The National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers’ union in the United States, on Thursday said it supports mandatory vaccination or regular COVID-19 testing for educators as students return to classrooms for the new school year. NEA President Becky Pringle said her organization, which represents 3 million public school employees, needs to “follow the science” since the beginning of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic and believes that vaccines are “most effective” in preventing infection of the virus. “As we enter a new school year amidst a rapidly spreading Delta variant and lagging public vaccination rates, it is clear that the vaccination of those eligible is one of the most effective ways to keep schools safe, and they must be coupled with other proven mitigation strategies,” Pringle said in a statement. “We also support regular COVID-19 testing in lieu of vaccination for those not yet vaccinated or those for …