Thursday, April 14, 2022
The Librarians’ and Archivists’ Association of the University of ݮƵ supports the statement put out by FAUW on March 21 calling for the University to keep vaccine and mask mandates for the Spring term.
We support continuing these measures for the same reasons FAUW listed, namely:
- The high incidence of COVID in our community’s wastewater, with the Record stating that “Wastewater monitoring is showing an ‘extremely’ worrying rise in the COVID-19 signal.”(Weidner, April 8, 2022).
- Protection for the vulnerable in our community
We would also like to highlight that in the time since FAUW’s statement, , , , and have indicated that they will be keeping their mask and/or vaccination policies for at least part of the Spring term.
Keeping these will make our workplace safer for the immunocompromised and those with family members who are unable to be vaccinated (such as children under 5). We encourage ݮƵ to follow the science and to keep our community safe.