Tag: Coronavirus
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UW-Green Bay: 70% of student body is vaccinated
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB) announced that it has reached the 70% vaccination rate for students at its four campuses. According to UW-Green Bay, its student body that attends in-person classes at any of its four campuses has reached the 70% vaccination rate. UWGB’s four campuses include: Marinette Green Bay…
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UW-Green Bay hits 70% Vaccination Threshold in 70 for 70 Campaign
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Green Bay, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay announced today that its student body which attends in-person classes at any of its four campuses (Marinette, Green Bay, Manitowoc and Sheboygan) has reached the 70 percent vaccination rate, encouraged by UW System President Tommy Thompson as part of UW System’s 70 for 70 campaign. “I continue to…
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Video: COVID-19 Why it Matters Part 26, I had COVID, why get the vaccine?
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This video series features UW-Green Bay’s Immunologist Brian Merkel on COVID-19 and Why it Matters. This series empowers viewers with knowledge to help them navigate through the pandemic. Merkel has a Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology from the Medical College of Virginia. He is an associate professor in UW-Green Bay’s Human Biology & Biology programs…
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Video: COVID-19 Why it Matters Part 25, Understanding Breakthrough Infections
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This video series features UW-Green Bay’s Immunologist Brian Merkel on COVID-19 and Why it Matters. This series empowers viewers with knowledge to help them navigate through the pandemic. Merkel has a Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology from the Medical College of Virginia. He is an associate professor in UW-Green Bay’s Human Biology & Biology programs…
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UW-Green Bay fighting to reach 70% vaccination goal | WLUK
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GREEN BAY (WLUK) — University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is still fighting to reach a 70% vaccination rate among students. UW-Oshkosh hit that benchmark last week. The UW system is offering an incentive to each campus that reaches a 70% vaccination rate for students. Once the campus reaches 70%, students will be eligible for select number…
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UW System’s ‘Vax Up! 70 for 70’ campaign gets star power with Charlie Berens | WLUK
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MADISON (WLUK)—A Wisconsin celebrity is joining the cause to get more UW students vaccinated against COVID-19. A video for the Vax Up! “70 for 70” campaign features comedian Charlie Berens hitting a carnival-style high-striker to urge vaccinations among students. The goal of the campaign is to get campuses to 70% vaccination rates. It also offers…
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Comedian Charlie Berens joins President Thompson for Vax Up! ’70 for 70′ campaign
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MADISON, Wis.— Comedian Charlie Berens has joined the University of Wisconsin System’s Vax Up! “70 for 70” campaign to encourage students to become vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Berens famously squared off against UW System President Tommy Thompson during the 2020-21 academic year to smash stuff on video as part of the System’s “Smash COVID”…
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Why should people who had COVID-19 get vaccinated? ‘Hybrid immunity’
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A recent CDC study shows people who’ve contracted COVID-19 and are fully vaccinated against the virus are more protected than those who rely on natural immunity alone. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a case-control study that compared the vaccination status of people who’d been infected in 2020 and those reinfected…
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UW-Oshkosh, Green Bay short of 70% vaccination goal | WLUK
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) — The University of Wisconsin System is tackling ways to get more people vaccinated. The system and individual schools are offering several perks. The goal is to get campuses to 70% vaccination rates. Source: UW-Oshkosh, Green Bay still short of 70% vaccination goal | WLUK
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Video: UW System President Tommy Thompson and Phlash have a little fun with the idea of ‘smashing COVID-19’
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UW System President (voice over) and UW-Green Bay’s Phlash encourage the campus community to Vax-Up! It’s all apart of the 70-for-70 campaign. See more at the 70-in-a Phlash website and the Phoenix Forward website.