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UMich updates COVID-19 policies for 2022-2023
academic term
The
University
of
Michigan
updated the COVID-19 policies
for the 2022-2023 academic term.
Robert
Ernst,
associate
vice
president of student life, and Preeti
Malani, U-M Chief Health Officer,
announced the update in an email
to the U-M community Tuesday.
The plans for the Dearborn and Flint
campuses will be shared at a later
date.
“The guidance from the Campus
Health
Response
Committee
(CHRC) for the Ann Arbor campus
for fall is based on current conditions,
and may change depending upon
the evolution of the pandemic or
emerging guidance from the public
health community,” the email reads.
Recommendations for masking in
most indoor spaces and instructional
spaces will be based on the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention’s
COVID-19 community level for
Washtenaw county. The COVID-
19 community level for Washtenaw
county is “Medium,” and it is
recommended masking decisions
be based on an individual’s personal
risk.
The email said students should
continue to stay home if they
experience any symptoms, or feel
sick.
“Individuals are expected to stay
home if they are sick with support
from their peers, supervisors and
instructors,”
the
email
reads.
“This helps reduce the likelihood
of spreading a range of infections
including COVID-19, influenza and
other illnesses.”
Ernst and Malani also wrote
that they are planning for a vibrant
campus experience due to the high
vaccination rate of the campus
community.
“Our local data show that the
majority of COVID-19 infections
among our community this past
academic year presented with either
mild symptoms or no symptoms
at all,” the email reads. “This
is consistent with the growing
evidence that vaccination offers
excellent protection against severe
illness.”
The email also announced that
isolation
housing
will
remain
available and will be prioritized for
use by students with a residence hall
contract.
All
U-M
faculty,
staff
and
students are required to update their
vaccinations by completing their
primary
COVID-19
vaccination
series and one booster, with limited
exemptions as outlined in the U-M
Vaccination Policy. The deadline for
incoming students to submit their
vaccination information prior to the
fall term is July 15.
The email also said that testing
for asymptomatic COVID-19 will
remain
available
through
the
Community Sampling and Tracking
Program for those who are required
to test weekly or who are interested
in testing. Those who are not up to
date on their COVID-19 vaccinations
are required to test weekly.
Ernst and Malani also wrote that
a new epidemiology and infection
prevention unit is currently being
established to oversee the core
infectious disease response-related
functions previously handled by the
CHRC. More details about this new
unit are included in the University
Record.
Nearly 2,000 people gather for vigil after the Supreme
Court overturns Roe v. Wade
Trigger
warning:
this
article
contains mentions of sexual assault.
An
estimated
2,000
people
gathered on the Diag on Friday to
‘share space’ and discuss action after
the Supreme Court overruled Roe v.
Wade (1973). The Supreme Court voted
6-3 in favor of a Mississippi ban on
abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy
in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health
Organization, overruling Roe v. Wade
and Planned Parenthood v. Casey
(1992). The decision leaves the right to
abortion access to the states, and it is
expected that almost half of states will
establish a ban on abortions as a result.
The vigil began with Carrie
Rheingans — an instructor at the
School of Social Work, a member
of the Washtenaw County Board of
Health and an organizer of the event
— asking the crowd if they felt hurt,
exhausted and angry. Rheingans then
led everyone in a “deliberate scream”,
and the Diag was momentarily filled
with voices.
The ruling came after Politico
released a leaked draft opinion
suggesting that the Supreme Court
would overrule Roe v. Wade last
month. This leaked draft opinion
sparked nationwide protests and
was condemned by both advocates
of abortion rights and Michigan
physicians.
In
Michigan,
a
preliminary
injunction issued in May on a 1931
ban on all abortions except those that
are necessary to save a person’s life
will temporarily maintain access to
abortions in the state. The injunction
currently halts the ban from coming
into effect, but it is only temporary,
with conservative activists having
filed a request last month to have the
injunction lifted. In response, a ballot
initiative called the Reproductive
Freedom for All campaign currently
exists in Michigan that would add
the right to an abortion to Michigan’s
constitution if passed.
Bonsitu Kitaba, Deputy Legal
Director at the ACLU of Michigan and
an organizer of the vigil, spoke about
this ballot initiative to the crowd,
claiming that it not only protects
access to abortion but also protects a
wide range of reproductive healthcare
services.
“The Reproductive Freedom for
All campaign and ballot initiative
is a constitutional amendment that
protects every individual’s right to
reproductive freedom,” Kitaba said.
“And that means your right to make
and effectuate decisions related to
your pregnancy, whether that be
contraception, sterilization, prenatal
care, postnatal care, miscarriage
management, infertility and abortion
care.”
Katie Scott, County Commissioner
for District 9 and an organizer of
the vigil, addressed the crowd and
urged them to act beyond the ballot
and donate to the Midwest Access
Coalition, an organization that raises
funds to help women with travel
costs and other costs associated with
getting an abortion.
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People gather to talk about abortion access and what the Supreme Court ruling means for
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