One more thing. Stop to consider the fact that it is universities- the very places you are going to be educated, and the institutions that collectively have thousands of academics teaching and researching medicine and related courses - that see fit to require vaccinations. Consider the fact that these are the most informed views on the validity of vaccinations out there … and they think you should get vaccinated.
How is it possible that you haven’t seen a doctor in 10 years? At my school, kids have to submit a physical every September. In our local district, it’s every even numbered year. How is it possible that you haven’t been to a doctor since you were 7???
Anyway, your choice to remain unvaccinated puts the entire college community-- and by extension the larger community-- at risk. The college may very well deny you everything but online classes as a result.
I agree with the advice given above. Not having vaccinations will not keep your from being accepted, since the question is not asked. From what I have seen, you will not be permitted to enroll if you don’t have vaccination records showing that you are current on all required vaccinations.
As a parent, I would also recommend that you get a Men B vaccination. Colleges are close quarters and you want to be healthy enough to reach your goals. If you get sick from one of the preventable diseases, there is a strong possibility that you will lose that semester.
BTW - the student health center/immunization forms are required to be completed by a health professional.
The ironic thing is that people who do not vaccinate are relying upon those who do to keep them from being exposed to the illness. If enough are vaccinated it limits their exposure and thus reduces the risk of an unvaccinated person becoming ill.
Banning people who are not vaccinated from attending classes accomplishes the same thing. It reduces risk.
OP, what career are you pursuing? Many jobs also require proof of vaccinations.
Are you 18? You can make your own medical decisions.
Think about why colleges want vaccinations; They have a ton of young people from all over the country/world living in close quarters…perfect environment for viruses to spread.
Did you know that the side effect of some of the diseases preventable by vaccines is also death?
Or you could be condemning someone else to death because you get a disease and they get it because they medically cannot get a vaccine?
Contact your pediatrician for vaccine records.
Also are you sure you are ready for college? You need to be able to have an open mind and learn based on facts and evidence. If you wrote a paper for college on why anti-vacc is right you would fail because you could not back up your argument.
@bjkmom First of all, you have absolutely NO RIGHT to be making assumptions about how old I am or whether or not I attend public school. And I’m not telling you either of those things because it’s a privacy risk. Second of all, I miscalculated how long it’s been since I’ve seen a doctor and it’s been 7 or 8 years. And the reason why I haven’t seen a doctor in that long is because my parents didn’t want me to continue getting vaccinations (and honestly I don’t either). Also, I have been in perfectly good health and RARELY GET SICK.
@SJ2727 I AM NOT BRAINWASHED. I could just as easily catch an infectious disease when I’m out in public or on a college campus.
@awesomepolyglot I am not a “loony”. Again like I previously stated I could catch an infectious disease while out in public
@KKmama I don’t know what career I’m pursuing and that’s’ the first time that I’ve heard of jobs requiring proof of vaccination
@bopper Again, I am not revealing my age because that is a privacy risk. My medical decision is to not be vaccinated. “Also are you sure you are ready for college?” That comment was very rude and unessecary. I do have an open mind and I assure you that I AM READY FOR COLLEGE!!!
Um, you posted on a public forum. I have every right in the world to assume whatever I take away from your words.
You posted about planning to attend college. That typically puts you at somewhere between 16 and 18 years old.
And I don’t teach in a public school, my kids have attended one. The rules in my private school are more stringent, not less, than those of the local public school.
Admitting that you attend school is not a privacy risk; there are a few other kids on the planet who also attend school.
And if you haven’t been to a doctor in even 7 or 8 years, you need to get to one. It’s called a “well visit” and you should have one every year; that’s why the schools have those rules in place. Your parents didn’t want you to get vaccinations, so they stopped taking you to the doctor? For SEVEN or EIGHT YEARS???
Whelp. Guess you don’t care if jeopardize the health of others who can’t get vaccinated. Nor do you care that you are freeloading on those who do get vaccinated - you are essentially hoping that their vaccinated status keeps those nasty diseases away from you. I’m guessing the OP might be homeschooled, thus no need for proof of vaccination has been required.
Yes, there are jobs that require proof of vaccination. You really should just get it done. It will save you hassles, and be safer for you and your family in the long run. You’d feel guilty, I assume, if you brought a nasty illlness home from college to your parents or sibs when you could have been vaccinated. Or if you got sick with one of these and ran up high medical bills.
@intparent I could still bring a nasty illness home from college even if I was vaccinated… theoretically I could be carrying the disease but not be sick………
I think you need to study the science. You wouldn’t bring THESE particularly nasty diseases home. Vaccines are effective. But only if you get the vaccine. You’ve been poorly informed and advised on this. Which is not your fault, but you are soon going to be old enough to get them yourself. And you should.
DEATH is also a potential side effect of NOT being vaccinated. Vaccinations save lives.
Yes you could, but you’re totally missing the point - which is that if you do catch an infectious disease because you’re unvaccinated, wherever you catch it, you could spread that disease to literally hundreds of people in one day on a college campus. It may be your personal individual right to not get vaccinated and thus get sick if you want, but it is not your personal right to impact on public health and potentially infect hundreds of others because of that choice.
. Lucky for you! That’s great that you rarely get sick. However, it would be a grave mistake to think that that means you will not or cannot get sick at any point. As the saying goes, past performance is no guarantee of future results. I’ve never been killed or hurt in an auto accident. I still use my seatbelt. I get my car inspected and maintain it to keep it safe. I know that my non-accident history does not protect me from future accidents.
Actually, the risk is greatly increased at college because of close living quarters. You are way more likely to catch and spread an infectious disease on a college campus, summer camp, boarding school, or other residential facility. That’s why we always hear about outbreaks on college campuses.
Just out of curiosity, is it OK with you if you get measles? Tetanus? Meningitis? Or do you just think that it will never happen?
Especially when some of those people have legit medical reasons like immune system issues so they can’t be vaccinated. When I was pregnant, my doc discovered that my rubella immunity was low. I’d been vaccinated, but apparently needed a booster that (at least at that time) they couldn’t give me while I was pregnant. If I’f been exposed to someone with rubella during my pregnancy, it could have resulted in serious birth defects for my kid if I caught it. Someone like you who is dodging vaccination for non-medical reasons increases that risk. It is selfish and not smart to skip vaccines.
@celloplayer99 May I suggest you learn some immunology?