Concerns regarding digital vaccine passports and mandatory vaccines for children prompted the Orange County Board of Education (OCBE) May 5 to oppose the measures.
Its vaccine passport resolution came despite the County of Orange previously assuring the public such a platform, if approved, would be strictly voluntary.
The OCBE’s decision followed an April 7 rally that drew hundreds of community members and public commenters at the board’s Costa Mesa headquarters.
“If we don’t stop and make it an issue and come out against it and bring the public’s attention to it, they’re going to require kids to have this digital vaccine passport,” board president Ken Williams said during the May 6 meeting.
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