Virginia s Largest Public Universities Drop Vax Mandate for Students
Virginia s largest public universities have dropped their Covid-19 vaccination requirement for students to attend in person or to enroll in light of last week s legal opinion issued by state Attorney General Jason Miyares.
Virginia Tech, George Mason University, the University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University announced updates in their policies for the ongoing spring semester on Monday.
Miyares opinion, released Friday, said state universities and colleges cannot require the Covid-19 vaccine for students unless the commonwealth s legislature includes it among required immunizations for higher education institutions. The legal guidance has no direct consequences if it isn t followed, but an individual who decides to sue a university for not following the guidance could use Miyares opinion in court, his office previously told CNN.All of the universities changed their requirements for employees and instead strongly encouraged them to get vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19 after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, signed an executive directive the day he took office rescinding the vaccine requirements for state employees.
But get those five year old’s vaxxed, those darn disease vectors. And mask them up too! California will probably be the last state to acknowledge reality, if they ever do. But I see more and more people not wearing masks in the stores.