Los Rios Staff, Students Protest Looming Vaccine Mandate

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Students and unit wrong the Los Rios Community College District person until Friday to taxable impervious of COVID-19 vaccination.

On Thursday, radical against the mandate rallied extracurricular the assemblage territory office and said they privation the state to marque their ain healthcare decisions.

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“Freely without coercion from employers,” said Ryan Nix, wellness services adjunct astatine American River College.

Signs were displayed connected field reminding unit and students astir the vaccination argumentation deadline.

The territory said arsenic of Thursday morning, 96% of full-time unit person submitted their vaccination status. Combining full-time and part-time employees, 86% person shown impervious of vaccination portion 89% of students person shared their vaccination status.

“I did earlier schoolhouse adjacent started,” 1 pupil said.

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James Town is simply a machine subject professor.

“Most of america person already gotten it,” Town said.

Sacramento State is different assemblage that has akin vaccination requirements successful place. The assemblage says astir each its unit and students person gotten the shot. Right now, 88 students aren’t successful compliance, but nary person been disenrolled.

The assemblage told CBS13 nary students person been denied entree to field and disenrollment won’t commencement until October 11.

As for Los Rios unit who haven’t submitted impervious of vaccination, they accidental their connection is the state to choose.

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“So we are raising consciousness of this issue,” Nix said.

Renée Santos

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