As an employee of UAB Hospital, a UAB Alumni, and parent of an incoming Freshman, considering that a vaccine for COVID-19 will not be available by the Fall semester, I truly believe that these students should be given the option to either live on campus or not. I do NOT feel confident in having my daughter forced to stay in an environment that is crowded with other students who we all know will NOT follow the safety guidelines for preventing the spread of the virus. UAB should consider relaxing this rule for now for housing of the incoming 2020 Freshman class.