Why on earth are these colleges still mandating COVID-19 vaccines for students?

In most parts of the country, the COVID-19 pandemic seems like ancient history. Masks, once commonplace, are now a rarity, and most people have stopped even testing themselves for COVID-19 when they get sick. And, at long last, the myriad pandemic-era government restrictions on our livelihoods and…

For so many institutions to maintain these mandates in the fall 2023 semester is truly absurd and indefensible on public health grounds.

It’s absolutely true, as proponents of these mandates point out, that there are elderly professors or at-risk staff who might be exposed to COVID on campus. But that’s a reason for those individuals to consider getting themselves vaccinated, which significantly reduces the risk of hospitalization or death from COVID. Ifget the vaccine, then it shouldn’t matter whether the students around them do.

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