By: Joe Laborie

Joe Laborie
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:57:11 +0000

In reply to Class” target=”_blank” title=”/2020/09/inside-isolation-a-week-in-covid-19-housing/comment-page-1/#comment-119159″>Class”>/2020/09/inside-isolation-a-week-in-covid-19-housing/comment-page-1/#comment-119159″>Class 2024 Mom.

Hi Class 2024 Mom,

I hope to clear some things up for you as a current student. Students do not leave quarantine to get tested, if you are in quarantine you do not get tested until your quarantine is over. False positives I’m sure do occur, but are a minuscule percentage of the tests and I stand with the university in erring on the side of caution with regard to quarantine/isolation. I think it’s slightly unfair to claim that “President Johnson just wants to be a social media star” since we are all unfamiliar with her and her goals. Personally, I applaud her for expanding the testing to weekly for us on campus folks, and firmly believe that this expanded testing is the reason our dashboard numbers have stayed (for the most part) very low around 3 percent.

Hope this could hopefully help you clear some things up!