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[quote=Anonymous]From inside the higher-ed world: Schools that initiated covid vaccination requirements (of whatever kind) often also tended to be schools with more robust surveillance programs and more detailed data reporting.  My individual no-policy institution had a stunningly low percentage of covid cases officially listed in comparison to other institutions within a radius of a few miles in the same metro area (upper Midwest).  The difference wasn't less covid.  The difference was less testing.  So attempting to draw larger conclusions about college spread without much more nuanced analysis is going to be a losing errand.

There has always been very strong incentive among college students not to test if they didn't absolutely have to.  Heck, there is strong incentive in society in general right now not to test if you don't absolutely have to.  My family personally tests a lot, but I know others don't, and I know my students don't, which is why I have to mask to teach.  If one student gets covid, they take a few days out or have to listen on Zoom.  If I get covid, the _whole class_ is stuck with that arrangement.  I figure they'd rather have me there in real life and be there themselves in real life, even if I'm wearing a mask at the time.[/quote]

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