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THE Daily MISSISSIPPIAN Tuesday, January 19, 2021 theDMonline.com Volume 109, No. 14 Social gatherings As cases rise, first-dose postponed distribution stalls time of publication, there have ELIZA NOE been 29 new confirmed cases [email protected] reported by the university over Second doses secure, but no new As of now, all social gather- the past week. There are sev- ings held by registered student en active confirmed cases and appointments available organizations are postponed no active campus outbreaks. until at least Feb. 19, according Quarantine bed availability is Who can be vaccinated? also at 99.4% and isolation bed to an email sent to the univer- ELIZA NOE sity community. availability is at 96.5%. Individuals over the age of 16 can [email protected] For the first month of the In Oct. 2020, the universi- receive the Pfizer vaccine, and ty introduced a plan to begin those over 18 can receive the Mod- semester, administrators will Many Mississippians have monitor testing rates before a two-week process to allow erna vaccine. Pregnant women, some off-campus social gath- lactating women and those who are been left unable to schedule social gatherings can take appointments to receive their place after Feb. 19. Sentinel erings under the parameters. immunocompromised may take This included Greek life events the vaccine. first doses of the COVID-19 testing will continue in the vaccine after thousands of re- same fashion as last semester, like formals or date parties, which were allowed in specific quests flooded the system to providing free testing to stu- Who should not be arrange times for vaccination. dents, staff and faculty. cases. This semester, all groups must submit COVID-19 plans vaccinated? As of Jan. 13, 52,000 resi- According to the Ole Miss dents have been scheduled COVID-19 dashboard at the for in-person events, activities, You should not take the vaccine if PHOTO COURTESY: MSDH meetings and programs. you have had severe reactions from to receive vaccines within the previous vaccines or injectable next two weeks, and there are Dr. Thomas Dobbs medications. no more available appoint- ments for this month. Every life is essential, and “We understand the frus- we should give all a chance STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE CHANGES What if I have already had tration brought on by this to get in line.” TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY COVID-19? sudden change of plans. We After Wednesday’s University administration has approved will certainly keep all Mis- scramble for appointments, You can be vaccinated if you have sissippians updated regard- the MSDH said there were a new distribution of funding through tested positive for COVID-19 ing additional vaccines,” the no appointments left until the student activity fee, which will now after you wait until your isolation Mississippi State Department February, but on Friday, include a category devoted to diversity, period is over and symptoms have of Health (MSDH) said in a State Health Officer Thom- equity and inclusion programming. improved. statement. “Mississippians as Dobbs said that the an- SEE PAGE 3 should understand that we ticipated February vaccine When can I get an can only vaccinate residents infusion is in addition to the appointment? based on vaccine availability. weekly allocation that Mis- We will open additional vac- sissippi receives. At the time After the rush to schedule appoint- cination appointments as we of publication, there were no UM FORWARD DRAFTED ments when the Mississippi State receive more vaccines.” available appointments for Department of Health (MSDH) The MSDH said its web- first vaccines on the MSDH opened availability, no additional site and its server was “not website. appointments are available for prepared for the surge of page On Friday, the MSDH January. The MSDH hopes to visits” after its announce- announced a new shipment receive a large shipment of vaccines ment of vaccine availability of vaccines, meant to sup- in mid-February. for Mississippians over 65 port ongoing appointments years old and younger people at drive-thru sites and com- Can I still get an appointment with underlying conditions munity partners. This “mod- for my second dose? on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Some est amount” is planned to If you have had a dose already, your callers waited hours on the increase available appoint- second shot should be available as COVID-19 vaccine hotline, ments and vaccination loca- The Chicago Red Stars drafted Ole planned. only to be pushed back in line tions during the last week of Miss soccer’s leading goal scorer, or to receive no appointment January. On Sunday, Reeves Channing Foster on Wednesday, Jan. at all. celebrated the efforts of the Gov. Tate Reeves rollout after Mississippi sur- 13 during the virtual 2021 National pinned the rush on the passed 100,000 first and Women’s Soccer League College Draft. wider scope of avail- second-dose vaccines given. SEE PAGE 6 ability, adding that “re- “The additional vaccine stricting access” was a worse will be distributed to com- alternative than surging in- munity partners in a man- quiries for appointments. ner that seeks to address OPINION: WE ALL SAW 2021 COMING “In other states, vaccines both geographic and racial are expiring because of a dog- disparities,” the department “While 2020 was often described as matic attachment to ‘tiers’ said. “We anticipate that we ‘unprecedented,’ 2021 thus far — and most residents have no will have additional drive COVID surge, far-right insurgency hope of receiving a vaccine through appointments, in and all — has been predictable,” unless they are connected more locations, the week writes opinion editor Katie Dames. to an ‘essential business,’” Reeves said. “That’s wrong. SEE VACCINE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 11 PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 19 JANUARY 2021 Back on campus Students return to a snowy Oxford after eight weeks of winter break KATHERINE BUTLER [email protected] THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 19 JANUARY 2021 | PAGE 3 VACCINE ASB adapts student continued from page 1 of January 25 based on vaccine activity fee to forecasted to be available at the end of next week.” Though first doses will be widely unavailable in the com- promote diversity ing week, those who have al- ready received or are scheduled “This idea came up this to receive their first dose of the HADLEY HITSON summer when all of the vaccine will be able to schedule [email protected] movements with Black Lives time to receive the second por- For the first time since the state Matter got louder,” Schuetz said. tion of the vaccine. For those Institutions of Higher Learning “I knew this was something that who received the Pfizer vaccine, was obviously very important, and (IHL) Board of Trustees approved PHOTO COURTESY: ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY the second dose is due 21 days or the implementation of a $5-per- it’s clear on our campus that this is after. For the Moderna vaccine, semester student activity fee in a big need.” ASB Treasurer Gianna Schuetz has served in the treasury office for the the second dose is due 28 days or 2015, the university will change ASB president Joshua past three years. after. Though there are enough how it allows the Associated Mannery supported Schuetz in second doses from each provid- Student Body to distribute the her efforts and said he felt that er for every person who received focus, she said that while working be able to request an additional funds. A portion of the fee will now this new way of distributing funds a first dose, patients should not in the ASB office of the treasurer, $2,000 for diversity, equity be dedicated to diversity, equity falls in line with the commitment switch manufacturers for the she had also seen significant and inclusion programming. and inclusion programming and he made in the fall to focus on second dose; if the first dose was amounts of money “left over” The rest of the money will be another portion will create a fund “repair” for minority communities Pfizer, the second dose should from the student activity fee every placed in a “competitive fund,” to encourage cross-organization at UM. also be Pfizer. semester and wanted to address and organizations will submit collaboration. “One thing I realized last So far, 109,354 people have that issue. competing proposals each “Over the past three years I’ve semester is that no matter how been vaccinated in the state. “We used to limit the amount semester to have access to it. been working in treasury, I’ve hard we try to connect with Of those, 62% of patients were of each request funded to 75% “We’re asking organizations been looking at the first student students, hear students and serve white, 14% were Black, 1% were for food requests and then 80% to collaborate, so at least two activity fee proposal. This doesn’t students, there is still so much Asian and 22% were labeled as for all other requests. Now, that’s organizations have to come up really apply to what we’re using more work to be done,” Mannery “other.” On Jan.