College institutes mask mandate and bans student gatherings despite absence of confirmed COVID cases.

Morris‌ Brown College Reinstates Mask Mandate and⁢ Bans Student Gatherings

Morris Brown‌ College in Atlanta, which began ⁤classes last week, announced Sunday that it was reinstating its mask ⁣mandate for ‍students and employees to protect against COVID-19, according to‍ WSB-TV.

The college also banned‍ parties and large student gatherings on its ⁤campus.

“Officials say there have been no confirmed COVID-19 cases among its‌ students, but they have received‌ reports from other schools in the Atlanta University Center,” WSB reported⁢ Monday.

The‌ mask mandate will be in place for the next 14 days, along with ‍temperature ​checks when coming to campus, social distancing, and⁤ contact tracing.

Although the coronavirus public health​ emergency officially ⁤ended earlier this year, vaccination mandates⁤ linger at⁢ some colleges and universities⁤ as they ⁢open the ⁢fall ‍semester.

More than 100 colleges require students attending ‌in-person classes to have the⁣ shots, according to News Nation, which cited the group No College Mandates.

Morris Brown is among them, according to WSB.

as someone smart ⁤once said, “as Morris Brown ⁢College goes, ⁢so goes the rest of ‍the country” https://t.co/mmQSL4T01R

—⁤ JJ Kasper (@JJ_Kasper) ⁢ August 22, ‍2023

Would you ⁢wear a⁤ mask again if mandated?

• Yes
• No

According​ to Newsweek, the school⁤ said its goal was to “minimize outbreaks of COVID-19⁤ in the Rutgers University community; to prevent and reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 among‍ all persons‌ at Rutgers University and‌ Rutgers-affiliated ⁢healthcare units; and ‍to promote the public health of the community in a manner consistent with federal, State,​ and local efforts to stem the COVID-19 pandemic as well as ​federal and State law.”

Students who are not fully‍ vaccinated can’t‍ attend classes on‍ campus unless they‍ have ⁤a medical or ⁤religious exemption.

However, students with ‍exemptions might⁣ not ⁣be allowed to live on⁣ campus.

Rutgers deserves to lose millions & fail miserably for Communist force⁢ & Communist thinking.

Everyone⁣ needs‌ to BudLight woke universities.

— LibertyDrumbeatz (@drumz3606) August 18, ⁤2023

New ‌Jersey⁤ state Sen. Declan O’Scanlon criticized the college.

“For Rutgers, ⁤which should be the preeminent scientific institution, public institution ⁤in ⁢New Jersey, to be clinging to this now ⁤anti-science and punishing students — life-changing punishment,⁤ by the way — is ​outrageous. The administrators at Rutgers​ should be ashamed of themselves,” the ⁢Republican said, ⁤according to NewsNation.

In a column for the Washington Examiner, Brad Polumbo said the​ mandates are “truly absurd and indefensible on public health grounds.”

“To start, COVID-19 vaccine mandates⁤ on college campuses never made much sense to begin with because most of the population ​of a typical campus ⁤— healthy ⁣18-, 19-,⁤ 20-, and 21-year-olds — ⁢was never at⁣ significant risk‌ of death or hospitalization from COVID,” Polumbo wrote. “If ​anything, ⁤campuses were much‌ less vulnerable to the pandemic than almost anywhere else imaginable.”

He added, “Ultimately, ⁢these ⁤mandates aren’t rooted in science or⁤ public health. ⁤They’re simply ⁢a⁣ result of deeply ideological campus‍ administrators wanting to⁤ assert their ‌control and signal allegiance to their political tribe.

“But, ‍when it ‍comes to matters⁣ of bodily autonomy ⁣and medical freedom, that’s no way to make such important ⁤decisions.”

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