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US colleges divided over requiring student COVID-19 vaccinations
By AP Staff article
Olivier Tchimou, a student pharmacist administers the vaccine to a student in Riggleman Hall. The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department led a vaccination effort on the campus of the University of Charleston. (Photo by Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightR
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U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should or legally can require it.
Universities including Rutgers, Brown, Cornell and Northeastern recently told students they must get vaccinated before returning to campus next fall. They hope to achieve herd immunity on campus, which they say would allow them to loosen spacing restrictions in classrooms and dorms.
CHARLESTON â The South African variant of COVID-19 was detected in Berkeley County this week as cases of the United Kingdom variant continue to rise in West Virginia.
Health officials say these mutated strains can be more contagious and easier to spread than the common COVID-19 virus. At his COVID-19 briefing Friday, Gov. Jim Justice and state health leaders said more teenagers and younger West Virginians need to get vaccinated as the stateâs rates rise.
âToday, weâre again calling on the parents and grandparents to step up and tell your children to get vaccinated,â Justice said. âWeâve got to get you vaccinated because you are the people transmitting this virus more than anyone else.â