C-U IS SET TO REQUIRE COVID-19 VACCINATIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS... STAFF... AND FACULTY THIS FALL. BUT... ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS IS FIGHTING THAT PLAN. CHANCE HILL IS INTRODUCING A RESOLUTION AGAINST THE PLAN. HE SAYS GETTING THE SHOT SHOULD BE A CHOICE RATHER THAN A MANDATE.
WE'RE GETTING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE ISSUE... WITH C-U REGENT CHANCE HILL ON OUR LIVE LINE.
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--University of Colorado’s Board of Regents will consider a resolution to oppose the decision by campus and system leaders to require coronavirus vaccines for all students, faculty and staff starting this fall.
--The resolution by Regent Chance Hill, R-Colorado Springs, lays out concerns about mandating coronavirus vaccines, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use approval, the potential for lawsuits, the administrative burden and that there was not “meaningful Regent input and discussion” beforehand.
--Hill’s resolution states there’s a risk that the vaccine mandate “will be perceived by some community members, including in minority communities, as unethical and likened to historical and problematic experimental medical studies,” particularly while it’s approved for emergency use.
--Hill said he supports a policy of encouraging people to get the vaccine and that he is vaccinated, but that it should be a choice to opt in, not opt out.