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MSMS 2022 House of Delegates Mitigation Measures
Mitigation Measures based on Delegate Survey
MSMS surveyed the House of Delegates in January and again in April regarding preferred mitigation measures. Results from both surveys did not vary in any significant way. Delegates support proof of vaccination or a negative test and masks being required.
The state of Michigan and health care facilities use community transmission levels to determine risk levels. As of today, ten large metropolitan counties including Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Ottawa, and Kalamazoo are in the high-risk category. This means our host county is classified as high-risk, as are the areas where the majority of our delegates will be traveling from.
Additionally, MSMS has been monitoring annual meetings from other state medical societies, national specialty societies and the American Medical Association (AMA). For those that are returning to in-person meetings, most are implementing some combination of similar mitigation measures. For the annual AMA meeting in June, all attendees will be required to antigen test onsite twice during the event.
For all of these reasons, the House of Delegates will require proof of vaccination or one negative test within 72 hours of Friday, April 28, 2022, and that masks be worn. Your speakers fully understand that physicians may not all agree with these measures. As a delegate body with established protocols of a democratic system of governance and professional civility in the course of collegial debate, we ask that delegates, board members, staff, county executives and guests respect the process of the House and each other and follow the measures to the best of their abilities.
Submission Process
MSMS will communicate and collect proof of vaccines and negative tests starting now through our online system at ClearToGo. Attendees can submit their documentation via an app or a website; or bring onsite. For detailed instructions, please click here.
Attendees will be required to visit the MSMS Health and Safety Desk to confirm submission of vaccine or negative test prior to the meeting or to submit upon arriving onsite at the meeting. After visiting the Health and Safety Desk, attendees may proceed to the MSMS Registration Desk for their name badge and credentials. Should participants need access to a rapid antigen test or masks, those will be provided at no cost. Rapid antigen tests would be performed by the attendee and submitted electronically.
According to the CDC, a person is up to date with their COVID-19 vaccination if they have received all recommended doses in the primary series and one booster when eligible. Getting a second booster is not necessary to be considered up to date at this time.
All attendees must either submit proof of vaccine through the app, through the website or in person. Or submit proof of a negative test through the app, through the website or in person.