Commentary For the past year, we’ve been told relentlessly that unless and until almost every American receives a COVID-19 vaccination the pandemic will linger and continue to wreak havoc. However, based on what is happening on many American college campuses the past few weeks, one can’t help but question the dogma that vaccines are the panacea to the pandemic. For instance, Cornell University has a 97 percent vaccination rate among students and staff on campus. On top of that, most students and staff have also received booster shots. Yet, despite the near-universal vaccine status among Cornell’s students and staff, the university is in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak. According to Cornell University’s COVID-19 Tracking website, 1,547 students tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 10 days. Shockingly, Cornell is currently sporting an 10.06 positivity rate. This has caused trepidation among many Cornell students. “Ninety-seven percent of the campus is …