College Vaccination Rates

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Anonymous wrote:I have two college students. No one has every checked vaccine records. They attend college in PA. Why would it matter? Have you checked your child's high school rates?

I had to provide immunization records to a PA college before they attended

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Emory (home of CDC) requires vaccination records- and a TB tests

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Anonymous wrote:I have two college students. No one has every checked vaccine records. They attend college in PA. Why would it matter? Have you checked your child's high school rates?

This surprises me greatly. My kid wasn't allowed to enroll until she'd sent proof of the meningitis vaccine (the only one she was missing in July before her first year).

Yes, all my college students in the Northeast needed to have vaccination records submitted before they arrived on campus.

It's probably more useful to know which universities do not require this. I'm not aware of any.

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Anonymous wrote:I have two college students. No one has every checked vaccine records. They attend college in PA. Why would it matter? Have you checked your child's high school rates?

They really should. Meningitis used to kill a lot of college students—it’s so great that there is a vaccine for it now. Even with measles — if you have congregate living with hundreds of kids in dorms, even if they are all vaccinated a couple might get sick. If you have a bunch unvaccinated, it will spread like wildfire. They should at least mandate it for people living in dorms.

Mine just got his first of the two set shot for meningitis (high school senior). We timed it so the second shot happens a few weeks before presumed move in date depending on which school he ends up choosing. We don’t mess around with this stuff.

Was also time for a booster (I think it was measles) so he got that, too.

But wouldn’t you have to submit proof of vaccination (if the schools requires this) at time of enrollment? I would think they would assign them housing and a move in date at all until you’ve provided records.

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Anonymous wrote:I have two college students. No one has every checked vaccine records. They attend college in PA. Why would it matter? Have you checked your child's high school rates?

They really should. Meningitis used to kill a lot of college students—it’s so great that there is a vaccine for it now. Even with measles — if you have congregate living with hundreds of kids in dorms, even if they are all vaccinated a couple might get sick. If you have a bunch unvaccinated, it will spread like wildfire. They should at least mandate it for people living in dorms.

Um, I think it’s called Persongitis now.

What is wrong with you? People can die or get permanent brain damage from meningitis. It's not a joke.

I hope that your child benefits from the good choices of others and avoids illness, quarantine, dorm closure, and all the other bad outcomes of a meningitis outbreak.

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Oh jeez. If you think vaccines will help, get your kid vaccinated. Personally, we did the meningitis vaccine. I would respect people's decision not to do it, though.

sitting and worrying about measles vaccines for an 18-22 year old population is, in my opinion, a waste of time and energy.

You should spend your time reminding your kids not to look at instagram while driving, or crossing the road. These are much more dangerous activities for college age kids than potential complications from measles.

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Anonymous wrote:A UVA student died recently of meningitis.

Oh no. Were they vaccinated?

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Anonymous wrote:I have two college students. No one has every checked vaccine records. They attend college in PA. Why would it matter? Have you checked your child's high school rates?

They really should. Meningitis used to kill a lot of college students—it’s so great that there is a vaccine for it now. Even with measles — if you have congregate living with hundreds of kids in dorms, even if they are all vaccinated a couple might get sick. If you have a bunch unvaccinated, it will spread like wildfire. They should at least mandate it for people living in dorms.

Um, I think it’s called Persongitis now.

What is wrong with you? People can die or get permanent brain damage from meningitis. It's not a joke.

I hope that your child benefits from the good choices of others and avoids illness, quarantine, dorm closure, and all the other bad outcomes of a meningitis outbreak.

This poster doesn't have a child, they ARE a child. It's summer, and the middle schoolers are online.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh jeez. If you think vaccines will help, get your kid vaccinated. Personally, we did the meningitis vaccine. I would respect people's decision not to do it, though.

sitting and worrying about measles vaccines for an 18-22 year old population is, in my opinion, a waste of time and energy.

You should spend your time reminding your kids not to look at instagram while driving, or crossing the road. These are much more dangerous activities for college age kids than potential complications from measles.

And this poster is a troll....

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Anonymous wrote:I have two college students. No one has every checked vaccine records. They attend college in PA. Why would it matter? Have you checked your child's high school rates?

Yikes! Which school doesn't check vaccine records.

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Anonymous wrote:Our kid has to submit the immunization record next week. Charged if not delivered.
Big public southern school.

Our kid can't enroll in classes without it.

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^ can't register for classes

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Anonymous wrote:Is there any way to easily see vaccination rates or requirements for specific colleges?

probably easier to see the political affiliation of students and base it on that.

Far left crunchy granola places like Oregon and California have the worst vaccination rates.

Thry were anti vax well before 2021.

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Anonymous wrote:I have two college students. No one has every checked vaccine records. They attend college in PA. Why would it matter? Have you checked your child's high school rates?

They didn't have to submit meningitis vaccine proof?

FWIW, when whooping cough went through my kid's top 10 school 2 years ago, it was the foreign students who hot it, not the vaccinated US born kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I have two college students. No one has every checked vaccine records. They attend college in PA. Why would it matter? Have you checked your child's high school rates?

They didn't have to submit meningitis vaccine proof?

FWIW, when whooping cough went through my kid's top 10 school 2 years ago, it was the foreign students who got it, not the vaccinated US born kids.