The coronavirus pandemic has affected students in San José and many people across the world. Almost everyone got fully vaccinated after four years since the outbreak, however some people may regret taking the vaccine.
Shortly before the majority of students were allowed to live on campus during the Fall 2021 semester, San José State University announced that students would be required to have documentation verifying they've taken the coronavirus vaccine.
Kinesiology senior Emma Tyler said she doesn’t regret taking the vaccine.
“I feel like it has done its job of preventing me from ever getting sick again,” Tyler said. “So I feel like it has done its job so far.”
In an article from the CDC, the COVID-19 vaccine was able to subdue the intensity of the virus by building immunity within its recipients.
Sociology senior Charlene Cordero took the vaccine before coming to campus because her family was diagnosed with COVID-19 but she tested negative.
“My entire family that I live with got Covid except for me after I got it after I got the vaccine,” Cordero said. “So I think that really did help. And I was able to take care of my family during that time.”
An Aug. 2021 U.S. News article also found that both colleges in the California State University system and other colleges requested that students get vaccinated before stepping on campus.
Liberal studies sophomore Kayla Hamliton said that her parents told her to take the COVID-19 vaccine to reduce the spread of the virus.
“I honestly just did what they told me, but I didn't feel bad,” Hamliton said. “Like it was gonna help them not get it or like, reduce the amount of like how hard the sickness, it's fine with that.”
According to USA Facts, about 230 million people across the world have been fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.
In the state of California, more than 75% of people have two doses of the vaccine according to USA Facts.
Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus has still not been eradicated, and is still prevalent in the Bay Area.
According to a graph by the SFist, Santa Clara County has the highest COVID-19 case of 471,195 cases followed by Alameda County with 376,175 cases.
As of Monday, the Food and Drug Administrations announced that they approved a new COVID-19 vaccine for people to take. The FDA took 12 months to approve the vaccine, and are now encouraging people to get another booster vaccine.
