Parents Protest California COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Kids
父母抗议加州针对儿童的 COVID-19 疫苗授权
More than a thousand people crowded the front steps of the California Capitol on Monday to protest Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to require all children to get the coronavirus vaccine to attend public and private schools.
周一，一千多人聚集在加州国会大厦的前门台阶上，抗议州长加文·纽瑟姆 (Gavin Newsom) 要求所有儿童在公立和私立学校就读冠状病毒疫苗的决定。
Newsom’s mandate, announced earlier this month, made California the first state in the country to say it will require the COVID-19 vaccine for schoolchildren once it receives full federal approval.
纽瑟姆本月早些时候宣布的授权使加利福尼亚州成为美国第一个表示一旦获得联邦全面批准将要求学童接种 COVID-19 疫苗的州。
Many parents at the rally in Sacramento had pulled their children out of school to attend the rally, hoping the absences send a message to state officials.
萨克拉门托集会的许多家长已经让他们的孩子辍学参加集会，希望这种缺席能够向州官员传达一个信息。
Parents carried signs that read, “My children won’t be a science experiment to make you feel safe,” and “My body, my choice.”
父母举着标语，上面写着：“我的孩子不会成为让你感到安全的科学实验”和“我的身体，我的选择”。
One mother, Kendall Ramer, said she won’t vaccinate her children against the coronavirus because she feels there hasn’t been enough time to ensure it’s safe.
一位名叫肯德尔·拉默 (Kendall Ramer) 的母亲说，她不会给孩子接种冠状病毒疫苗，因为她觉得没有足够的时间来确保它的安全。
“Everybody should be able to make their own choice for what’s good for them,” said Ramer, 32, who pulled her two children out of elementary school to attend the protest. She said she and her husband will likely homeschool their children once the state’s vaccine mandate for students kicks in.
32 岁的拉默说：“每个人都应该能够做出自己的选择，选择对他们有益的东西。”她带着两个孩子从小学毕业参加抗议活动。她说，一旦州政府开始对学生进行疫苗接种，她和她的丈夫很可能会让他们的孩子在家上学。
In the Bay Area, some parents also kept their students from school Monday as part of the statewide sit-out to protest the school COVID vaccine mandate.
在湾区，一些家长还在周一不让他们的学生上学，作为全州停课的一部分，以抗议学校的 COVID 疫苗规定。
A crowd of parents and children also rallied outside of the Sonoma County Office of Education.
一群家长和孩子也在索诺玛县教育办公室外集会。
Jennifer Wang-Filomeo, a Concord mother of two children, participated in the sit out.
康科德有两个孩子的母亲詹妮弗·王菲洛梅奥 (Jennifer Wang-Filomeo) 参加了缺席。
"We want some long-term studies that years down the road, there's not going to be any negative adverse effect for children," Wang-Filomeo said.
“我们希望在未来几年进行一些长期研究，不会对儿童产生任何负面影响，”Wang-Filmeo 说。
Newsom’s mandate won’t take effect until the school term that starts after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s full approval for the vaccine. The mandate would be phased in starting with seventh-12th grades, followed after by students in K-6th grades.
纽森的授权要到美国食品和药物管理局完全批准疫苗后开始的学期才会生效。该任务将从七至十二年级开始分阶段进行，然后是 K-6 年级的学生。
State officials have said the requirement could begin as early as next fall.
州官员表示，这项要求最早可能在明年秋天开始。
California has one of the highest vaccine rates in the country — over 84% of people 12 and older have gotten at least one shot, and 72% are fully vaccinated. But the state has a vocal minority skeptical of both the vaccine and the government’s assurances of its safety.
加州是全国疫苗接种率最高的州之一——超过 84% 的 12 岁及以上的人至少接种了一次疫苗，72% 的人完全接种了疫苗。但该州有少数声音对疫苗和政府对其安全性的保证持怀疑态度。
Newsom has been one of the most aggressive governors on coronavirus restrictions, issuing the nation’s first statewide stay-at-home order in March 2020 and requirements more recently for health care workers and most state employees to get vaccinated to keep their jobs.
纽瑟姆一直是在冠状病毒限制方面最激进的州长之一，他于 2020 年 3 月发布了美国首个全州范围内的居家令，最近还要求医护人员和大多数州雇员接种疫苗以保住工作。
Newsom was emboldened after easily defeating a recall effort last month fueled by anger over his handling of the pandemic He says he interpreted his landslide victory as an endorsement of his vaccine policies.
纽瑟姆在上个月轻松击败了因对他对大流行病的处理而感到愤怒的召回努力后，他变得更加胆大妄为。他说，他将压倒性胜利解释为对他的疫苗政策的认可。
Opponents to the student vaccine mandate urged parents statewide to keep their children home from school Monday, calling for a “sit out” across California. The turnout was not immediately clear.
反对学生疫苗授权的人敦促全州的父母周一让他们的孩子不要上学，并呼吁整个加利福尼亚州“停课”。投票率并没有立即明确。
NBC Bay Area's Melissa Colorado contributed to this report.
NBC 湾区的 Melissa Colorado 为本报告做出了贡献。
