Colleges requiring students to be vaccinated

[HooperScooper]

I'd imagine most schools will do this. Hopefully that means a normal year, with normal seasons for all sports. My son's school just sent an e-mail today saying they will be requiring all students and employees to be vaccinated next year. There will be religious and medical exemptions.

Northeastern, Brown universities requiring students get vaccinated for fall semester

All Northeastern University students returning to campus next fall will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Boston school announced Tuesday. The university is planning for a return to full-time, in-person learning in September with full occupancy in residence halls and...

www.boston.com

 

[upstater]

I wonder if they will be religious about scrutinizing religious exemptions.

 

[Kathy]

I'd imagine most schools will do this. Hopefully that means a normal year, with normal seasons for all sports. My son's school just sent an e-mail today saying they will be requiring all students and employees to be vaccinated next year. There will be religious and medical exemptions.

Northeastern, Brown universities requiring students get vaccinated for fall semester

All Northeastern University students returning to campus next fall will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Boston school announced Tuesday. The university is planning for a return to full-time, in-person learning in September with full occupancy in residence halls and...

www.boston.com

Good - k-12 should do the same once approved for use with kids

 

[huskyfan224]

Scary

 

[UconnFanDC]

I wonder if they will be religious about scrutinizing religious exemptions.

I thought a bout that. May require that school to have to continue spending for additional daily/weekly testing

 

[Chonky]

Both my kids are at UConn next year. They have explicitly stated they will NOT require the vaccine.

 

[Peacefrog]

Both my kids are at UConn next year. They have explicitly stated they will NOT require the vaccine.

Provided one or more of the vaccines achieve full approval by then, this is curious. You are required to have a number of other vaccines to attend UConn or any university. Why not this one? I had to get a meningitis vaccine while at UConn or be forced to leave.

Just today my daughter was able to get the J&J vaccine on campus. Her school is expected to require to attend in the fall.

 

[KembaSlice]

Scary

How is it scary? UConn has required the standard vaccines (measels, mumps, rubella, TB) since the '50's

 

[huskyfan224]

How is it scary? UConn has required the standard vaccines (measels, mumps, rubella, TB) since the '50's

 

[polycom]

Let's not make this political. Garden City doctor responds to critics of his statements made to lawmakers

"I am absolutely not in the anti-vax camp, and I am concerned that these comments came across that way. I have been vaccinated. All of my children have been vaccinated," he wrote.

 

[HuskyHawk]

As mentioned before these are currently experimental vaccines, not yet approved by the FDA so cannot be required. I plan to get mine. But mandates are a different thing.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Good - k-12 should do the same once approved for use with kids

Why? K-12 are at virtually zero risk and all the evidence is they don’t spread either.

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

As mentioned before these are currently experimental vaccines, not yet approved by the FDA so cannot be required. I plan to get mine. But mandates are a different thing.

They are not experimental. The experiments concluded when they tested them on tens of thousands of people then published the data.

 

[HooperScooper]

Both my kids are at UConn next year. They have explicitly stated they will NOT require the vaccine.

Could it be a public vs. private school thing? Has anyone heard about a public school saying they will require students to be vaccinated?

 

[HooperScooper]

As mentioned before these are currently experimental vaccines, not yet approved by the FDA so cannot be required. I plan to get mine. But mandates are a different thing.

Then why is everyone saying they will require it? Will they get sued?

Charlie Baker just said he's fine with it.

GOV. CHARLIE BAKER appeared to have no problem on Tuesday with Northeastern University requiring students to be vaccinated by the first day of the fall semester, even though he has balked at mandating vaccinations for other populations.

The governor said many colleges and universities are considering vaccine requirements for students similar to what Northeastern announced. “It’s going to be an issue they’re all going to talk about,” he said, adding that students should get vaccinated.

Charlie Baker Archives

commonwealthmagazine.org

I'm all for colleges requiring it. I know what my kids have gone through the last year and I don't want to see it again. If you don't want to get vaccinated then stay home.

 

[navery12]

Could it be a public vs. private school thing? Has anyone heard about a public school saying they will require students to be vaccinated?

I think the last thread about this was Rutgers saying they'd require it

 

[HuskyHawk]

They are not experimental. The experiments concluded when they tested them on tens of thousands of people then published the data.

legally they are classified as experimental. So you are wrong. I’m not anti vax. These are not FDA approved.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Then why is everyone saying they will require it? Will they get sued?

I'm all for colleges requiring it. I know what my kids have gone through the last year and I don't want to see it again. If you don't want to get the vaccine then stay home.

