Duke University tells all employees they must get a COVID-19 vaccine or be fired

[malaise]

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article253835668.html

Duke University set a new deadline for faculty and staff to show proof they received a COVID-19 vaccine and made it official that they’ll be fired if they don’t get vaccinated.

More than 91% of Duke’s 22,136 university employees are vaccinated, and now every employee must receive and show documentation of their completed COVID-19 vaccination by 10 a.m. on Oct. 1, the university announced Sunday.

All faculty and staff were previously expected to show proof of vaccination by Sept. 1, but it’s now a formalized condition of their employment.

If employees don’t comply, they will be terminated and will not be eligible for rehire with Duke in the future, the announcement said.

[Aristus]

1. Duke University, home of Duke Med, one of the finest medical schools in the country.

Host of the very first Physician Assistant training course, too.

They don't fuck around when it comes to the practice of medicine.

Hats off to Duke!

[dalton99a]

4. Rand Paul is an illustrious alumnus of Duke Med

unfortunately

[Aristus]

5. Not everyone can be top of the class.

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[malaise]

9. Didn't he fail his state boards?

Asking for a friend

[SheltieLover]

8. +1,000!

Good for them!

[brush]

2. Now you're talking, Duke. Show how it's done.

[Scrivener7]

3. EXCELLENT!!!! This is what everyone needs to do!

Yesterday, there was a lot of support for Delta fining unvaccinated employees.

Sorry, but that's bullshit.

THIS is what companies need to do!

[CousinIT]

6. FANTASTIC. That's how it's done. n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

7. There Should Be No One...

...working at a prestigious institution of higher learning that refuses the vax.
None.
It's rapidly becoming settled science and there's a sample set of 360 million, just in the US, around 350 million the same base technology. And we're 10 months in.
There are no valid excuses, aside from fairly rare medical exemptions.
Get the shot, or get lost.
Good for Duke.

[malaise]

10. 100% correct

Ivy League must have meaning

[LiberalFighter]

11. What a shame the state can't do anything about it as it is a private university. LMAO

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

12. +1,000,000

[Paladin]

13. Outstanding news. (nt)

[Tracer]

14. My son works for Duke Health

He got vaccinated the second that he was eligible.

I'm glad he works for a responsible employer.

[Initech]

16. Yeah good for Duke!

[FakeNoose]

17. Commendable! This needs to happen on every campus

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Thank you Duke University for showing the way!

[malaise]

18. And school