Mon Apr 4, 2022 – 11:30 am EDT
GAINESVILLE, Florida (LifeSiteNews) – The University of Florida has doled out tens of thousands of dollars to art and media projects that promote COVID jabs among students.
The “Engaging Arts for Vaccine Confidence” at the public university is meant to encourage students to get jabbed, according to the Alligator, the campus newspaper.
“The initiative granted seven different projects with grants between $3,000 to $10,000,” the paper reported. One of the projects included a tent in front of a mural where students “could find snacks, tote bags, free condoms and even Narcan,” an opioid overdose treatment.
The university also tried to coax students to get jabbed by offering them free headshots.
“On March 21, a vaccination bus with 54 available COVID-19 vaccines was parked on the Reitz Student Union lawn while Dr. Giuliano De Portu, a photographer and UF Health Shands ER doctor, snapped headshots of students who provided proof of vaccination or chose to get vaccinated on-site,” the paper reported.
“The team received $5,000 from UF to put on this two-phase project in November, [the organizer] said.”
“Dr. De Portu shot portraits of 20 students, two of whom received a
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