Well ain't this great, they are requiring vaccination for those applying for green cards, not a big surprise, but they are also explicitly excluding evidence of immunity as an alternative.
https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehea ... tions.html
Laboratory tests for COVID-19 immunity must not be used for the civil surgeon exam. The applicant is required to receive the vaccine series regardless of evidence of immunity or prior COVID-19 infection. The duration of immunity due to natural infection is still being investigated and might not protect the applicant throughout the immigration process.
This same reasoning could be used for the covid vaccines. The duration of immunity due to vaccine injection is still being investigated and might not protect the applicant throughout the immigration process. Anyways, who cares if it protects the applicant for the whole process. The applicant is not traveling from a foreign country, the applicant has been living within US borders for years, so there would be no importation of the virus. Not to mention, we do not really know the signs for a potential severe reaction to the vaccine. It is possible, I would even say likely, previous exposure to the virus increases the risk of a severe reaction to the vaccine.
So now we have to try and squeeze in my wife's medical examination prior to Oct. 1st to avoid this idiotic rule.
