Colorado College will join more than 100 other institutions of higher learning and require all 2,700 students and employees on the campus north of downtown Colorado Springs to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof before returning to campus for the fall semester.
“It’s the most effective and safest way to get back to Colorado College experience of in-person, residential living and learning,” said Brian Young, college vice president for information technology and chief technology officer.
Saying the pandemic has been tough for students carries the same “duh” factor as noting that calculus 3 is hard. To put it bluntly, “It sucks,” Colorado College freshman Wade Noelke of Austin, Texas, said Tuesday, while eating lunch outside. With mass vaccinations now available, Noelke said everyone is yearning to hear three potent words: “return to normal.”
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“It’s a personal choice,” he said.
Messages about the vaccines have been confusing, he said, depending on how the political winds are blowing.
He questions the rush for pharmaceutical companies to bring vaccines to market and has concerns about their safety and long-term effects.
But Jeanguenat said he’s encountered a lot of pushback.
One example: A golfer in the cart he was riding in last week asked if he was getting a shot. Jeanguenat said he wasn’t sure.
“People who don’t get it are just dumb,” the guy replied.
“I should not have to be shamed into getting it,” Jeanguenat said. “If it was so effective, why do the people that already have the vaccine still fear someone who does not choose to get it.”