UW System to lift mask mandates, students respond | WFRV

(WFRV) – UW System president Tommy Thompson announced Wednesday that widespread vaccinations and dropping case numbers justified the move.System officials say they plan to withdraw mandates as soon as March 1 and will end them completely no later than spring break.UW-Green Bay freshman Audrey Ishi probably knows more about masking and community spread than most of us.“I’m a biology major,” Ishi explained. “So immunity, I understand how that works more or less.”Protections for unvaccinated among bills passed by Wisconsin SenateIshi, who’s fully vaccinated, says she agrees the time is right to drop the masks.

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