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Today, almost four years since the COVID pandemic began, nearly all U.S. medical students, nursing students, and students training in other health care fields are still being forced to choose between accepting continual booster doses of the COVID mRNA vaccines or being kicked out of their training programs.

This remains so, even though many institutions that enforce these mandates on health care students do not do so for faculty, staff, and patients.

This remains so, despite the fact that among the nearly 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S., only *67 still require COVID vaccination for their undergraduate students—and even some of those holdouts do not require boosters. However, many of these same institutions that have rightly dropped mandates for their general student population still mandate COVID vaccination and boosters for health care students.

This injustice needs to end.

First, it is outright discrimination. It is unconstitutional, unlawful, and wrong. No mandate, especially one requiring submission to an invasive medical treatment, should be made on the basis of an individual’s age, level of education, or rank in an organization. Health care students must enjoy equal protection under the law, equivalent to all others working in medical schools and hospitals.

Second, it does not stop disease spread. By now, it has been firmly established—without further argument from vaccine manufacturers or the CDC—that COVID-19 mRNA boosters do not create sterilizing immunity for individuals and do not produce a herd immunity effect for the population. In fact, the CDC’s own website makes no mention whatsoever of prevention of contraction or transmission of COVID-19 in its description of “Benefits of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine.”

Put simply, if I compel you to take a vaccine that neither stops you from contracting the disease nor stops you from transmitting the disease, this will not protect me from the disease. Forcing medical and nursing students to take repeated COVID-19 boosters does not protect patients.

It does, however, endanger students.

The dangers of repeated COVID-19 boosters, especially in adolescents and young adults, are being increasingly acknowledged. The risks of vaccine-induced myocarditis and other severe and even deadly side effects are real and significant. Mandating repeated boosters at this late date, in an age group with a COVID-19 case-fatality rate of less than 1 in 30,000 is wrong. The risk-to-benefit ratio is not even close to being favorable.

So why are COVID-19 vaccines and boosters still being mandated for health care students?

Ask that question, and you are met with the same circular-finger-pointing excuses that shut down schools during the pandemic. No one claims responsibility, but everyone permits and promotes the injustice.

Even more troubling, health care students are commonly subjected to a cruel and dishonest game of bait-and-switch. According to the student advocacy group No College Mandates, “a healthcare student can secure a [vaccine] exemption for enrollment to study for a healthcare degree at the University of Pennsylvania or the University of Pittsburgh, but that same student cannot be placed in clinical rotations…unless they show proof of updated COVID vaccinations.”

When confronted, the universities often blame the clinical training sites with which they are affiliated. However, most schools do little or nothing to accommodate the students to whom they themselves granted exemptions, such as finding clinical sites that do not mandate boosters. Again, according to No College Mandates, one California State University department chair even declared “until 100% of [our] clinical sites drop the COVID vaccine requirement, our department will still require it.”

Clinical sites, in turn, commonly cite local or state statutes—often vaguely or inaccurately—to justify their policies. John Coyle, attorney for a class action suit against Rowan College in New Jersey, characterizes schools blaming their clinical partners as a “shell game.”

There is likely an underlying and utterly non-medical reason these mandates persist. A covert screening process, often used in large corporations’ Human Resources departments, appears to be taking place—this is an effort to weed out any and all individuals who do not passively comply with all regulations, however invasive or unnecessary they may be.

Such an approach poses grave dangers to the profession of medicine and to patient care. The history of medical progress, especially when it comes to good patient care, is filled with examples of reformers who fought harmful medical orthodoxy—and who were initially vilified. “Weeding out” independent minds who question convention in favor of submissive, incurious drones will have disastrous effects on patient care.

If a mandate does not apply to everyone, it should not apply to anyone. This is fundamental to equal protection under the law in the U.S.

