Planning to go to CBC or another WA college? Might as well get your COVID shot now

Tri-City high school seniors planning to go to college next year should take note: You must be vaccinated against COVID-19 if you want to attend class in-person at just about every college and university in Washington state. So if going to college is part of your future plans, why wait to get the vaccine? Might as well get your shots early and do your part to help slow the spread of the disease — especially now that the omicron variant has emerged in other parts of the world and in the United States.

Last spring, Washington State University became the first of the state’s major public four-year schools to announce that it would require students, faculty and staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The University of Washington, Eastern Washington University, Central Washington University, Western Washington University, and The Evergreen State College followed suit. And you would be hard-pressed to find a private college or a community college in Washington state that isn’t doing the same.