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No hate here please, but I have read that before going to uni this september I must ( they said that in writing) get a meningitis vaccine. For several reasons I do not want to do this, and I am according to my GP in perfect health, having not been vaccinated at all. I have never had any issues with illness, and no, I do not live in a bubble. Will the university check that I have had the vaccine or is it something they say but don’t enforce?
This is really worrying me.
This is really worrying me.
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if it says you need the vaccine presumably you need the vaccine?
if it says you need the vaccine presumably you need the vaccine?
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I will say if vaccination is your right to avoid then the university has a right to not admit you for not following their rules, considering how many immunodeficient persons may be at the uni, and how you don't need to show symptoms to carry an illness.
I'd suggest being honest with them about not being vaccinated, the other students have a right to know.
I'd suggest being honest with them about not being vaccinated, the other students have a right to know.
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Meningitis can kill within two days of getting it it's really irresponsible not to get vaccinated and if you do get anything from a vaccine it's a toned down version of the real thing get up to date on everything, you wouldn't get in a car knowing it's got poor brakes then go 100 MPH with no seat belt don't risk the life of yourself and others
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Yes, the point being I don’t want it. What i’m saying is, is it 100% mandatory in a court of law type situation. Because I really don’t want it, I know someone who had it and they actually got the disease anyways.
Yes, the point being I don’t want it. What i’m saying is, is it 100% mandatory in a court of law type situation. Because I really don’t want it, I know someone who had it and they actually got the disease anyways.
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I will say if vaccination is your right to avoid then the university has a right to not admit you for not following their rules, considering how many immunodeficient persons may be at the uni, and how you don't need to show symptoms to carry an illness.
I'd suggest being honest with them about not being vaccinated, the other students have a right to know.
I will say if vaccination is your right to avoid then the university has a right to not admit you for not following their rules, considering how many immunodeficient persons may be at the uni, and how you don't need to show symptoms to carry an illness.
I'd suggest being honest with them about not being vaccinated, the other students have a right to know.
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I would recommend the vaccine. I know I cannot change your mind easily and you will have your reasons but my mother and father and other people I know have known people who have died at uni by contracting meningitis. It’s because everyone lives in close quarters at uni and it’s easy to get it and lots of people die from it. Even if everyone else is vaccinated they will carry the bacteria on themselves and you can contract it. Please get the vaccine. I had it about 2 weeks ago and I’m fine. It took over 30 minutes to actually get the needle in my arm because I have a severe phobia but I still did it.
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it’s 100 percent certain I do not carry this illness, and my doctor actually says that the research into this vaccine isn’t conclusive at all, with so relatively few cases being reported with no evidence being inoculated actually helps. so I will be truthful with the uni about that, so be it.
it’s 100 percent certain I do not carry this illness, and my doctor actually says that the research into this vaccine isn’t conclusive at all, with so relatively few cases being reported with no evidence being inoculated actually helps. so I will be truthful with the uni about that, so be it.
Also the vaccine has been tested within labs to ensure its effectiveness through multiple trials. They're not just sucking meningitis juice out of a corpse and sticking it into anyone they can find, the medical trials for vaccines can sometimes take up to 5 years, and they aren't just randomly implimented without some scientific evidence that they help. Darling you've been lied to.
If you don't wanna get it? Fine. But like I said, other students have a right to know.
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No hate here please, but I have read that before going to uni this september I must ( they said that in writing) get a meningitis vaccine. For several reasons I do not want to do this, and I am according to my GP in perfect health, having not been vaccinated at all. I have never had any issues with illness, and no, I do not live in a bubble. Will the university check that I have had the vaccine or is it something they say but don’t enforce?
This is really worrying me.
No hate here please, but I have read that before going to uni this september I must ( they said that in writing) get a meningitis vaccine. For several reasons I do not want to do this, and I am according to my GP in perfect health, having not been vaccinated at all. I have never had any issues with illness, and no, I do not live in a bubble. Will the university check that I have had the vaccine or is it something they say but don’t enforce?
This is really worrying me.
Even if they don't police it, which is highly unlikely, they might not accept you if you tell them.
"Omg how is that possible?" @Melanie.5
Vaccines don't stop you getting the diseases entirely, but they create antibodies that, once you catch said disease, can very quickly destroy it, potentially before even the smallest symptom.
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Are you a medical student?
Most universities recommend that students are up to date on six vaccines.
But only ask for evidence for medical and healthcare students with mandatory hospital placements.
I haven't had the meningitis or hvp vaccines, my parents are anti-vaxxers.
Only one I've ever had is for polio.
Most universities recommend that students are up to date on six vaccines.
But only ask for evidence for medical and healthcare students with mandatory hospital placements.
I haven't had the meningitis or hvp vaccines, my parents are anti-vaxxers.
Only one I've ever had is for polio.
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Lying on an official document is illegal I think.
Lying on an official document is illegal I think.
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Are you a medical student?
Most universities recommend that students are up to date on six vaccines.
But only ask for evidence for medical and healthcare students with mandatory hospital placements.
I haven't had the meningitis or hvp vaccines, my parents are anti-vaxxers.
Only one I've ever had is for polio.
Are you a medical student?
Most universities recommend that students are up to date on six vaccines.
But only ask for evidence for medical and healthcare students with mandatory hospital placements.
I haven't had the meningitis or hvp vaccines, my parents are anti-vaxxers.
Only one I've ever had is for polio.
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it doesnt matter if your totally healthy, you could carry the illness and pass it onto others, maybe people who have compromised immune systems or people who work with elderly folk who naturally have lower immune systems, or maybe students who have or work with children. The only reason we dont need to worry about these diseases is because of vaccines, its simple cause and effect. get vaccinated.
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I don’t get why you made the argument that you are in perfect health. Vaccinations do not cure people, they prevent people from getting disease in the future. Like you learn it in gcse
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You can't just say "oh I've been fine all these years, why bother now?".
A) Just because you haven't been seriously ill before, doesn't mean you will never be ill.
b) There are immunocompromised people who you are putting at risk (i.e. people undergoing some cancer treatments, older people, etc)
A) Just because you haven't been seriously ill before, doesn't mean you will never be ill.
b) There are immunocompromised people who you are putting at risk (i.e. people undergoing some cancer treatments, older people, etc)
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You could potentially be responsible for someone's death by not getting the vaccine, not just your own, but young children and babies, older people, anyone with any kind of immunocomprimising disease, people who literally can't get vaccinated because they're allergic.
The reason unis ask you to get it is because the chances of getting it are increased when you go to uni because you are surrounded by loads of new people-lots of germs mixing and then there's people like I mentioned above, who are at further risk.
You should really consider getting it, I think it's arguably quite selfish not to when you're healthy enough to get it without high risk of any particularly threatening reactions.
The reason unis ask you to get it is because the chances of getting it are increased when you go to uni because you are surrounded by loads of new people-lots of germs mixing and then there's people like I mentioned above, who are at further risk.
You should really consider getting it, I think it's arguably quite selfish not to when you're healthy enough to get it without high risk of any particularly threatening reactions.
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