By Casey Nelson
Jul 30, 2021 | 5:15 PM
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) The push to vaccinate college students is getting more creative as a new school year quickly approaches.
Wisconsin college leaders say it’s unlikely vaccine incentives would divide vaccinated and unvaccinated students.
“I don’t think so,” said University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh chancellor Andrew Leavitt.
“That is not something I’ve seen so far,” said UW-Eau Claire vice chancellor Grace Crickette.
“We don’t want to rule those students out.” said Julie Massey, chief of staff at St. Norbert College.
Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is headed to the top of the back to school list.
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Health. I think a lot of this would have taken a lot longer had it not been for the crisis.
Telemedicine is clearly a hit with patients. In April, 44% of Medicare primary care visits were done via telehealth, compared with less than one percent (0.1%) in February before the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. Both rural and urban counties nationwide saw upticks in telehealth adoption and usage, and even after Medicare resumed in-person primary care visits last May, demand for telehealth stayed steady. One 2020 report from the health care network Do