Alec Dent / August 5, 2021

Fact-Checking Randi Weingarten’s Claim About Teacher Vaccination Rates

The president of the American Federation of Teachers claims 90 percent of educators and school staff are vaccinated.

Fact Check

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten claimed in a recent interview on MSNBC that 90 percent of AFT members had been vaccinated against coronavirus.

Schools require students to get vaccinated for other diseases so why is the New York state teacher's union opposing a coronavirus vaccine mandate? American Federation of Teachers President @rweingarten responds.@MSNBC pic.twitter.com/T8aECMVy5G

— MSNBC Reports (@MSNBC_reports) August 4, 2021

Weingarten has made this claim before, and in a July 26 press release stated: “More than 90 percent of the AFT’s educators and school staff, and nearly 80 percent of our healthcare professionals, are vaccinated against COVID-19, and those numbers are only increasing.”