America


1. University of San Francisco 2. Pitzer College 3. CSU Cal Poly Humboldt 4. CSU Dominguez Hills 5. Mount Saint Mary’s University 6. Clark Atlanta University 7. Morehouse College 8. Morris Brown College 9. Oglethorpe University 10. Spelman College 11. Franklin Pierce University 12. Reed College; Bryn Mawr College 13. Haverford College 14. Swarthmore College 15. Oberlin College 16. Morehouse College.


16 Colleges Still Cling to COVID Vaccine Mandates


They won’t give students or parents a straight answer on why.


W BY MATTHEW LYSIAK


hile most people believe that COVID-19 vaccine mandates have been relegated to the


dustbin of history, thousands of col- lege students are still being forced to choose between continuing their edu- cation and taking the controversial booster shots. Despite the federal public health emergency for COVID-19 expiring on May 11, 2023, students at 16 colleges continue to be required to take the shot before registering for a semester. According to No College Mandates,


the list consists of the University of San Francisco; Pitzer College; CSU Cal Poly Humboldt; CSU Dominguez Hills; Mount Saint Mary’s Universi- ty; Clark Atlanta University; More- house College; Morris Brown College; Oglethorpe University; Spelman Col- lege; Franklin Pierce University; Reed College; Bryn Mawr College; Haver- ford College; Swarthmore College;


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Oberlin College; and Morehouse Col- lege.


No College Mandates cofounder


Lucia Sinatra, whose organization describes itself as a “group of con- cerned parents, doctors, nurses, pro- fessors, students working towards the common goal of ending COVID- 19 vaccine mandates,” told News- max that despite the vast majority of schools having scrapped the mandate months ago, the small handful that persist have turned their backs on sci- ence while putting parents in a diffi- cult situation. “It’s like those soldiers who were


lost on the island and . . . had no idea that the war was over” until they were discovered decades later, said Sinatra. “The people who run these schools


have blinders that prevent them from seeing the actual data, and it has become clear that the decisions are not based on science, but ideology.


“For so many parents who have


already invested in their child’s edu- cation, this has put them in an impos- sible situation.” Following the COVID-19 outbreak


in early 2020, nearly every school in the country implemented vaccine require- ments, led by prestigious medical schools such as Harvard and Rutgers. In 2021, then-Surgeon General


Jerome Adams urged schools to man- date the COVID-19 shot in an “Open Letter to Leaders in Higher Educa- tion.” He said he was “asking leaders to take strong steps to get as close as possible to 100% of their students, fac- ulty, and staff vaccinated early in the academic year.” However, more recently, COVID-19


vaccines have become controversial. The original vaccines were taken by more than 80% of Americans after officials pledged that the shots would effectively prevent contraction and


“It’s like those soldiers who were lost on the island and . . . had no idea that the war was over” until they were discovered decades later. — Lucia Sinatra, cofounder of No College Mandates


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