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Some local college students will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccination if they want to study on campus in the fall.
Hamilton College in Clinton and Colgate University in Hamilton have already decided to require the shots except for students with religious and medical exemptions.
A “substantial majority” of the Hamilton College community is already or soon will be vaccinated, President David Wippman noted in an April 26 letter announcing the university’s decision. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found the vaccines to be safe and effective, he added.
“Although no vaccine is entirely without risk, we believe the risks of COVID-19 are greater, particularly in a congregate setting such as ours,” he wrote.
Beginning later this week, the University of Central Florida will offer vaccines to employees on campus, regardless of their age, according to an email from UCF.