Some faculty at the University of Florida and other higher education institutions around the state are unhappy about being left out of the latest COVID-19 vaccine updates from the state and federal government.
New orders announced Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from President Joe Biden and Gov. Ron DeSantis have now added teachers and school staff, regardless of age, to the priority list but only those working in K-12 education.
Universities have vulnerable, essential teachers and school staff too, critics say, and many colleges and universities face similar pressure to fully reopen for in-person learning as their primary and secondary school counterparts.
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UF Faculty and graduate students raise questions over ICU capacities
Unions concerned over UF’s lack of transparency with ICU capacities and action plan thresholds January 19, 2021 | 10:35am EST J. Evans, a Gainesville Police Department officer, directs traffic into Malcom Randall VA Medical Center on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. A long line of traffic formed outside the hospital as Alachua County residents 65-years-old and older waited to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Photo by Julia Cooper | The Independent Florida Alligator
Intensive care unit capacities are used to determine the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic for hospitals and the areas they serve.
However, UF Health hasn’t released daily ICU capacity f