Michigan State University fires staff, suspends students who refused COVID-19 vaccine

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(Detroit News) The state's two largest universities are sanctioning students and staff who refuse to comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Michigan State University has fired at least two employees and suspended 16 students for refusing to get vaccinated. The University of Michigan could soon follow suit. The school has put "less than 10 staff members" on 30-day, unpaid leave, university spokeswoman Kim Broekhuizen said Tuesday. She wouldn't be more specific.

UM has also placed academic holds on 422 accounts of students who are not vaccinated. Employees who aren't vaccinated or don't receive approval for an exemption by Dec. 8 will be fired, Broekhuizen said, and students with an academic hold cannot register for classes for the next term.

MSU and UM were among the first universities to announce in late July that a COVID- 19 vaccine or an exemption would be required for all students and staff for the fall semester. Both universities set deadlines for compliance at the end of August. MSU and UM's three campuses were among seven of the 15 public universities to require the vaccine, along with Wayne State and Grand Valley State universities. ............(more)

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/11/09/msu-fires-staff-suspends-students-who-refused-covid-19-vaccine/6355233001/

[Johnny2X2X]

1. Consequence Culture strikes again.

Crying from the Conservative victims commences in 5 minutes.

[Botany]

2. MSU has 63,412 professors, instructors, staff, and students so if 2 employees and 16 students ...

... have to go so be it. I would imagine the #s would be pretty much the same for the U of M.

[greenjar_01]

3. Compliance with vaccine mandates / exemptions has been in the high 90% range

in most colleges and universities for students, faculty, and staff. Many places have compliance rates > 98%.

It's at least context for this story. The hold-out are a vanishingly slim minority. It's one of the reasons that the return to on campus learning (and other activities like sporting events) has not resulted in massive outbreaks across the country.