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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Virginia Tech, GMU, William and Mary, VCU, UVA... all of these schools set up testing as a requirement. They all seems to be doing okay.[/quote]

I was going to have my sophomore JMU student get tested before returning, and it looked like he need to have symptoms, underlying conditions or a known exposure in order to even qualify for a test, so I'll admit that we skipped it.  Maybe I misunderstood how widely available testing is in Northern VA.  I know that students at some schools received tests in the mail to self-administer - did any VA schools do that?

He's off campus and plans to stay.  If I had a freshman at JMU or just about any campus this year, I don't think I would have moved them in and probably would have pushed a deferral.

For the record, he actually applied to the school - excellent faculty in his major (there were no other reasonable options for the major in VA and he wants to save $$$ for grad school). [/quote]

FYI, VA has asymptomatic testing with a 48 hour turnaround right now.  Adults can go through an urgent care or CVS.  Literally book an appointment at a CVS medication pickup drive through online.  It’s.  a little harder for minors. My minor child was in a hotspot state this summer. Her pediatrician is not doing asymptomatic testing for kids without a known exposure.  But they referred me to PM Pediatrics, which is. I did a five minute telehealth appointment on my iPad. Explained to the MD my child had been in a hotspot, but not directly exposed, that we know of and we wanted to protect the family and the community (to the extent a parent could be exposed).  We got a same day appointment 10 minutes from my house. They have multiple locations in NOVA.  In and out in under 15 minutes, very nice staff, no one in the waiting room. Less than 2 day turnaround. They said they were running 5-6 days in July, but are now back down to under 48 hours.

Consultation and test were free with my federal health insurance. 
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