{"id":7771,"date":"2021-08-11T08:34:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T12:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=7771"},"modified":"2021-08-16T15:31:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T19:31:58","slug":"reinstatement-of-mask-mandate-a-message-from-detroit-mercy-president-antoine-m-garibaldi-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2021\/08\/11\/reinstatement-of-mask-mandate-a-message-from-detroit-mercy-president-antoine-m-garibaldi-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinstatement of mask mandate &#8212; a message from Detroit Mercy President Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dear Detroit Mercy Community,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On Aug. 5, University of Detroit Mercy reinstated mandatory mask usage indoors on all Detroit Mercy campuses, regardless of one\u2019s vaccination status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This decision, effective immediately, is due to the rise in cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Michigan and Wayne County. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends universal indoor\u00a0masking in areas with \u201csubstantial\u201d or \u201chigh\u201d levels of community transmission. Wayne County and surrounding counties now meet this threshold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This decision is extremely important to\u00a0our interest in having in-person classes and vibrant campus experiences for the entire\u00a0Detroit Mercy family this fall. The University\u2019s COVID-19 Task Force will continue to closely monitor COVID-19 case counts daily and follow the guidance of the CDC and other public health organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The University requires all employees and students to be fully vaccinated by Aug. 16. Given the continuing seriousness of the virus, I remind you to please obtain your vaccination or request a waiver prior to the Aug. 16 deadline that the university has required of all employees and students. Our Mercy and Jesuit charisms inspire us to care for those around us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For more information on the vaccine requirement, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/udmercy.edu\/vaccine\"><span class=\"s2\">udmercy.edu\/vaccine<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thank you for your cooperation and assistance so we can bring an end to this global pandemic that has already taken more than 4 million lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sincerely,<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Detroit Mercy Community, On Aug. 5, University of Detroit Mercy reinstated mandatory mask usage indoors on all Detroit Mercy campuses, regardless of one\u2019s vaccination &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":7716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,2217,4404],"tags":[979,2491,2489,4740,3060,83],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2021\/07\/TT-takingourshot.jpg?fit=461%2C259&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-21l","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7771"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7776,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7771\/revisions\/7776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}