In an email announcement today, the University of Illinois System announced that all students, faculty, and staff will be required to receive a COVID-19 booster shot if/when they are eligible.
Those who received exemptions for the original vaccination requirement will still be exempt. In a follow up email from Chancellor Jones, he stated that more information about a timeline for boosters would be shared once the semester was underway.
This is a good thing. More vaccine mandates please. It’s the least we can do (literally the very least) to keep our healthcare systems functioning and our community healthy.
Top photo by Anna Longworth.