Two professors calling on LSU to require COVID-19 vaccines for students
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Two LSU professors are asking the Faculty Senate to call on Interim LSU President Tom Galligan to require students to receive COVID-19 vaccinations before returning to campus in the fall.
By: Adrian Dubose
LSU Manship School News Service
Posted at 4:06 PM, Apr 20, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-20 17:06:24-04
Two professors are asking LSU s Faculty Senate to call on the university to require its 34,000 students in Baton Rouge to receive COVID-19 vaccinations before returning to campus for in-person classes next fall.
The Faculty Senate will discuss the resolution on Thursday afternoon. It calls on LSU to add the COVID-19 vaccine to a list of mandatory immunizations for students that includes vaccinations for measles, mumps and other diseases or to implement a COVID vaccine requirement through other means.