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/56 "2021-04-28T05:00:46Z")
Question. What if you already had been vaccinated? Would it be illegal to fire you now due to the rule change? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/57 "2021-04-28T05:02:07Z")
Did you see that surcharge? The surcharge on a onthly payment plan means the tuition et al are increased by at least $900 per year. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/58 "2021-04-28T05:40:09Z")
One story I saw claimed that it had about 300 students. If you haven’t checked out their website, do so at your own risk, because the home page includes two aerial drone shots of the school that are potentially vertigo-inducing. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/59 "2021-04-28T06:15:29Z")
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**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/60 "2021-04-28T06:17:33Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Trump Indoctrination Center. Oddly enough, Trump actually encourages people to get vaccinated now. Go figure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839.md?page=4)