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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

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:

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, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @07:54PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @07:54PM (#1136630)
    Same thing that made every construction project difficult. This was all covered in the orientation when you came out of your coma.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @09:07PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @09:07PM (#1136668)

    So now it is difficult instead of dangerous? And in my city there were more construction projects than ever, so your premise is wrong.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @10:05PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 12 2021, @10:05PM (#1136706)
      Heh. Oh yeah? Well in my city construction workers all wore garlic around their necks, so your premise is super-secret-triple-dog-wrong.

      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @12:31AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 13 2021, @12:31AM (#1136769)

        In my town construction workers wore an onion on their belt, as was the style at the time.