The University of Michigan (UM), one of the largest colleges in the United States, has put out COVID-19 ordinances ahead of the Fall 2023 semester that include forcing students who test positive out of their residence halls, even if they are in single rooms.
“Students in Michigan Housing must leave their residence halls during isolation, even if they are in a single room,” the sheet read. It suggested students go back home, stay with a friend or relative nearby, or get a hotel room to self-isolate for at least five days.
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— University of Michigan (@UMich) September 1, 2023
The guidelines demanded that students report their positive tests to the school, but added that this was not necessary if one tests through the school’s University Health Services, which automatically reports test results to the college’s health department. It outlined that masks will be available on campus and recommended students to wear masks.
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Further, UM told students and faculty that it looks forward to a recently announced new COVID booster. The Food and Drug Administration said the new shots will be available in mid-September.
According to NPR’s health correspondent Rob Stein, “The best thing people can do is to get one of the new shots when they become available, probably in a few weeks.” However, as he added, the new boosters are already out-of-date, but that’s okay, he reassures us, they “are still a pretty close match” and “will cut the risk of catching the virus and spreading to others for at least a couple of months.” Great.
Stein was echoing statements made by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Mandy Cohen, who said it is important to get boosters because the vaccine’s “protection does decrease over time” even though “Immunity is stronger today than at any other point in the outbreak.”
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