University’s Vaccine Mandate Reasonable for Fall Reopening but Obstacles Remain, Researchers say
“One of SCU’s guiding principles from day 1 of the pandemic has been to protect the health and safety of our students, faculty, and staff — vaccines do that and will allow us to return to campus — how great is that?” Margaret McLean, the SCU Markkula Center for Applied Ethics associate director, wrote.
McLean, who is also a member of SCU’s COVID Resilience and Recovery Campus Operations Team, said that the vaccines can guard against severe illness and death, unclog emergency rooms and allow for a gradual, coast-to-coast reopening. She explained many might need incentives to get the shot, but ultimately mandates that “protect people and save lives are beneficial to everyone.”
Margaret R. McLean, Ph.D, associate director of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, featured on The Stanford Daily.