Practically speaking, these institutions should immediately drop these unjust, unconstitutional, and unhealthy mandates for their own good as well as that of their students. The COVID-19 pandemic is over. No COVID-19 emergency exists. Institutions that persist will be held accountable over time, and the legal jeopardy they place themselves in by continuing these mandates is potentially immense.

Health care students must take note of the unnecessary risks their universities are unjustly imposing upon them, gather together, speak out, and demand these mandates be dropped immediately and permanently.

Elected officials must take action to eliminate this and other residual injustices of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to pass legislation to prevent such illegal overreach in the future.

Individual citizens must express their concerns to their elected officials and to the institutions where they receive health care.

The COVID-19 catastrophe did immense damage to medical care, much of it the result of gross mismanagement at the highest levels of the industry. Those just entering it must be treated with renewed respect and consideration if they are to correct the mistakes of their predecessors. Ending this injustice is an excellent place to start.

Want to come to the United States legally?

You will need 15 different vaccinations, including, yes, a Covid shot. A Covid vaccine is required even if you have previously had Covid - and even if you are young and at low risk from Covid but at high risk from mRNA-caused myocarditis.

In fact, the government has stricter rules for Covid jabs than other vaccines. Immigrants must have received only the first dose of other vaccines when they apply for entry or citizenship. But they must have completed their Covid vaccinations.

These rules were issued in 2021. They remain in place three years later even though Covid is now endemic and not even the most dedicated mRNA fanatic believes the shots protect from Covid infection or transmission. ...

But those rules do not apply if you show up at the southern border asking for asylum. Illegal alien, undocumented migrant, asylee - by any name, you will be welcomed to the United States, no proof of vaccination required.

💉 On Monday, Rutgers (finally) dropped its college jab mandate...

Slow. And late. But it’s a little more progress.

Canadian medical schools are still mandating the Covid vaccine…in 2024.

Universities Continue to Kill Their Students Via COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Janey Thompson, the daughter of WBT Morning Show Radio Host Bo Thompson, has passed away after suffering complications from a blood clot, according to the radio station.

Janey died on Tuesday, April 9. She was a sophomore at Wake Forest University and was a biophysics major.

While at Wake Forest, she was a member of the National Society of Physics Students, Sigma Pi Sigma, and Delta Delta Delta sorority.

She was a 2022 graduate of Myers Park High School where she played varsity basketball and softball.

The radio station released the following statement regarding the passing of Janey:

The WBT and Radio One family is deeply saddened by the tragic passing of Bo Thompson’s daughter, Janey. There are no words to provide adequate comfort under these circumstances, but we are committed to supporting Bo and his family in any way possible during this difficult time. We know that the WBT Community of listeners joins us in prayers for the Thompson family.

She was mandated COVID-19 Vaccines at Wake Forest University

For service members whose careers survived the now-rescinded COVID-19 military “vaccine” mandate, many are becoming increasingly concerned about all vaccines, which include the flu vaccine.

Objections, including those based on religious grounds, about the safety, efficacy, testing, and research of the injections they once agreed to receive are on the rise.

Federal Court Strikes Down Colorado University’s ‘Unconstitutional’ COVID Vaccine Mandate

A federal court this month struck down the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate as unconstitutional. The ruling could affect similar cases, including a Children’s Health Defense lawsuit against Rutgers University over its vaccine mandate. ...

In a 55-page ruling issued May 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit found that Anschutz’s vaccine mandate demonstrated “religious animus” — in violation of the First Amendment’s Establishment and Free Exercise clauses.

Anschutz enacted the mandate on Sept. 1, 2021, and amended it later that month. The 10th Circuit ruled that both versions were unconstitutional.

The mandate recognized religious exceptions but required applicants to overcome a series of hurdles, which the plaintiffs argued were unevenly applied.

In September 2021, the Thomas More Society sued Anschutz on behalf of 17 students and employees whose requests for religious exemptions were denied and who faced personal, academic and professional repercussions as a result. They argued the exemption policy was discriminatory.

