Feb 12, 2024
College campuses have been the traditional havens for freedom of speech, expression of new social norms, and, of course, protest. Why did university students so readily accept a vaccine that offered little theoretical benefit and posed real safety concerns, especially in their age bracket? Approximately 30% of college and university students contracted COVID-19 as a mild illness in 2020 before vaccines arrived.
Yet, many universities around the world and most in Canada mandated the novel EUA genetic products for students irrespective of natural immunity. With the power to shut off internet access, disenroll, and destroy an educational career, students complied but with relatively little protest. What was the sociological impact of isolation, pressure, coercion, and the threat of reprisal?