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Everybody has the right to choose. I have rights about access to my home. So does the Stanford community.

I think Alvin’s question is a bit more subtle than that. He wasn’t necessarily challenging Stanford’s right to impose a vaccine requirement but asking how the conflict between Stanford’s right to impose a vaccine requirement and student/athletes autonomy over their body conflict, whether the student athletes will resolve it by committing to a school without a vaccine requirement.

I think it is plausible, but I have no way of knowing.  Unfortunately, this has become highly politicized, and the decision to vaccinate or not vaccinate has gotten undue discussion.  To give another example, chicken pox has a similarly low risk of hospitalization and death as COVID, and in many settings, a vaccine is required without significant controversy, except among a small subsection of the population.  It’s a shame that this is the proverbial hill people are willing to die on.

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ADD: Agree with Sam that the bigger concern is the lack of results on the field, (as well as questions around the conference) I suppose that this is one of the silver linings of Shaw’s recruiting philosophy. While he doesn’t focus enough on the student athletes who are “football first” guys which has had negative consequences on the field, the “Stanford men”  he does focus on are less likely to be swayed by poor on-field results.

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[BostonCard]

Everybody has the right to choose. I have rights about access to my home. So does the Stanford community.

I think Alvin’s question is a bit more subtle than that. He wasn’t necessarily challenging Stanford’s right to impose a vaccine requirement but asking how the conflict between Stanford’s right to impose a vaccine requirement and student/athletes autonomy over their body conflict, whether the student athletes will resolve it by committing to a school without a vaccine requirement.

I think it is plausible, but I have no way of knowing.  Unfortunately, this has become highly politicized, and the decision to vaccinate or not vaccinate has gotten undue discussion.  To give another example, chicken pox has a similarly low risk of hospitalization and death as COVID, and in many settings, a vaccine is required without significant controversy, except among a small subsection of the population.  It’s a shame that this is the proverbial hill people are willing to die on.

BC

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ADD: Agree with Sam that the bigger concern is the lack of results on the field, (as well as questions around the conference) I suppose that this is one of the silver linings of Shaw’s recruiting philosophy. While he doesn’t focus enough on the student athletes who are “football first” guys which has had negative consequences on the field, the “Stanford men”  he does focus on are less likely to be swayed by poor on-field results.

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