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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: 2) by EvilSS on Monday April 12 2021, @03:17PM (2 children)

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 12 2021, @03:17PM (#1136441)
    Unfortunately some of those walking petri dishes are going to spin out new variants. Some of the variants are already showing resistance to the current vaccines. I don't know about you but I'd like to get off the damn merry go round already.

    Not that it really matters all that much. Brazil has gone full tilt stupid and are reducing restrictions while infections (including their very own strain, thanks!) and deaths are skyrocketing. The deaths rate is particularly high in Brazil right now. They should pass up the US death toll sometime in June at the rate they are going right now. India is also seeing skyrocketing cases and deaths now as well, which is interesting since they were fairing well previously considering their population size and density.
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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Monday April 12 2021, @04:01PM (1 child)

    by Immerman (3985) on Monday April 12 2021, @04:01PM (#1136478)

    > I'd like to get off the damn merry go round already.

    Me too. Unfortunately that's not an option unless we achieve herd immunity, which is looking to be impossible without allowing the government to mandate medical procedures.

    So, do we open up, trusting the vaccines to hopefully avoid the worst outcomes even among the resistant variants? Or do we stay in lockdown forever?

    • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Monday April 12 2021, @06:15PM

      by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 12 2021, @06:15PM (#1136573)
      Like I said, at this point unless we plan to close our borders for the next few years, it really doesn't matter all that much. Open or close now, at some point there is a good chance we will end up with a new strain that originates either domestically or internationally that's just as bad or worse than the current one and that doesn't respond the the vaccine. And then it starts all over again.