About a month ago, Washington State Cougars football coach Nick Rolovich caused quite a stir when he announced he wouldn’t be attending Pac-12 Media Days because of his COVID-19 vaccination status. The conference would only allow vaccinated individuals to attend and Rolovich said on Twitter he has not been vaccinated for personal reasons. For his employer, it created some hiccups but it wouldn’t necessarily prevent him from performing his job duties provided he followed masking and distancing guidelines.
Now it appears he won’t have a choice.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced today a vaccination requirement for all members of faculty, staff, and contractors in higher education by October 18th, meaning vaccination would need be initiated no later than about three weeks from now for a two dose vaccine or October 4th for single dose.