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BEERandWEED posted...

It was recommended by her doctors that she avoid all vaccines in the future. So yea, there are justified grounds for her exemption.

Didn't see this part, but you're right. There is a doctor's written notice that she should avoid vaccines in the future. I'm not sure if universities are within their right to legally deny admission for medical exemptions like this, but they are a private university.

It should be noted that while getting a flu vaccine is associated with triggering GBS, having the flu is an even more likely trigger for GBS. For the COVID vaccine, there is an association but no causal relationship with GBS (for the J&J vaccine only, the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have so far not been associated with GBS at all).

blu posted...

What if you were paralyzed from the waist down for over a month recently because of a vaccine?

I'd also be wary of taking the vaccine. But I probably wouldn't go out of my way to get a medical exemption. If that was my only episode of having GBS and there hasn't been any associated instances of GBS with the COVID vaccine, I would consider getting it. But I also have the privilege of being in the medical profession and understanding these illnesses (and firsthand being involved in treatment of patients with GBS), so I can understand why an 18 year old would be worried about getting it.