WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue is still "considering" requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for the next academic year, President Mitch Daniels said Friday, even as a growing number of colleges and universities around the country are putting those requirements in place for students.
Following a Trustees meeting Friday, Daniels told the Journal & Courier Purdue has not decided to create such a requirement as of yet.
"My current thought is, I hope that with our vaccination program we might just be able to make (a requirement) moot," Daniels said. "Just by voluntary means. We're watching and waiting, and 'considering' is just the right word."
Other higher education institutions around the country have recently created a requirement for the vaccine, including fellow Big Ten school Rutgers University. Thursday, the University of Notre Dame, announced its requirement for all students enrolling in the fall 2021 semester to be vaccinated. The university, the first in Indiana to create such a requirement, is allowing for medical and religious exemptions, the South Bend Tribune reported.
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Currently, there are three COVID-19 vaccines that have received Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration – the two-dose Pfizer and Moderna vaccine and the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The vaccines are expected to receive full FDA approval sometime this year.
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