Vermont State Colleges system. At Adelphi, only 26 percent of students have reported being fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Administrators are aiming for 70 percent, said Kenneth C. Rondello, an assistant professor of public health and the university’s epidemiologist.
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At Cal State, it was the realization that Food and Drug Administration approval wouldn’t come in time, as well as climbing hospitalizations due to the Delta variant, that prompted Joseph I. Castro, chancellor of the system, to change course.
“Many of us thought that we were headed for daylight,” Castro said. “But this Delta variant has created some ambiguity, and I think we need to watch it carefully and make the best decisions possible for students, faculty, and staff.”