SUNY and Covid vax mandates

Lindagaf
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 23:01:48 +0000

I’m so thankful Bing mandates vaccines of all types. My kid is at Bing, so hurray, I get to comment on this thread! I love it when ANY college cares more about health than politics! I AM THRILLED that my vaccinated son and his smart, intelligent friends, who go to parties and bars, still bother to get vaccinated because 1.) they care about not getting other people sick, and 2.) they would prefer not to get sick themselves.

Now obviously, kids at Bing are still going out and having a great time, as anyone who has been to downtown Bing on a Friday or Saturday night can attest. And obviously, people who are vaccinated can still get covid. But my son and his friends would prefer to be well enough to attend classes and get their work done, as well as go out and party.

Like most colleges that require certain vaccination requirements be met, Binghamton is sensibly trying to reduce the spread of illness and the subsequent chaos that mass numbers of people being sick can cause. That seems like a great idea to me! I’m all in favor of students being vaccinated if it means fewer professors and other adults at the university get sick. I’m all in favor of my kid being in class with his cohort, rather than missing classes or having to return to zoom school. I love that professors at Bing might take some comfort in knowing that the college wants to protect community health.

Binghamton educates smart kids who go on to be scientists, doctors, entrepreneurs, leaders and many other professions. So to answer your question,

Vac2672:

does SUNY still mandating their Covid vaccine affect whether you will attend or not

my answer would be my son absolutely attends Binghamton and would probably say that there is no logical reason why a college requires vaccines for any other communicable disease that kills people, but wouldn’t require it for covid. In fact, if he wasn’t already at Bing, I think he’d actively avoid a college that doesn’t mandate students be up to date with all vaccines because he would think that college isn’t terribly concerned about the health of the college, its students, and the people living in the community.

I’m happy I was able to provide some feedback to your question.