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Many major universities across the country are quietly dropping their COVID-19 vaccine mandates for students at the end of the spring semester. Critics say in addition to ending mandates, there must be a public conversation about the harms they caused.

Many major universities across the country are quietly dropping their COVID-19 vaccine mandates for students at the end of the spring semester.

Lucia Sinatra, co-founder of No College Mandates, which tracks mandates and organizes parents, students, faculty and others to end them, told The Defender that at least 325 colleges and universities are still mandating the shots, down from a list of more than 800 top colleges the group was originally tracking. The group maintains an updated list on its website.

The language of the mandate-ending announcements is consistent across universities. They maintain that vaccines are “safe and effective,” and they continue to “strongly recommend that all students, faculty, staff, and visitors stay up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines.” …