The University of California Santa Cruz is demanding that all of its students receive mandatory vaccines after an email was sent out informing them of the school’s vaccination policies regarding the flu and COVID-19.
The email states it is “essential” for students to ensure everyone’s safety.
The letter begins, “As we approach respiratory virus season, we want to remind you about the university’s Flu and COVID-19 vaccination requirements. “
“Staying up to date with your immunizations is essential for keeping both you and our campus community healthy.”
The university has told students they must take the vaccine before Nov. 1, noting that they were “mandatory.”
The letter also includes a copy of the university’s flu and COVID-19 vaccination policy, which was updated to reflect the latest guidelines from the CDC recommending ages six months and up receiving “1 dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.”
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“The University of California uniform policy requires yearly flu vaccination or declination for all UC students, trainees, personnel and all others who work, live, and/or learn in any of the University’s locations or otherwise participate in person in University Programs,” it states.
Students will be required to upload the required documentation.
However, those who decline the vaccine must download special forms and risk being r kicked off the physical campus, according to a university form titled “Policy on Vaccination Programs with Interim Program Attachments.”
“If an Exception request is denied, the Covered Individual will be notified and, thereafter, will be expected to promptly become Up-To-Date or will be denied Physical Presence at the relevant University Location(s) or Program(s),” the 60-page document reads.
The university could force non-vaccinated students to wear masks and receive “routine testing” and could also subject them to “more restrictive COVID-19 vaccination requirements.”
The news comes as California has begun implementing mask mandates in several counties.
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