{"id":387412,"date":"2021-04-04T17:58:22","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T21:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=387412"},"modified":"2021-04-04T17:58:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T21:58:24","slug":"cornell-mandates-students-staff-get-vaccinated-to-return-to-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-mandates-students-staff-get-vaccinated-to-return-to-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornell Mandates Students, Staff Get Vaccinated To Return To Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcornell-mandates-students-staff-get-vaccinated-to-return-to-campus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=387412&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-157.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Leadership at Cornell University announced that students and staff must be vaccinated in order to return to campus in the fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a press release, university President Martha Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced that Cornell would become the next school to make a return-to-campus contingent upon vaccination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWith the recent announcements of expanded vaccine eligibility in New York and other states, and increasing vaccine production, it is likely that all members of our community will be able to obtain vaccination sometime this spring or summer,\u201d the email reads. \u201cAccordingly, Cornell intends to require vaccination for students returning to Ithaca, Geneva, and Cornell Tech campuses for the fall semester.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/03\/cornell-university-mandates-covid-19-vaccines-for-students\/?utm_source=maropost&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=nypevening&amp;utm_content=20210403&amp;tpcc=evening_update&amp;mpweb=755-9337845-720622161\"><span>New York Post<\/span><\/a><span>, vaccine exceptions will be made for individuals with religious and medical exemptions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cornell believes that the vaccination efforts will allow the school to return to in-person classroom instruction, though it made no mention of whether in-person learning will require students and staff to wear face masks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On March 25, Rutgers University in New Jersey became the first school to mandate vaccination of students and staff. More universities are expected to follow suit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cornell\u2019s announcement comes after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that residents above the age of 16 will be eligible for the vaccine beginning April 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cuomo also announced that New Yorkers will be required to show \u201cvaccine passports\u201d \u2014 proof that they have received the COVID-19 vaccine \u2014 to re-enter society. The so-called \u201cExcelsior Pass\u201d launched on April 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-will-officially-begin-requiring-vaccine-passports-on-april-2\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><i><span>\u201cSimilar to a mobile airline boarding pass, individuals will be able to either print out their pass or store it on their smartphones using the Excelsior Pass Wallet app,\u201d said a press release about the program. \u201cEach pass will have a secure QR code, which participating businesses and venues can scan using a companion app to verify proof of COVID-19 negative test results or proof of vaccination. An individual\u2019s data is kept secure and confidential at all times.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The Biden administration is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-admin-working-on-vaccine-passports-that-could-display-a-scannable-code-similar-to-an-airline-boarding-pass-report\"><span>reportedly<\/span><\/a><span> working on a nation-wide coronavirus vaccine passport in coordination with businesses that have indicated that they will require proof of vaccination for people to enter their business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2021\/03\/28\/vaccine-passports-for-work\/\">The Washington Post<\/a><\/span><span>, vaccine passport developers intend to create a digital version of the passport. The digital version \u201ccould display a scannable code similar to an airline boarding pass.\u201d The vaccine passport idea is expected to face \u201csignificant hurdles\u201d surrounding data privacy and ensuring that passports cannot be counterfeited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One state has already outlawed vaccine passports. On April 2, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/florida-gov-ron-desantis-delivers-on-promise-bans-vaccine-passports-with-executive-order\"><span>signed an executive order<\/span><\/a><span> banning \u201cvaccine passports\u201d in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cToday I issued an executive order prohibiting the use of so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports,\u201d DeSantis tweeted. \u201cThe Legislature is working on making permanent these protections for Floridians and I look forward to signing them into law soon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership at Cornell University announced that students and staff must be vaccinated in order to return to campus in the fall.In a press release, university President Martha Pollack and Provost &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311648,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-157.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Cornell Mandates Students, Staff Get Vaccinated To Return To Campus","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-157.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Cornell Mandates Students, Staff Get Vaccinated To Return To Campus","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}