Rutgers University Makes COVID-19 Vaccine Mandatory For Students
Rutgers University is making COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for students who plan to attend classes in the fall semester.
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Scary. This can't be legal as the vaccines are only approved for EUA, not full FDA approval. The RU president is a woke lefty though so I'm not surprised. I hope people sue Rutgers into the ground over this.
Amazing how the covid era has made supposedly smart people completely dismiss and ignore facts. College students are at incredibly low risk from covid complications. It's laughable how it would be required for students but NOT for staff. Why just students? They are at little to no risk.
Let's say you're an unvaccinated student in a class with 30 vaccinated students. Why should anyone care that you aren't vaccinated? The other 30 students have vaccine protection. Your body, your choice.
Amazing how the covid era has made supposedly smart people completely dismiss and ignore facts. College students are at incredibly low risk from covid complications. It's laughable how it would be required for students but NOT for staff. Why just students? They are at little to no risk.
Let's say you're an unvaccinated student in a class with 30 vaccinated students. Why should anyone care that you aren't vaccinated? The other 30 students have vaccine protection. Your body, your choice.
No and I don't recall ever having to prove vaccination status of any kind.
Nope. They never asked me either. What's your point then, chief?
It is legal, but most attorneys we have spoken to strongly advise against doing it, as you open yourself up to criticism and legal action.
They can do it for sure. If the vaccine is not widely available to vaccinate all these people, what then. I don’t have a problem with the policy. I just don’t know if there is sufficient time for every adult to be vaccinated by August.
Health Requirements - Seton Hall University
Seton Hall University health requirements apply to all registered matriculating students that attend class on the main campus, Law School Campus and/or congregate at other locations in the name of the University.
www.shu.edu
May not have been the exact law when you were there, but you definitely did have to provide evidence of vaccination before attending.
About 36% of the adult population in NJ has received at least one shot.
If 100% of the adult population in NJ wanted to get one, it would take about 4 months at the current rate and that's assuming everyone gets a 2 shot vaccine.
Though demand will likely drop soon, but I don't think we will get close to 100%. 60-70% is probably more realistic so I'd think we’re definitely on track for that.
Health Requirements - Seton Hall University
Seton Hall University health requirements apply to all registered matriculating students that attend class on the main campus, Law School Campus and/or congregate at other locations in the name of the University.www.shu.edu
May not have been the exact law when you were there, but you definitely did have to provide evidence of vaccination before attending.
Maybe the high school sent it over with transcripts? I don't know. I do know I've never had a meningitis shot, though I never lived on campus either.
Yeah, probably went over at some point. It's been a while but I only remember because my vaccine record from my doctor didn't include info from my old pediatrician and I had to go pick it up separately.
What on earth goes through the minds of college administrators today? This virus is not a serious threat to college students, unlike meningitis for example.
Oh i dont know maybe they seek to protect as much as a university community population as possible
It's up to each person to decide how much they want to protect themselves, how much risk they're willing to tolerate. Nothing should be forced on them, especially for a virus with only a 0.15% IFR.
Seton Hall will never get another penny from me if it goes through with this.
They won't miss me individually but if enough people do the same, they'll surely miss all of us.
Every college or university has particular immunization requirements for incoming students as part of on campus university community, when you decided as schools was immunization protocol a factor for you?
Yes, those are safe, normal vaccines for diseases that are ACTUALLY THREATS to college students.
This virus is not a serious threat to college students and the vaccines are not FDA approved. They use a method that has never been tried in humans before and the side effect profile is quite serious. They could even be considered experimental. Yet people want to mandate it because of the hysteria over the last year where rational, critical thinking has gone completely out the window. It is MADNESS and history won't look favorably on most of what has happened over the past year. To be completely honest, it makes me wonder if maybe, just maybe, the conspiracy theorists are actually right.
Then they should plan for massive lawsuits and transfers as well. Hopefully Seton Hall won’t be as stupid as Rutgers.
You can’t force anyone to take what amounts to an experimental drug.
If I were the parent of a college age student I would have serious concerns about a university making it mandatory. If the only vaccines available we’re Pfizer and Moderna. As we have discussed, the mRNA technology has never been utilized in delivering a vaccine. One of our daughters actually attempted to be a part of the Pfizer clinical study but was excluded because she is planning to get pregnant in the next year.
It is a personal choice, so I have a particular problem with university making that choice for my child. If they are healthy with no comorbidities, their risk of being hospitalized or dying from the virus is minuscule. And let’s remember, these drugs are still essentially in a phase 1 clinical trial. This is a live clinical study right now where normally a drug would never be released at this time until there was more safety and efficacy data available.
It is a personal choice, so I have a particular problem with university making that choice for my child. If they are healthy with no comorbidities, their risk of being hospitalized or dying from the virus is minuscule. And let’s remember, these drugs are still essentially in a phase 1 clinical trial. This is a live clinical study right now where normally a drug would never be released at this time until there was more safety and efficacy data available.
100% agree. I am not saying these vaccines aren't good. They will likely end this scourge and the benefits outweigh the known risks, especially for older folks. That said, everyone should have control over what they put into their bodies. Nobody should be forced to take this under any circumstances.
Here's the rub: Once everyone who wants to take it has received it, that should be the end of the discussion. If a college student doesn't want to take it, that's fine. That person is a incredibly small risk of complications. If a 70 yr old obese man chooses not to take it, that's his choice as well but don't come crying when you suffer complications. There is no threat to "public health" from an unvaccinated college student once all those in the vulnerable categories have had a chance to take the vaccine.
For someone self proclaimed as aplolotical you’re awfully opinionated and have basically zero ability to see the other side of the coin.
