Are all colleges going virtual?

Tufts is resuming on campus, virtual the first week, and mandatory booster and 3x/week testing - and they have a plan for isolating in residence halls if dedicated quarantine housing fills (which they expect it will, rapidly). The university is also encouraging any students who live a flexible trip from campus (such as a short to day’s drive) to postpone return the campus to allow for testing protocols to ramp up. They’ve done a solid job minimizing the impact of Covid throughout the pandemic. True, some have found their approach conservative - but those are students and families from outside the Covid super aware New England and greater northeast.

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01/08/2022 09:13

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UVA is in-person with a booster mandate.

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01/08/2022 09:15

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IU is back with usual precautions (masks) on Monday.

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01/08/2022 12:08

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is resuming on campus, virtual the first week, and mandatory booster and 3x/week testing - and they have a plan for isolating in residence halls if dedicated quarantine housing fills (which they expect it will, rapidly). The university is also encouraging any students who live a flexible trip from campus (such as a short to day’s drive) to postpone return the campus to allow for testing protocols to ramp up. They’ve done a solid job minimizing the impact of Covid throughout the pandemic. True, some have found their approach conservative - but those are students and families from outside the Covid super aware New England and greater northeast.

Wait the vaccinated have to be tested 3xs a week?

That isn't super aware. That is a waste of resources and a complete disregard of science. Those poor students.

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01/08/2022 12:21

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts is resuming on campus, virtual the first week, and mandatory booster and 3x/week testing - and they have a plan for isolating in residence halls if dedicated quarantine housing fills (which they expect it will, rapidly). The university is also encouraging any students who live a flexible trip from campus (such as a short to day’s drive) to postpone return the campus to allow for testing protocols to ramp up. They’ve done a solid job minimizing the impact of Covid throughout the pandemic. True, some have found their approach conservative - but those are students and families from outside the Covid super aware New England and greater northeast.

Wait the vaccinated have to be tested 3xs a week?

That isn't super aware. That is a waste of resources and a complete disregard of science. Those poor students.

Does seem a bit over cautious, but given states like FL are letting millions of tests go to waste and for the most part deny the impact and even existence of Covid when it’s citizens wait on long lines for testing, I’d take overly cautious over blatant disregard for the current climate in a heartbeat.

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01/08/2022 13:03

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Elon has students back on campus already for winter term.

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01/08/2022 13:09

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Will they all end up going virtual this semester? I think it would be prudent for at least the next month.

The latest hospitalization numbers look terrible. We’re going to have to do whatever the hospitals want us to do just to try to persuade the people working there to keep working.