Children’s Health Defense late Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case against Rutgers University challenging the university’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

Can you believe that in 2024 hospitals are still stopping people getting transplants due to their vaccination status?

In the latest example, it appears that the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, turned down an individual because “at this current time, you indicated that you have not received a COVID-19 vaccination”.

Whilst I cannot verify that the letter is real, all of the information in the letter appears to be accurate.

Furthermore, the reason for the lung transplant being turned down is “based on guidance from the American Society of Transplantation and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”.

However, looking at all the advice I can see from both those organisations and the NIH, COVID-19 vaccination is only every recommended. So, according to this letter, the Mayo clinic have taken the recommendation and used wording to make it look as if they have been forced to reject the transplant patient. In reality, they have based their policy on a recommendation whilst implying that it is a necessity.

Covid hysteria still isn’t over.

Following on from my Mayo Clinic post yesterday, it seems Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora are also stopping unvaccinated patients from receiving heart and lung transplants.

A letter from the Clinical Lead of the Heart and Lung Transplant New Zealand says that “the correct information is that the eligibility for both heart and lung transplantation has not changed from when previously discussed with you”.

“Two Covid vaccinations remain a criterion for consideration for transplant. This is along with other vaccinations that are integral to pre transplant eligibility. The Covid vaccines can be of any fully approved vaccine in New Zealand”.

https://eccentrik.substack.com/p/colleges-and-universities-continue

I'm not sure if any of my readers want to apply to join the “Kamala Harris for President” campaign.

However, if you are considering applying, be aware that the campaign requires all its workers to be COVID-vaccinated and “up-to-date” on all the COVID shots.

I'm not sure if any of my readers want to apply to join the “Kamala Harris for President” campaign.

However, if you are considering applying, be aware that the campaign requires all its workers to be COVID-vaccinated and “up-to-date” on all the COVID shots.

At this time, 17 colleges and universities still have Covid-19 mandates for the general population of students to enroll for the upcoming semester or to live in residential housing. Healthcare students are still largely required to take updated Covid-19 vaccines either under a mandate from their college healthcare program or the clinical partner that partners with their program.

While all remaining college Covid-19 vaccine mandates are irrational, dangerous, and arguably criminal, some are even more egregious than others. For example, there is a consortium of colleges in California called The Claremont Colleges. The Claremont Colleges include five undergraduate liberal arts colleges and two graduate colleges. The campuses are small and connected, and the students share classrooms, dining halls, and one common student health center across all campuses.

In other words, other than the colleges they were accepted into, there is not much that separates the student’s day-to-day life at the different colleges. That is unless you review the frequently asked questions under their entrance health requirements tab where you will find only one of the seven colleges, Pitzer College, requires “seasonal Covid-19 vaccines due annually by October 31”.

Three years on: workplace discrimination continues against thousands of New Zealanders

More than two years after all covid19 policies were dropped... qualified, experienced Kiwis remain excluded from jobs they love



Many people are sceptical of the forthcoming NZ Gov Covid Inquiry, including the conflicts of interest of the Commissioners involved and the recent expansion of its Terms of Reference, to include the ‘vaccination’. Those of us who sat through some of the harrowing but censored scenes from witnesses to the Scottish Covid Inquiry, may also be wondering how on earth the essential evidence from these hearings, gets ‘out there’. And with our continued effort and support, it will. Eventually.

Meanwhile, here in NZ, there remains numerous examples of the >3 years old policies rigidly still in place. This is despite the High Court judgment against the NZ Defence Force confirming jab mandates an unreasonable imposition on our Human Rights. ...

Again, this is a demanding, full-time job, requiring high level expertise and qualifications in nursing. The pay is only $70,000 – $89,999 per year. Requirements:

Be eligible to work in New Zealand

Be registered with the Nursing Council of New Zealand

Have a current practicing certificate with the Nursing Council of New Zealand

Be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
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