Interim UW-System President Continues to Defend Campus COVID Protocols

Monday, August 30th, 2021 -- 10:06 AM

(WRN) Interim University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson continues to defend his decision to implement campus COVID-19 protocols, without first getting approval from Republican legislators.

"So I don't want to fight the legislature. I'm just stating out the facts why we're doing what we're doing. . . I want to make sure that the confusion out there about this rule is not going to prevent us from opening up our universities."

"And so we're opening up schools. I want the faculty to know, that we're going to make sure that they're protected. My number one priority is to make sure that we open up the university, that we do it in a public health and a safety manner."

Thompson spoke to WisPolitics on Thursday, the same day that Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steinke indicated in a tweet that lawmakers would be unlikely to sue the UW System over its pandemic response.

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