Faculty, staff and students should be free to make their own decisions regarding medical interventions in consultation with their medical practitioners and without coercion. A COVID-19 vaccine requirement, as many colleges and universities are implementing, would violate basic human rights, including the right to bodily autonomy, and would create discrimination based on vaccination status. 

We strongly urge college and university policymakers to abandon any policy that would mandate a COVID-19 vaccine. 

If a COVID-19 vaccine policy is enacted, we urge consideration of the following:

1. Exemptions for those who object based on medical, religious, or personal reasons.
2. Exemptions for those who have been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and have immunity.
3. Equal access to campus activities regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status and without asymptomatic testing. 
4. Prohibition of vaccine passports or other vaccine status disclosures which might violate medical privacy and lead to discrimination.