Modification to Hofstra University COVID-19 booster vaccine mandate
Modification to Hofstra University COVID-19 booster vaccine mandate
The Issue
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URGENT COMMUNICATION
January 12, 2022
To: The President of Hofstra University, President Susan Poser and executive members of Hofstra University Board of Trustees
As part of the Hofstra University family – parents, students, faculty, staff, and alumni – writing this urgent letter of concern to you, to request a time critical modification to Hofstra University COVID-19 booster vaccine mandate.
All of us signing this letter have already complied with the College’s prior immunization requirements and approved exemptions.
Additionally, we fully understand and empathize with the difficult position Hofstra University administration finds itself in during this pandemic.
Nevertheless, we have very serious safety concerns about the recent vaccine booster mandate at Hofstra University. It’s clear that the College’s administration has not exercised sufficient circumspection in creating clearly delineated medically rational “off-ramps” from the booster mandates for those who are already well immune to COVID-19. It is a serious problem that a medically unnecessary third booster shot could prove dangerous and irreparably harmful in such already well immune individuals.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not changed the definition of “fully vaccinated” to include a Covid booster, and even Anthony Fauci has labeled people who have recovered from Covid, “bullet proof” with “hybrid immunity”.
Therefore, with this letter, we are respectfully requesting that Hofstra University administration formally exempt the following four groups of student, faculty, and staff from a vaccine booster mandate:
1) Individuals who, within the span of the past 12-24 months, have had a natural COVID-19 infection AND two mandated mRNA vaccine shots (OR the single shot J&J vaccine). These individuals are by clinical definition, very robustly immune. In fact, Dr. Anthony Fauci has labeled such persons, “bullet proof” with “hybrid immunity”. To vaccinate such already well immune persons with an added booster by administrative mandate is medically unnecessary and, thus, only risks serious harm – possibly irreparably to some.
2) Individuals who had already received the prior mandated vaccinations, and who during this Christmas break experienced a “breakthrough infection” with the Delta or Omicron Variants. Like individuals in the first category above, COVID-19 immunity in these persons also meets the definition of “bullet proof hybrid immunity”. Additionally, to vaccinate such very recently infected/convalescent persons with a medically unnecessary booster vaccine carries a risk of triggering a dangerous hyper inflammatory response. This should be avoided at all costs.
3) Individuals whose second dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was less than 6 months ago. As you know, according to current FDA guidance, boosters are approved only for persons who underwent vaccination at least 5 months prior to boost. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-expands-eligibility-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-booster-dose-16-and-17
4) Individuals vaccinated or previously infected, in whom a licensed physician has ordered a personalized serological evaluation and attests that robust and protective COVID-19 immunity is already present.
5) My Body My Choice.
We know that your intent in imposing a booster vaccine mandate at Hofstra University is to protect the community. However, in the rush to protect Hofstra University, we ask that you not lose sight of rational ethical reasoning - or of the very important principle of medical necessity. It is a vastly accepted truism that harm and irreparable damage to innocents in the minority, almost always resides in “one-size-fits-all” approaches to institutional and governmental policies and practices.
With this letter of petition, we ask that Hofstra University urgently shift its booster mandate policy to automatically exempt the large proportion of our community who fall within the above four categories.
***Mandates are unconstitutional***
We pray for your clarity and purity of intent.
With respect and in Christ,
When signing, please include your connection to Hofstra University.
855
The Issue
When signing, please include your connection to Hofstra University. *Please no need to donate*
URGENT COMMUNICATION
January 12, 2022
To: The President of Hofstra University, President Susan Poser and executive members of Hofstra University Board of Trustees
As part of the Hofstra University family – parents, students, faculty, staff, and alumni – writing this urgent letter of concern to you, to request a time critical modification to Hofstra University COVID-19 booster vaccine mandate.
All of us signing this letter have already complied with the College’s prior immunization requirements and approved exemptions.
Additionally, we fully understand and empathize with the difficult position Hofstra University administration finds itself in during this pandemic.
Nevertheless, we have very serious safety concerns about the recent vaccine booster mandate at Hofstra University. It’s clear that the College’s administration has not exercised sufficient circumspection in creating clearly delineated medically rational “off-ramps” from the booster mandates for those who are already well immune to COVID-19. It is a serious problem that a medically unnecessary third booster shot could prove dangerous and irreparably harmful in such already well immune individuals.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not changed the definition of “fully vaccinated” to include a Covid booster, and even Anthony Fauci has labeled people who have recovered from Covid, “bullet proof” with “hybrid immunity”.
Therefore, with this letter, we are respectfully requesting that Hofstra University administration formally exempt the following four groups of student, faculty, and staff from a vaccine booster mandate:
1) Individuals who, within the span of the past 12-24 months, have had a natural COVID-19 infection AND two mandated mRNA vaccine shots (OR the single shot J&J vaccine). These individuals are by clinical definition, very robustly immune. In fact, Dr. Anthony Fauci has labeled such persons, “bullet proof” with “hybrid immunity”. To vaccinate such already well immune persons with an added booster by administrative mandate is medically unnecessary and, thus, only risks serious harm – possibly irreparably to some.
2) Individuals who had already received the prior mandated vaccinations, and who during this Christmas break experienced a “breakthrough infection” with the Delta or Omicron Variants. Like individuals in the first category above, COVID-19 immunity in these persons also meets the definition of “bullet proof hybrid immunity”. Additionally, to vaccinate such very recently infected/convalescent persons with a medically unnecessary booster vaccine carries a risk of triggering a dangerous hyper inflammatory response. This should be avoided at all costs.
3) Individuals whose second dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was less than 6 months ago. As you know, according to current FDA guidance, boosters are approved only for persons who underwent vaccination at least 5 months prior to boost. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-expands-eligibility-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-booster-dose-16-and-17
4) Individuals vaccinated or previously infected, in whom a licensed physician has ordered a personalized serological evaluation and attests that robust and protective COVID-19 immunity is already present.
5) My Body My Choice.
We know that your intent in imposing a booster vaccine mandate at Hofstra University is to protect the community. However, in the rush to protect Hofstra University, we ask that you not lose sight of rational ethical reasoning - or of the very important principle of medical necessity. It is a vastly accepted truism that harm and irreparable damage to innocents in the minority, almost always resides in “one-size-fits-all” approaches to institutional and governmental policies and practices.
With this letter of petition, we ask that Hofstra University urgently shift its booster mandate policy to automatically exempt the large proportion of our community who fall within the above four categories.
***Mandates are unconstitutional***
We pray for your clarity and purity of intent.
With respect and in Christ,
When signing, please include your connection to Hofstra University.
855
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