Researchers say Covid-19 booster mandates for students are unethical and result in net harm to them physically. 

The findings were published in a Journal of Medical Ethics paper.

“Booster mandates in young adults are expected to cause a net harm: per COVID-19 hospitalisation prevented, we anticipate at least 18.5 serious adverse events from mRNA vaccines, including 1.5–4.6 booster-associated myopericarditis cases in males (typically requiring hospitalisation),” researchers concluded. 

Researchers also found that reducing just one hospitalization required about 36,000 18-29 year-olds to get Covid boosted. And, of the boosted individuals, almost 20 would experience a severe adverse injury, some of which result in hospitalization. 

One of the study’s researchers, Keven Bardosh, tweeted a thread detailing the study. He said that he and others involved decided to take it on because the CDC and FDA hadn’t conducted their own risk/benefit analysis regarding booster mandates for young people. 

Researchers also outlined five ethical arguments against Covid boosters for college or university students. One of the arguments was a violation of the “do-no-harm” principle. 

Canadian universities have lifted vaccine mandates. Western University finally lifted its booster mandate on November 29, despite starting the fall semester with the mandate.

Some critics say the mandate was lifted because two students died suddenly in October and November. One student, 21, experienced a heart attack in July and died on November 24. 

There’s no proof that their deaths resulted from the Covid vaccines.

To this point, Health Canada still has not confirmed that even one death in Canada has resulted from the COVID vaccines. 

Last year, a female student died in September from a blood clot at the University of Guelph in Ontario.

And in September, a woman reportedly died in a Saskatchewan pharmacy immediately after receiving a Covid-19 booster shot.