vaccines Archives - The Pitt News

Editorial | It’s worth celebrating in-person classes

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 19, 2021

These past 18 months have consisted of a lot of frustration and disappointment, but in a way, the return to in-person classes represents a reset.

Opinion | Weighing risk when you’re vaccinated

By Lucas DiBlasi, Senior Staff Columnist • August 24, 2021

Given the incredible effectiveness of vaccines, the risk of socializing normally and without a mask for vaccinated people has changed dramatically since the beginning of the pandemic.

Editorial | A $2,500 lottery is no replacement for a vaccine mandate

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • June 23, 2021

As more contagious COVID-19 variants emerge, it will be crucial to have a fully vaccinated student population that will also be willing to receive potential COVID-19 booster shots in the fall.

Editorial | Top 10 excuses to stay home now that we’re vaccinated

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • June 16, 2021

For the most part, gone are the days where every graduation party invite or text to come to a crowded South O basement can be answered with, “In a pandemic?”

Opinion | I am once again asking you to stop politicizing masks

By Julia Kreutzer, Senior Staff Columnist • June 9, 2021

If we begged Trump not to politicize the mask then, we shouldn’t start doing it now.

‘A huge event in history’: Students recount COVID-19 vaccination experiences

By Punya Bhasin, Staff Writer • January 25, 2021

Ragini Rangan, a first-year pharmacy major, got her first dose of the Moderna vaccine last Tuesday at UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center. While she described the needle as the size of a regular flu shot, its purpose was much bigger.

The Pitt Prescription | Exploring vaccines’ roles in keeping students safe

The Pitt Prescription is a biweekly blog where student pharmacist and senior staff writer Elizabeth Donnelly provides tips on how to stay healthy in college. This edition was reviewed by Karen S. Pater, Pharm.D, CDCES, BCACP.

By Elizabeth Donnelly, Senior Staff Writer • October 18, 2020

It is particularly important to be up to date on immunizations this year, with the COVID-19 pandemic occurring simultaneously with cold and flu season.

Opinion | Public schools should only permit vaccine exemptions for medical reasons

By Leah Mensch, Senior Staff Columnist • April 14, 2019

For the safety of all children, public schools should limit their vaccine exemptions to medical conditions only.