# 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:** 8
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/141 "2021-05-14T22:24:27Z")
> [@From link posted by Skywatcher just above](#): > > . . . a “mask-free, freedom-fighting” conference . . . > 🙄 Definitely fighting freedom all right. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/142 "2021-05-14T22:58:00Z")
Now that all of us can attend events everywhere mask free (if vaccinated), this monstrous blow for freedom akin to the American force’s stalwart defense of Fort McHenry against the British rings a bit … hollow. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/143 "2021-10-20T02:11:23Z")
And, yes! They’re [they’re back in the news](https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/10/18/new-controversy-surrounding-centner-academy-over-covid-19-vaccine-policy-with-students/)! > New controversy surrounding Centner Academy over COVID-19 vaccine policy with students This beacon of health information and science now require 30 days at home for anyone who gets a vaccination (that’s 30 days for each shot). Why? Because those who get the vaccine will shed the virus. How do they still have credentials to operate as a school? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/144 "2021-10-20T03:04:32Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > How do they still have credentials to operate as a school? Given the extremely high standards of the state of Florida… ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/145 "2021-10-20T20:23:41Z")
As timely as today’s headlines: > **[Florida School Revises Covid Guidelines To Reflect Latest Misinformation](https://www.theonion.com/florida-school-revises-covid-guidelines-to-reflect-late-1847888404)** > > MIAMI—Promising to remain current on any recommendations that might gain traction on social media or receive a platform on right-wing news outlets, officials at Miami’s Centner Academy stated Tuesday that they always revised their Covid guidelines to... ---
**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:** [October 21, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/146 "2021-10-21T00:42:53Z")
What’s that “Internet Law” about something being true although it looks like an extreme parody? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/147 "2021-10-21T01:14:02Z")
> **[Poe's law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture saying that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parody of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of the views being parodied. > Poe's law is based on a comment written by Nathan Poe in 2005 on christianforums.com, an Internet forum on Christianity. The message was posted during a debate on creationism, where a previous poster had remarked to another user... ---
**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:** [October 21, 2021, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/148 "2021-10-21T01:24:46Z")
Thanks, but that seems to me it’s saying a parody looks true. I’m asking about the converse: it’s true but it looks like a parody. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/149 "2021-10-21T01:48:06Z")
The point is, parody and truth are indistinguishable. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/150 "2021-10-21T04:18:23Z")
Exactly. Poe’s Law works both ways. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/151 "2021-10-21T11:53:10Z")
Bit late but what’s an “emotional ninja”? ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/152 "2021-10-21T13:16:50Z")
When the knight in shining armor is out sick, emotional ninjas come to your emotional rescue. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/153 "2021-10-21T13:18:24Z")
I want a support ninja! You can take them on planes 'cause no one will ever see them. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/154 "2021-10-21T14:40:28Z")
Summoning an emotional support ninja is surprisingly effective. There is a secret mantra you have to learn (I can’t tell you what it is, that’s a secret) but they will swoop in and make everything better. You won’t see or hear them, because it’s a ninja, but you’ll feel better afterward. It’s basically identical to praying to angels but cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/155 "2023-03-13T14:48:34Z")
Bumping because [one of those loons whitewashed the school’s Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Centner_Academy&curid=67532510&action=history) today. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/156 "2023-03-13T15:03:19Z")
Centner continues to proudly fly its [antivax](https://centneracademy.com/our-vaccine-policy) and [anti-science](https://centneracademy.com/critical-thinking-3) freak flags. “Critical thinking” does not mean what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/157 "2023-03-13T15:14:36Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > “Critical thinking” does not mean what you think it means. You’re not the boss of English! Words can mean many things! Sheeple! ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/158 "2023-03-13T18:13:10Z")
I live in rural Arizona, an hour from Prescott. Common clay of the west doesn’t come close to describing some of the crazy I’ve seen. I go to Tai-chi classes twice a week. The classes are inside and you need a lot of room to get a good workout. I let it be known that I have had 5 covid jabs as well as my flu shot. The end result is 4 ladies on one side of the room and 10-12 crowded into the other side of the room so they don’t get our vaccination cooties. Just because I am petty and spiteful, my spot is by the window that is upwind to everyone. The breeze through the open window washes over me and spreads my cooties through the entire room. It’s very entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/159 "2023-03-13T18:20:19Z")
Tai-chi. For when mannequins attack. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839/160 "2023-03-13T18:32:05Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Just because I am petty and spiteful, my spot is by the window that is upwind to everyone. The breeze through the open window washes over me and spreads my cooties through the entire room. > > It’s very entertaining. I like the cut of your jib, Miss! I’m not so fond of the cut of your gibbering classmates. Back in the vBulletin days when many of us had sigs or visible mottos there was somebody whose tagline was something close to > Some opinions are so bad that ridicule is the best response I forget who it was and exactly how they said it. It was much better said than I just did. But it fits your classmates perfectly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839.md?page=9)