The Rebound: Stopping the spread on campus

The Rebound: Stopping the spread on campus

WE SHOWED YOUHOW UNIVERSITIESACROSS THECOUNTRY WEREPREPARING TO BRINGSTUDENTS BACK ON-CAMPUS IN THEMIDDLE A PANDEMIC.SINCE THEN --DOZENS OFCOLLEGES ANDUNIVERSITIES HAVESEEN COVIDOUTBREAKS.BUT CHRIS CONTESHOWS US HOWSOME SCHOOLS AREMANAGING TO KEEPCOVID UNDERCONTROL.After being consumed inemptiness for months.Life, albeit different, hasstarted to return tocolleges across thecountry.SOT - Anthony000054 it is nice to gooutside of my Zoomroom and hear theirchatter and laughter, thatthe campus is alive againAnthony Monaco is thePresident of TuftsUniversity.We first met him back inAugust when theuniversity was preparingto bring nearly fivethousand students backto campus for the firsttime since COVID hit.(NATS construction fromfile)In addition to buildingmodular dorms forstudents to quartine in,the university was alsoimplementing a rigorousCOVID testing schedule.Every single student hadto be tested twice a weekfor COVID-19.And it seems to beworking.000836 By testing twicea week you're catching itearly and oftenTesting has been key topreventing outbreaks.Since August 3, theuniversity has conducted76 thousand testsOnly 36 students havetested positive thissemester.Most notable though, theuniversity's positivity rateis at .05 percent.SOT000820 The testingfrequency matters, if youwait a week or ten daysto test someone theycould be fully symptomicand spread it to anapartment or dormclusterSTANDUPBut not every college istesting as frequently asTufts.In a recent survey by theCollege Crisis Initiativelooked at 14 hundredsschools nationwide.Two out of every threecollege with in-personclasses -- had no testingplan.All of it has created anincredibly differentacademic year forstudents.000127 It's definitely adifferent environmentoverall