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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First flaw is that students have to be tested before they get there.  Testing of healthy non-essential workers is not available in many parts of the country at the moment.  My son is leaving for school in a few weeks.  He will be in touch with his school soon to let them know that MD will not test him currently and also the results would take a week which does not meet their 3 day requirements.[/quote]

I’m in a college town in NY; testing is readily available and zero cost for all. There’s still an issue with turnaround time, though. I got tested on a Tuesday and results only showed up Saturday. Unless that improves, it will leave the school using rapid tests, which have a higher rate of false negatives. They are closing the campus and have published detailed plans outlining restrictions.[/quote]

Vassar College also is apparently planning to do ongoing asymptomatic testing. Not sure of specific frequency yet, but throughout the semester. We only hope they can source enough tests. And like Colby, Vassar will close the campus--students can't leave and no visitors can come. The Vassar campus is in a large town but is self-contained (as in, no parts of it sprawl across streets in town, really) and I think all students are in college housing, so no off-campus apartments etc. to increase spread to or from the community.

Agree on the test timing being an issue for the initial test students are supposed to get done at home before leaving for all these colleges. A test fine three to five days before move-in date (what we were told) likely will not get results back in time. I'm sure colleges do not mean it's fine for kids to turn up untested or without results, so we're going to ask if they really mean that they need results that are no more than five days old on the move-in date. [/quote]

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