When I received the email stating that the UC and State schools were going to require the Covid Vax, I immediately copied and emailed the admissions office the Fontline Doctors Vax letter. (They aren’t taking phone calls and don’t promise to even return emails within 3 weeks). This was the reply back I received today, so I THINK my daughter is in the clear for a while, though I may still head down the exemption path preemptively.
Dear “MOM”,
Thank you for your email. This requirement is contingent upon full approval of one or more vaccines by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA), and adequate availability of fully approved vaccines.
The CSU also indicated that students, faculty and staff will be permitted to seek an exception this fall, to include an exemption for medical reasons, and more information about that guidance will be shared at a later time.
Please continue to watch your SCHOOL email for more information and updates on the vaccine requirement and exemption process. SCHOOL sends formal announcements and major updates to your @SCHOOL.edu account, and also updates the public-facing COVID-19 page regularly.
If you have further inquiries please respond to this email or visit our Virtual Front Desk (available Monday-Friday between 11AM-2PM PST). Thank you for contacting the Prospective Student Center.
ADMISSIONS OFFICER Office of Admissions Prospective Student Services
Maybe this will give other parents a bit of peace, if not in the short term.
Sounds to me like they're backpedaling after receiving your email, lol!
I'm betting their email said nothing about this the first time around:
"This requirement is contingent upon full approval of one or more vaccines by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA)..."
No, it for sure said nothing like this, and I had been waiting for this email. I would never had know about the letter had I not been reading here.
The scenario I try to compare is the state of South Carolina and school permission slips (field trips etc.) In South Carolina all public schools formally send out permission slips to be signed by parents/guardians, even though they carry ZERO legal weight in court. That's right, schools send these forms hoping you are stupid enough to not know they carry no protection for the school's liability. Short answer, they hope you're too uneducated to question their demands because it usually works for them.
Yep