LSU President William Tate IV
LSU President William Tate IV met with President Biden and the COVID Response team Wednesday and briefed them on the school’s multi-tiered approach of COVID mitigation and vaccination requirement. LSU was the only university that attended the meeting and Tate said the President was interested in how the school’s approach changed vaccination rates.
“What we saw and each time we added a requirement the vaccination numbers went up to our current status of 82% of our student body being vaccinated and 72% of our faculty and staff,” said Tate.
Tate said Biden was interested in how the school moved the needle when it came to vaccination rates and there’s a reason LSU was asked to attend the meeting.
“If you juxtapose LSU’s vaccination rates with the surrounding community, or the state of Louisiana, or other SEC schools, LSU finds itself at the top,” said Tate.
Now that the Pfizer vaccine has FDA approval students are required to submit proof of vaccination or agree to regular COVID testing. Tate said 78 students have yet to file paperwork and they face explusion.
“99.999% of our population is compliant with the requirements and I’m very comfortable saying that I think we’ll be able to get across the finish line with the remainder of the students we have,” said Tate.
LSU was one of the first schools in the country to require either proof of vaccination or a recent COVID test to attend football games on campus.
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