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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. 

RILEY HODDER 
Summer Managing News Editor

SEJAL PATIL 
Summer News Editor

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