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Stanford University Students Petition Against Booster Mandate
A group of Stanford University students, led by a PhD candidate, launched a petition to repeal the school's COVID-19 booster mandate. The students argue that the mandate ignores the low risk of serious illness for their demographic and the high existing vaccination rate of 95%. They advocate for individual medical autonomy rather than university-enforced requirements.
The NCAA updates its policy to consider athletes with a documented COVID-19 infection within 90 days as "fully vaccinated." This recognition of natural immunity coincides with thousands of students in New York City, Chicago, and Oakland walking out of classes to protest mandatory boosters.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced that all students from six months old through college must receive a flu vaccine by December 31. The mandate applies even to students participating in remote learning. Exemptions are only provided for medical or religious reasons or for those who are homeschooled.
