High school students battle vaccine requirements

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Kelly Leonov says erstwhile it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, she trust's her son's judgment.

"It's his determination not to get the changeable I enactment him," said Leonov.

His determination could besides mean helium can't proceed successful the Certified Nursing Assistant Program astatine Mariner High School.

Kelly says her lad Nick, present a elder has been moving since his Freshman twelvemonth to beryllium a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).

She says he's present been fixed an ultimatum, get vaccinated oregon get retired of the program.

"Literally having to take betwixt and acquisition oregon the shot," said Leonov.

She says he's been told helium has until December 6 to get the archetypal changeable oregon beryllium dropped from the programme tally astatine the schoolhouse by Lee Health.

Seniors similar Nick person to enactment successful what is known arsenic clinicals to go certified.

Clinicals mean moving successful Lee Health facilities wherever the vaccine is present going to beryllium required.

"I can't truly responsibility the schoolhouse oregon blasted them due to the fact that they are conscionable pursuing what the infirmary told them," said Leonov.

We reached retired to Lee Health who gave america this statement:

"As an enrolled Medicare and Medicaid provider, Lee Health indispensable travel the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rules arsenic a information of participation. CMS precocious established caller rules that each wellness attraction workers get vaccinated oregon get an exemption from vaccination by Dec. 6.
This includes students successful our grooming programs. Students who comply with the argumentation volition beryllium allowed to proceed successful their studies."

Kelly says, according to the school, if un-vaccinated students can't get an exemption, they'll person to driblet retired of the programme arsenic of adjacent semester.

She says they were conscionable told this earlier this week.

"It would person been bully to get much of a heads up than virtually uncovering retired this week, I deliberation it was Monday," said Leonov.

Nick's ma says leaving the programme would up-end a passionateness Nick's had since helium was little, earning him the household nickname, "doctor Nick."

"If idiosyncratic had a splinter, helium was like, ma fto maine bash it. And helium would get retired his small aesculapian instrumentality and beryllium truly precise and helium was conscionable ever interested," said Leonov.

From funny to present disappointed, Kelly is inactive hoping for a last-minute solution that would let her lad to enactment connected the roadworthy to becoming doc Nick.