On the advice of its medical advisers, the Mount Sinai Medical Group, the US Fencing Board on Sunday, November 21, 2021, decided that fencers under the age of 11 will be exempted from the vaccine mandate that will take effect on January 1, 2022 for all national events.

The US Fencing had decided on the vaccine mandate on October 16, 2021, and US Fencing has provided details for competitors and spectators HERE.