University Of Wisconsin - Green Bay: More Wisconsin Schools To Require Masks Regardless Of Vaccinations

Press release from University of Wisconsin - Green Bay:

August 11, 2021

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and UW-Stevens Point announced Friday they would require people to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status, becoming the latest UW schools to do so in the face of political opposition.

UW-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander called the new policy the “safe and prudent” step to take at this time, one important not only for health and safety reasons but also “to ensure normal operations of UW-Green Bay for the academic year.”

"While wearing masks indoors we can still gather in groups, have events, and interact with one another,” Alexander said. “This is vital after the last 18 months. By wearing masks indoors and increasing our vaccination rates, it is my sincere hope that we will be able to limit the spread of COVID and remove the mask requirement as soon as possible.”

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