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Growing Number of US Colleges Will Require Students to be Vaccinated, Despite State Policies

posted by Fnord666 on Monday April 12 2021, @11:23AM   Printer-friendly

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US colleges will require students to be vaccinated, despite state policies:

A growing number of US colleges have said all students must be fully vaccinated before returning to campus, in a move likely to anger some state governors. At least 14 colleges have said vaccination will be required so far, according to a CNN tally, and that number is expected to grow.

In late March Rutgers University became one of the first institutions to declare that having all students vaccinated will allow for an "expedited return to pre-pandemic normal."

Cornell, Brown, Notre Dame, Northeastern, Syracuse, Ithaca and Fort Lewis have made similar announcements, though all will make exceptions for medical or religious reasons. Cornell has also created an online registration tool so students and staff can register their vaccination status.

Two colleges, St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, and Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Broward, Florida, have gone a step further, requiring students and all campus employees to be vaccinated.

NSU's policy puts it on a collision course with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. After NSU's announcement on April 1 DeSantis signed an executive order stating that vaccines are available but not mandated. Crucially the order prohibits any government entity or business from requiring a vaccine passport. NSU said Thursday that it is reviewing the executive order.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by EvilSS on Monday April 12 2021, @02:56PM (4 children)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 12 2021, @02:56PM (#1136419)

    No one mentioned insurance. You need to have an ID to get vaccinated.

    I didn't. Filled out a form, got shot, left. They did not ask for ID. Even for places with ID requirements, many do not require a state issued ID, just proof of residency such as a bill with your name and address on it. For undocumented migrants, exceptions are also being made on a state by state basis as well.

    So stop concern trolling. No on believes you actually give a shit.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @04:50PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @04:50PM (#1136505)

    So wherever you live I can have an ineligible person pay me to use my info to get the jab? Then I get the vaccine passport record without the jab and I get money?

    • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Monday April 12 2021, @06:05PM (2 children)

      by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 12 2021, @06:05PM (#1136566)

      So wherever you live I can have an ineligible person pay me to use my info to get the jab? Then I get the vaccine passport record without the jab and I get money?

      Seems like a weird thing to do at this point since both where I live and the closest neighboring state are allowing anyone over 16 to get one but sure, if you can find a sucker to pay you it would work. You could also let them go vote for you using the same scheme as well if you're down for that. Heck, you could even rent them your Netflix account too. Have a blast, get creative.