(Natural News) Earlier this month, Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan, hatched out a plan to require students to wear a "BioButton" while they are on campus to track whether or not they have the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). However, thanks to massive backlash from the student population, the plan to mandate the medical device's use was scrapped.

The BioButton, made by Colorado-based medical technology company BioIntelliSense, is a wearable single-use device that monitors a person's vital statistics, such as their heart rate, respiratory rate and body temperature. It's meant to be worn on the chest and it can be connected to a person's mobile device.

"It provides additional information for health screening," said the university in a now-deleted post on their website. "The button will be used in conjunction with the daily health assessment to determine if you are able to participate in campus activities. The individual data will remain private to the wearer and is not shared with others."

According to David Stone, the university's chief research officer, using the BioButton provides several advantages for residents, such as the device's ability to notice abnormalities in people's vital signs before they even take a test for COVID-19.

"That would limit the potential for outbreaks on campus, and that's what we're looking for," said Stone.

Many students have raised concerns about their privacy being violated and their data possibly being stolen by BioIntelliSense, but Stone claims that the university doesn't even have access to their health information.

Instead, the BioButton rates whether a person is on "green alert" or "red alert." People whose status is green are free to go about their business. But if the university's health services department receives a "red" alert, an official will call the wearer to ask them questions about their health.

Stone also touted that the BioButton would be helpful for the university's contact tracing efforts because it can tell people if they have had significant contact with somebody who tested positive for COVID-19.

This is just the latest example of institutions trying to use the coronavirus pandemic to advance their Orwellian coronavirus policies. Learn about one such directive by listening to this episode of the Health Ranger Report, a podcast by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, as he talks about how Los Angeles is threatening to cut off water and power to homes and businesses that do not comply with the city's coronavirus lockdown measures.