University of Mississippi Faculty Considering Vaccine Mandate For Students, Employees
The University of Mississippi Faculty Senate is considering a resolution calling on administrators to require that all eligible students, faculty and staff get vaccinated for COVID-19. At an extraordinary UM Faculty Senate meeting tonight, which the Mississippi Free Press listened in on, members discussed a resolution that cites “an obligation to protect the life, health and wellbeing of its students, faculty, staff, and surrounding communities” in Oxford.
Mississippi Reports 111 COVID-19 Deaths, Pandemic Toll Rises to 8,158
At least 8,158 Mississippians have died of COVID-19 since the novel coronavirus arrived in the Magnolia State, the State Department of Health revealed today as it reported 111 additional deaths—the most for a single day in the pandemic so far.
