Rutgers University (NJ) became the first university in the nation to require returning students to be vaccinated against the Chinese Communist Virus (COVID-19) beginning with the new academic year in September, when all students attending classes on campus were required to be vaccinated.
Returning students will be required to provide proof of vaccination for any vaccine authorized for use in the United States. Students enrolled in an online degree program or enrolled in a fully online or off-campus continuing Education program will be exempt. Students may also request a medical or religious exemption. The university also strongly recommends that faculty and staff be vaccinated, but it is not required.
The university noted that Washington approved vaccinations for all age groups until May, which gives U of L students Time to get vaccinated before school starts in the fall.
The school will offer campus vaccination clinics for faculty, staff and students after the vaccine is available, the university said. Until then, the university advises students to schedule their vaccinations as soon as possible.
The school has previously said it plans to conduct a full return to face-to-face learning in the fall semester after most classes are held online. Meanwhile, the school will not hold a face-to-face graduation ceremony for the Class of 2021.
In a statement, Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway said, “We care about the health and safety of all members of our community, and requiring students to be vaccinated will help provide a safer college experience.”
Antonio Calcado, chief operating officer of Rutgers University, said an effective vaccination program is a continuation of Rutgers’ service to the community’s more than 71,000 students and the communities in which they live.
New Jersey expects to receive 267,930 doses of Pfizer vaccine, 174,800 doses of Moderna vaccine and 51,700 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, New Jersey Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said last Monday (March 22).
State Republican lawmakers oppose mandatory vaccinations for returning students
New Jersey Republican Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso has raised objections to Rutgers University’s requirement that all students be vaccinated. She is also the only state lawmaker to question the move by Rutgers.
DiMaso is drafting a bill that would seek to avoid a situation where Rutgers forces students returning to school in the fall to get vaccinated or the students would lose their eligibility to enroll Sept. 21. DiMaso argued that forcing students to get the “vaccine” is wrong and that it would be “hypocritical” to require it only for students and not for faculty.
According to Robert F. Kennedy Jr, head of Children’s Health Defense, they warned Rutgers that mandatory vaccinations were not legal. Kennedy wrote to Rutgers President Holloway, reminding him of federal law 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(e)(1)(A)(ii)(III).
This provision of the law requires that persons who are to receive the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) vaccine be informed of the option of receiving or refusing it, the benefits and risks of using the vaccine, and the possible consequences of refusing it.
If we ignore the debate about the dangers of the vaccine itself and focus on the mandatory vaccine itself, some question whether it should be forced on people because it is an emergency-authorized vaccine (a drug developed in a short period of time). Is this mandatory practice inherently dangerous?
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