A sign outside of the University of Arizona bookstore reminds visitors masks are required to enter./AZPM Staff
By Steve Jess | Arizona Public Media
President Robert Robbins shared a note of frustration in his campus update on the first day of fall classes Monday.
With COVID-19 cases rebounding, and many politicians dead set against masking mandates or lockdowns, the University of Arizona president admitted there’s only so much he can do, and he’s not happy about it. Robbins, who is also a medical doctor, noted how things have changed since COVID-19 first peaked last summer.
“Thinking back a year ago, you know we didn’t have the vaccine. Now we’re flush with vaccine but people won’t take it,” he said
To open the latest campus update, Robbins read a statement saying the governor’s order against mandates was intended to bar discrimination based on vaccination status.
