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Before COVID, as far as I'm aware not a single American university required annual flu shots to attend, which is the only kind of inoculation comparable to the
by IdEntities 5y ago
Before COVID, as far as I'm aware not a single American university required annual flu shots to attend, which is the only kind of inoculation comparable to the COVID shots in terms of effectiveness against infection & transmission or the need for frequent ongoing injections.
- goosedragons 5y agoMaybe not university wide but lots of programs like nursing and medicine required vaccines to participate prior to COVID. My mom needed to be update on her shots 30+ years ago while in nursing school. The pandemic is also a bit of a unique beast so it's understandable to make it campus wide.
- renaudg 4y agoCovid is about 10-14x more lethal than the flu (not to mention its other bad outcomes that don't kill you)