Covid booster requirement for Fall 2022

[Anonymous]

My child’s college requires covid booster for Fall 2022. Isn’t the current recipe not really aiming at Omicron? Is it really necessary to get a booster?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child’s college requires covid booster for Fall 2022. Isn’t the current recipe not really aiming at Omicron? Is it really necessary to get a booster?

If it’s required by the school, then apparently it is necessary, if your kid wants to go to that school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child’s college requires covid booster for Fall 2022. Isn’t the current recipe not really aiming at Omicron? Is it really necessary to get a booster?

If it’s required by the school, then apparently it is necessary, if your kid wants to go to that school.

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My kid got his booster last week. He had two shots then had covid twice. I know it’s worthless against the current varient, but it’s required.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child’s college requires covid booster for Fall 2022. Isn’t the current recipe not really aiming at Omicron? Is it really necessary to get a booster?

If it’s required by the school, then apparently it is necessary, if your kid wants to go to that school.

This.
My kid got his booster last week. He had two shots then had covid twice. I know it’s worthless against the current varient, but it’s required.

Mine didn’t react well to the vaccine, making me feel hesitant about the booster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child’s college requires covid booster for Fall 2022. Isn’t the current recipe not really aiming at Omicron? Is it really necessary to get a booster?

It is unfortunately "necessary" if your child's school still requires it, though it is bad policy. A few schools dropped the booster for the time being, e.g. Northwestern, Cornell, Duke, Univ of Rochester, acknowledging the uselessness.

I would wait as long as possible, until the school's deadline, to see what will happen with fall boosters, as last week FDA discussed new omicron bivalent versions. It's unclear whether those would be broadly recommended by CDC for younger (<50) age groups without data (as occurred with the first booster) and then mandated by colleges.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child’s college requires covid booster for Fall 2022. Isn’t the current recipe not really aiming at Omicron? Is it really necessary to get a booster?

If it’s required by the school, then apparently it is necessary, if your kid wants to go to that school.

This.
My kid got his booster last week. He had two shots then had covid twice. I know it’s worthless against the current varient, but it’s required.

Mine didn’t react well to the vaccine, making me feel hesitant about the booster.

Then you should have insisted your kid pick a school that did not require the booster.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child’s college requires covid booster for Fall 2022. Isn’t the current recipe not really aiming at Omicron? Is it really necessary to get a booster?

If it’s required by the school, then apparently it is necessary, if your kid wants to go to that school.

This.
My kid got his booster last week. He had two shots then had covid twice. I know it’s worthless against the current varient, but it’s required.

Mine didn’t react well to the vaccine, making me feel hesitant about the booster.

If you haven't already done so, thoroughly explore the school's website for exemption potential. Be aware that in many states, doctors are explicitly prohibited from writing covid vaccine exemptions by their state licensing board. Also, the ease or difficulty of getting a medical exemption approved by the university varies quite widely - some schools, perhaps no problem, others, next to impossible absent a PEG allergy. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Happy my kid's school does not require the booster. She has been fully vaccinated and we are done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happy my kid's school does not require the booster. She has been fully vaccinated and we are done.

What are you going to do when the Biden Administration mandates boosters?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child’s college requires covid booster for Fall 2022. Isn’t the current recipe not really aiming at Omicron? Is it really necessary to get a booster?

If it’s required by the school, then apparently it is necessary, if your kid wants to go to that school.

This.
My kid got his booster last week. He had two shots then had covid twice. I know it’s worthless against the current varient, but it’s required.

Mine didn’t react well to the vaccine, making me feel hesitant about the booster.

Pp here. Most don’t. It cost him a day of fever and headache, but it’s the cost of college. It’s no different than the numerous childhood vaccines that the college requires that also caused fevers when they were too young to complain.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child’s college requires covid booster for Fall 2022. Isn’t the current recipe not really aiming at Omicron? Is it really necessary to get a booster?

If it’s required by the school, then apparently it is necessary, if your kid wants to go to that school.

This.
My kid got his booster last week. He had two shots then had covid twice. I know it’s worthless against the current varient, but it’s required.

Mine didn’t react well to the vaccine, making me feel hesitant about the booster.

If you haven't already done so, thoroughly explore the school's website for exemption potential. Be aware that in many states, doctors are explicitly prohibited from writing covid vaccine exemptions by their state licensing board. Also, the ease or difficulty of getting a medical exemption approved by the university varies quite widely - some schools, perhaps no problem, others, next to impossible absent a PEG allergy. Good luck.

In addition, colleges can require those with exemptions to follow different masking or quarantine protocol, and can even ask them to leave campus in the event of an outbreak