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University System of Maryland to Mandate CCP Virus Vaccines for Students, Faculty, and Staff
The University System of Maryland (USM) will require students, faculty, and staff at its 12 institutions to be vaccinated against the CCP virus in the fall semester, according to a press release from the school.
“We’ve been living with COVID for so long now that we forget we’re still in the middle of a public health emergency. But these variants and the increasing disease burden in young people are reminding us again that we’re not out of the woods,” USM Chancellor Jay Perman said in a statement.
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Vaccines will be required for students, faculty and staff at all 12 universities in the system Author: Matt Pusatory (WUSA9) Updated: 1:41 PM EDT April 23, 2021
BALTIMORE Students, faculty and staff at a dozen Maryland universities will be required to get a COVID-19 vaccination before attending classes on campus in the future, according to University System of Maryland Chancellor Jay A. Perman.
Perman issued the mandate Friday in a news release, saying, I’m convinced that the risk of doing too little to contain COVID on campus this fall is far greater than the risk of doing too much.
Under the mandate, all eligible students, faculty, and staff who will be on USM campuses in the fall must be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. There will be exemptions for medical or religious reasons.
By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times - Friday, April 23, 2021
The University of Maryland will require all students, faculty and staff who will be on campus this fall to get their COVID-19 vaccines.
Jay A. Perman, University System of Maryland chancellor, made the announcement Friday, saying the coronavirus is no longer “a disease for the old” and is infecting a large share of patients under the age of 40.
“This mandate was not undertaken lightly. It was based on the recommendation of a USM workgroup I convened this semester one that includes university-based experts in public health, infectious disease, and emergency management,” the chancellor said in a statement. “Last week, I said that mandating a COVID vaccine is a reasonable and necessary means of preventing spread of the disease. I’ll go one better: Mandating a COVID vaccine is the most effective strategy we have, especially as we