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LSU, UL System announce they will not require students to get vaccinated to return to campus in fall
The Advocate
Posted at 6:55 PM, Apr 19, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-19 21:06:56-04
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s higher education officials are encouraging tens of thousands of students to get COVID-19 vaccines before returning for in-person instruction next fall, but they do not plan to require it.
LSU Interim President Tom Galligan released a statement late Monday saying that the school could not require vaccinations given that federal regulators approved the vaccines for emergency use without completing full safety investigations.
Dr. Jim Henderson, president of the University of Louisiana System, cited the same reason in saying that he did not plan to require vaccinations before students return in the fall. ....

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