Vaccination should not just be a hoop to jump to register for classes

Drexel University rarely finds itself on the good side of publicity. However, as the mumps outbreak unfolded these past two weeks, the university was largely spared, unlike our neighboring college on the other side of The Schuylkill River, Temple University. Around 100 students at Temple were infected with mumps, a disease that is preventable by vaccination and considered largely contained in most parts of the world. The scourge exposed the fact that Temple does not require its incoming students to update their immunization records before matriculation as much as many other schools in the Philadelphia area, such as Drexel and the University of Pennsylvania, require their students to do so. This escape is not cause for celebration or claim to higher moral ground on account of the suffering of fellow students. On the contrary, it ought to call to attention the numerous lapses in preventative medicine and applaud the emphasis students and college administrators put on the importance of vaccination at Drexel University and beyond. The out-of-pocket cost of vaccination is the biggest barrier among college students. Not all insurance companies cover the cost of vaccines, which can be as high as $300. Even among insurance companies that cover vaccination,… Read full this story

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