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More than 92% of University of Hawaiʻi students and 95% of UH employees of the 10-campus system have been vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus or plan to be, according to surveys administered in late June. The surveys administered by the
UH Vaccination Team found that about 7% of students, and 4% of employees still have no plans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, with some expressing concern over the lack of full U.S. Food and Drug Administration (
FDA) approval of any COVID-19 vaccine.
The surveys asked participants for their vaccination status and if they were not planning to be vaccinated, why. The student survey was administered to a stratified, randomized sample based on the student body size of each campus. Of the 1,212 students surveyed, 31.1% responded. The employee survey was sent to all 12,280
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UH strongly encourages everyone to get vaccinated to protect the entire campus community.
“I came down here to get vaccinated because I saw the email the school sent out and I thought it would be a good opportunity,” said
UH Mānoa student
Cameron Malalis. “I wanted to be part of that. I really want to go back to school in the fall.”
Fellow student
Bastien Rasse, who also received the vaccine, agreed.
“The school gave me the opportunity to get it and I thought, might as well,” said Rasse. “I really miss attending classes and everything and I think it is good that we get that back.”