Yes. They will get sued unless the FDA approves them. That’s unlikely by fall.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

gold, jerry, gold. blown away. or, all things a very, very few of us were talking aboot here 15 months ago. things, even very important things, just take time before they are widely understood. sigh. why do the scandanavians understand so well, and their public health authorities act accordingly, on the natural truth of latitude 35 degrees? sigh. at least now, a vitamin d profile is a highly recommended first protocol for hospital admitted covid patients. the Ivermectin mention was news for me. thanks.
on the udder hand - well, needless devastation everywhere, particularly affecting the youth.
Overall Spring College Enrollments Down Nearly 3% Nationwide, According to Early Data - Clearinghouse Today Blog (studentclearinghouse.org)
almost 600,000, so far, with especially large losses for public 2 year colleges, have left.
once again, the poor get screwed.

 

[HooperScooper]

Yes. They will get sued unless the FDA approves them. That’s unlikely by fall.

That's interesting because the Attorney General of Massachusetts said she wants to make it mandatory for certain state employees. You would think an Attorney General would know something about the law.

Attorney General Maura Healey said she favored requiring vaccinations for State Police and correctional officers, and gubernatorial candidate Ben Downing said he would require all public employees interfacing with the public to get vaccinated.

Charlie Baker Archives

commonwealthmagazine.org

 

[TheRealKBuks]

That's interesting because the Attorney General of Massachusetts said she wants to make it mandatory for certain state employees. You would think an Attorney General would know something about the law.

Attorney General Maura Healey said she favored requiring vaccinations for State Police and correctional officers, and gubernatorial candidate Ben Downing said he would require all public employees interfacing with the public to get vaccinated.

Charlie Baker Archives

commonwealthmagazine.org

Doesn't mean they won't be sued over it

First Lawsuit Challenging Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine May Shed Light On Employer Parameters | JD Supra

Contending that he could not be forced to be a “human guinea pig,” a New Mexico detention center officer has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the...

www.jdsupra.com

 

[HuskyHawk]

That's interesting because the Attorney General of Massachusetts said she wants to make it mandatory for certain state employees. You would think an Attorney General would know something about the law.

Attorney General Maura Healey said she favored requiring vaccinations for State Police and correctional officers, and gubernatorial candidate Ben Downing said he would require all public employees interfacing with the public to get vaccinated.

Charlie Baker Archives

commonwealthmagazine.org

She has no idea what she’s talking about. She’s just pandering because she’s running for governor.

 

[huskyfan224]

Cool dude. Say hi to Q for me

Have fun living in fear bc of the media and wearing a mask

 

[ClifSpliffy]

She has no idea what she’s talking about. She’s just pandering because she’s running for governor.

fear not. the ultimate arbitrator will be The United States Supreme Court. noice!

how many of youse know what this pic is?

 

[KembaSlice]

Have fun living in fear bc of the media and wearing a mask

I don't live in fear because 1. I'm vaccinated 2. I'm not an at risk population. I wear a mask as a courtesy to my fellow community members that aren't vaccinated/are at risk.

I got vaccinated not due to the media but because I believe in science (not some quackpot that goes against 99.9% of physicians).

 

[HooperScooper]

I don't live in fear because 1. I'm vaccinated 2. I'm not an at risk population. I wear a mask as a courtesy to my fellow community members that aren't vaccinated/are at risk.

I got vaccinated not due to the media but because I believe in science (not some quackpot that goes against 99.9% of physicians).

To respond to huskyfan224 you need to read this.

How to talk to believers of COVID-19 conspiracy theories

Psychology experts offer several suggestions for talking to friends and family who believe conspiracy theories about COVID-19

www.boston.com

 

[huskyfan224]

I don't live in fear because 1. I'm vaccinated 2. I'm not an at risk population. I wear a mask as a courtesy to my fellow community members that aren't vaccinated/are at risk.

I got vaccinated not due to the media but because I believe in science (not some quackpot that goes against 99.9% of physicians).

Cool. What’s your favorite Girl Scout cookie? I’ll get you a box

 

[huskyfan224]

To respond to huskyfan224 you need to read this.

How to talk to believers of COVID-19 conspiracy theories

Psychology experts offer several suggestions for talking to friends and family who believe conspiracy theories about COVID-19

www.boston.com

So that video I posted is a conspiracy theory and that doctor isn’t a reputable person? Good to know

I know plenty of people in the medical field who share the same beliefs

 

[Chin Diesel]

I don't live in fear because 1. I'm vaccinated 2. I'm not an at risk population. I wear a mask as a courtesy to my fellow community members that aren't vaccinated/are at risk.

I got vaccinated not due to the media but because I believe in science (not some quackpot that goes against 99.9% of physicians).

What is the function of wearing a mask if you are vaccinated? How does that protect the non-vaccinated or at risk?
Knowing that this virus will exist at some level for the foreseeable future will you continue to wear the mask or at some point do you say screw the old and vulnerable?

 

[TheRealKBuks]

So that video I posted is a conspiracy theory and that doctor isn’t a reputable person? Good to know

I know plenty of people in the medical field who share the same beliefs

It's only science if it's said by Fauci