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University hits 90% booster vaccine goal, plans to lift indoor masking requirement Feb. 4

Observer Staff Report | Friday, January 21, 2022

The University campus community achieved over a 90% compliance rate with the required COVID-19 booster requirement, interim provost Chris Maziar announced in an email Friday afternoon. The email stated the University hopes to lift the indoor masking requirement and restrictions on University-sponsored travel and gatherings on Feb. 4 — two weeks after the booster deadline,

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Athletics department partners with department of health to offer free football tickets to those who receive COVID-19 vaccine

Ryan Peters | Friday, November 5, 2021

When St. Joseph County deputy health officer Dr. Mark Fox and Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick periodically met during the late spring and into the fall, Swarbrick would frequently ask if there was any way Notre Dame athletics could help with the local vaccination effort in St. Joseph County, Fox said. Notre Dame has

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Thinking critically about COVID-19 vaccines

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, November 2, 2021

The case for COVID-19 vaccine mandates rests on the assertion that vaccination is not just a private benefit for the recipient, but a public one necessary to prevent transmission onto others. As more data emerges on the shots’ waning efficacy, leakiness and safety problems, it is becoming clear that the primary benefit of vaccination is

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‘We are still in a pandemic’: Students report new difficulties with University’s COVID-19 response

Evan McKenna and Alysa Guffey | Friday, September 17, 2021

As a nationwide vaccine rollout began in early 2021 and continued in full force through the following months, many across the country felt a strong sense of hope, one that didn’t exist just a few months prior. With the opening of a mass vaccination clinic on the University’s campus in March, the Notre Dame community

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St. Joseph County rescinds mask order in light of new CDC guidelines

Observer Staff Report | Thursday, May 13, 2021

Per new Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations, St. Joseph County health officer Robert Einterz rescinded the county mask mandate Thursday afternoon. According to the CDC guidelines announced earlier in the day, people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks except in places where it is required by law or

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Saint Mary’s to require COVID-19 vaccination for student enrollment in 2021-2022 academic year

Observer Staff Report | Monday, April 12, 2021

College President Katie Conboy announced in a Monday email that all students are required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine for the upcoming academic year. The vaccine will be added to the list of mandatory student immunizations beginning in the 2021-2022 term. With students vaccinated, Saint Mary’s will plan to have complete in-person instruction and a

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How to talk to your friends who won’t get vaccinated

Clark Bowden | Thursday, April 1, 2021

I spent this past weekend feeling like a human garbage can. It was like my entire body was experiencing the Notre Dame-Alabama playoff game all over again while also getting clubbed in the head with a 9-iron. The only person who had a worse last few days than me is the captain of the boat

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Saint Mary’s students share mixed feelings about vaccine clinic

Lexi Kilcoin | Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Earlier last week, Mona Bowe and Shari Rodriguez, co-directors of the COVID-19 Response Team, sent Saint Mary’s students an email with information regarding a new vaccination clinic that will come to campus April 16. The information came after College President Katie Conboy sent an email earlier in March that said Indiana had “broadened vaccine availability”

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University to begin administering vaccines to students April 8

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, March 30, 2021

In an email Tuesday, the University announced undergraduate, graduate and professional students would be able to receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine from Thursday, April 8 to Thursday, April 15. The first doses of the vaccine will be distributed in the span of one week at the Compton Family Ice Arena, between the

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The Recap Episode 7: Notre Dame holds mass vaccination clinic

Ryan Peters and The Recap | Sunday, March 28, 2021

In this episode of The Recap, host Ryan Peters details the mass vaccination clinic held at Compton Family Ice Arena over the weekend, Pasquerilla West Hall’s new format for their signature event, PDub’s Closet, and professor Cara Ocobock’s science kits for children. The Recap is available to stream on Anchor, Breaker, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic and Spotify. Ryan Peters: From the News

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