May 10, 2021
Valley City State University will hold a spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15, to honor its graduating class during the 2021 spring semester. VCSU will recognize 318 graduates – 278 will receive bachelor’s degrees and 36 will receive master’s degrees. All graduates recognized at the Virtual Commencement Ceremonies in May 2020 and December 2020 are also invited back to participate in the face-to-face ceremony.
The in-person ceremony will also be live streamed on VCSU’s Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/vcsuvikings
President LaFave will preside over the commencement exercises. Graduating senior, Peyton Halverson, will deliver the undergraduate reflection, and the faculty reflection will be presented by Kevin Murphy, assistant professor of mathematics.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
During the early stages of the pandemic, many experts considered the threshold for herd immunity to be between 60-70% of the population the point when such a large portion of a community is immune to a disease that it makes spread unlikely.
As of the first week in May, about 57% of American adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
But now, because of more contagious variants, many experts consider the threshold for herd immunity to be at least 80%.
While reaching a critical mass of vaccinated people has been considered by many to signal the end of the pandemic, achieving that number appears to be less and less likely.
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Efforts to get youths vaccinated against COVID-19 are taking two tracks: preparing for emergency approval of one vaccine for those ages 12 to 15, and conducting clinical trials aimed at pushing the age even lower.
Food and Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds is expected by early next week. Preliminary trial results released by Pfizer found no COVID cases among fully vaccinated youths, compared with 18 cases among those given placebo shots.
Dr. Anne OâKeefe, Douglas County Health Departmentâs senior epidemiologist, said the department is working with pediatriciansâ offices to make sure the vaccine is available in as many offices as possible. Health officials know many parents will want to speak with their kidsâ doctors about the shots and that many will prefer that their children be vaccinated in those offices.