NWMUN-Seattle 2022 will maintain the vaccine policy in place since the 2021-2022 academic year for NWMUN-Seattle 2022. This will be the default policy for NWMUN-Portland 2023, unless changed by the NWA Board of Directors between November 21, 2022-February 16, 2023.
- NWMUN-Seattle 2022 will require vaccines against COVID-19 to attend:
- For US-based delegates, this means one dose of the Johnson and Johnson/Janssen vaccine or two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines.
- For Canada-based delegates, this means one dose of the Janssen vaccine or two doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, or AstraZeneca vaccines.
- The final dose of the vaccine should be received on or before November 3, to allow for 2 weeks to pass (achieving the fullest extent of the immunity provided by the vaccine) before people begin gathering at the hotel for NWMUN-Seattle 2022.
Boosters are not required, but NWMUN does recommend getting a booster whenever allowable for each individual.
Verification will also work similarly to the 2021-2022 academic year:
- Registering schools will be asked if their college/university has a vaccination requirement for Fall 2022 students and faculty.
- Based on the response to this question, one of two verification processes will be used:
- Affirmation: For colleges and universities who have a vaccination policy requiring at least the doses noted above, the team leadership (faculty, president, etc.) will need to affirm during the at-conference registration process that every attendee is an enrolled student or employed faculty member at their college or university for Fall 2022. No individual check will be required for these teams.
- Individual checks: For all individual delegates, and those colleges and universities who do not have a vaccination policy requiring equal or more doses than the conference requirements, all delegates, head delegates, and faculty will need to show individual proof of vaccination.
- In the 2021-2022 academic year, most schools (over 80%) used the first (affirmation) process, so this did not noticeably slow down registration in any way.