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Friday, 29 March 2024

Will college students be okay in dorms?

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Will college students be okay in dorms?
Will college students be okay in dorms?

Many colleges and universities are planning to start next semester virtually - but others are planning to reopen their campuses.

The question has come up about if your kids will be safe living in a dormitory.

VIRTUALLY -- SOME ARE PLANNINGTO REOPEN THEIR CAMPUSES.BUT, WILL YOUR CHILD BE SAFE INA CROWDED DORM ROOM?

CHRISCONTE TAKES A CLOSER LOOK ATNEW RESEARCH THAT IS HELPINGCOLLEGES COME UP WITH DETAILEDCOVID TESTING PLANS, TO RETURNSAFELY BACK TO SCHOOL.PKG FULL= IT IS HARD NOT TONOTICE THE EMPITNESS CONSUMINGCOLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES RIGHTNOW.LONG AGO FORCED TO SENDSTUDENTS HOME BECAUSE OF THEVIRUS.000823 THEY DO NEED THATPERSONAL CONTACT, THEY WANT TOKNOW WHO THEIR PROFESSOR IS BUTTUFTS UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTANTHONY MONACO IS PREPARING FORSTUDENTS TO RETURN..AND HE'S DOING EVERYTHINGPOSSIBLE TO MAKE SURE COVIDDOESN'T COME WITH THEM.000241 WE WANTED TO TEST FORCOVID AT A FREQUENCY THAT WOULDCATCH PEOPLE WHEN THEY'REASYMPTOMATIC, EVERY STUDENTWHO RETURNS TO CAMPUS WILL HAVETO TAKE A COVID TEST.WITH FIVE THOUSAND STUDENTSEXPECTED, TUFTS IS ALSOEXPECTING A NUMBER OF THOSETESTS TO COME BACK POSITIVE.WHICH IS WHERE THESE MODULARDORM ROOMS COME IN.ANY STUDENT WHO TESTS POSITIVEFOR COVID WILL BE QUARANTINEDHERE FOR TWO WEEKS.THE IDEA, IS TO KEEP THE VIRUSFROM SPREADING SOT 000127UNIVERSITIES FACE ANEXISTENTIAL QUESTION HERE, MANYOF THEM EITHER OPEN THEIR DOORSOR THEY FACE FINANCIAL COLLAPSETHAT COULD CLOSE THEIR DOORSPERMANENTLY THAT IS DAVIDPALTIEL.A RESEARCHER AT YALE.HE'S BEEN USING EPIDEMICMODELING TO GUIDE HIGHEREDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ONREOPENING.GRAPHIC HERE'S WHAT HE FOUND.IF YOU TAKE 5,000 HEALTHYSTUDENTS.THEN THROW IN 10 OTHER STUDENTSWHO HAVE COVID AND TEST ONLYSTUDENTS WHEN STUDENTS HAVESYMPTOMS.HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OFKIDS WILL BE SICK BYTHANKSGIVING.BUT ...TAKE THOSE SAME 5,000 KIDS.THROW IN 10 STUDENTS WHO HAVECOVID ...ONLY ABOUT 100 STUDENTS WILLEND UP CATCHING COVID THISFALL.000442 YOU NEED TO BE TESTINGFREQUENTLY IN ORDER TO GETAHEAD OF THE SILENT SPREADING,THE ASYMPTOMATIC SPREADINGSTANDUP AND EVEN IF AUNIVERSITY GOES ENTIRELYONLINE, 40 PERCENT OF KIDS WILLLIKELY RETURN TO APARTMENTSAROUND CAMPUS.SO MANY SCHOOLS WOULD RATHERTHOSE STUDENTS BE ON CAMPUS,WHERE THEY CAN BE SUPERVISEDAND TESTED FREQUENTLY.001120 IT'S HARD AND IT COULDBE A NIGHTMARE, PEOPLE WHO SAYWE SHOULDN'T OPEN CAMPUSESSHOULD REMEMBER THE NIGHTMAREDOESN'T GO AWAY SO FAR TUFTSALL IN HOPES OF GETTING "SAFELYBACK TO SCHOOL." SOT - TUFTSPRESIDENT 000451 THEY WANT TOBE HERE AND THEY KNOW THAT IFTHEY ARE GOING TO BE HERE,THESE MEASURES ARE TO KEEPTHE COVID CRISIS HAS PUT MOSTLIVE ENTERTAINMENT ON PAUSE --BUT THAT IS NOT S

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