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University of Notre Dame announces additional Covid-19 booster requirement

2 points by sfusato 4y ago

andrewclunn 4y ago
The CDC is so out of line with what European countries are recommending. I mean it's almost like our health care agencies have fallen pray to corporate capture. I'm sure academia (as a pure representation of the objective search for truth) is immune to this though, so Notre Dame adopting such a policy is proof that we should trust the science and comply.
- sfusato 4y ago
  It's not just Notre Dame though, while in Europe they recommend (not mandate) further boosters to the older population only (50+/65+ years depending on country). Harvard requires all students to be up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations including the bivalent Omicron-specific COVID-19 booster. https://www.harvard.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-information/ https://www.harvard.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-informa... Yale students will be required to get an updated, bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster by the start of the spring semester. https://yalecollege.yale.edu/get-know-yale-college/office-dean/messages-dean/updated-covid-19-vaccine-booster-requirements https://yalecollege.yale.edu/get-know-yale-college/office-de... Tufts University followed suit on Sept. 16, announcing it would require students, staff, and faculty to get the omicron vaccine booster by Dec. 2. https://coronavirus.tufts.edu/healthy-at-tufts/covid-19-vaccinations-tufts https://coronavirus.tufts.edu/healthy-at-tufts/covid-19-vacc... With this recommendation, the University of California Vaccine policy now requires all staff and students to get the bivalent booster, when eligible https://campusready.ucdavis.edu/covid-vaccination https://campusready.ucdavis.edu/covid-vaccination New York University (NYU) requires boosters for all students https://www.nyu.edu/life/safety-health-wellness/coronavirus-information/covid-related-guidance/covid-19-vaccine.html https://www.nyu.edu/life/safety-health-wellness/coronavirus-...

2 points by sfusato 4y ago

The CDC is so out of line with what European countries are recommending. I mean it's almost like our health care agencies have fallen pray to corporate capture. I'm sure academia (as a pure representation of the objective search for truth) is immune to this though, so Notre Dame adopting such a policy is proof that we should trust the science and comply.

sfusato 4y ago
It's not just Notre Dame though, while in Europe they recommend (not mandate) further boosters to the older population only (50+/65+ years depending on country). Harvard requires all students to be up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations including the bivalent Omicron-specific COVID-19 booster. https://www.harvard.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-information/ https://www.harvard.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine-informa... Yale students will be required to get an updated, bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster by the start of the spring semester. https://yalecollege.yale.edu/get-know-yale-college/office-dean/messages-dean/updated-covid-19-vaccine-booster-requirements https://yalecollege.yale.edu/get-know-yale-college/office-de... Tufts University followed suit on Sept. 16, announcing it would require students, staff, and faculty to get the omicron vaccine booster by Dec. 2. https://coronavirus.tufts.edu/healthy-at-tufts/covid-19-vaccinations-tufts https://coronavirus.tufts.edu/healthy-at-tufts/covid-19-vacc... With this recommendation, the University of California Vaccine policy now requires all staff and students to get the bivalent booster, when eligible https://campusready.ucdavis.edu/covid-vaccination https://campusready.ucdavis.edu/covid-vaccination New York University (NYU) requires boosters for all students https://www.nyu.edu/life/safety-health-wellness/coronavirus-information/covid-related-guidance/covid-19-vaccine.html https://www.nyu.edu/life/safety-health-wellness/coronavirus-...