{"id":23863,"date":"2020-07-22T11:12:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T15:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=23863"},"modified":"2020-07-22T11:12:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T15:12:17","slug":"back2bu-virtual-meetings-recap-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2020\/07\/22\/back2bu-virtual-meetings-recap-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Back2BU Virtual Meetings Recap &#8211; Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/862525798&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wtbu\" title=\"wtbu\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">wtbu<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wtbu\/back2bu-virtual-meetings-recap-part-4\" title=\"Back2BU Virtual Meetings Recap - Part 4\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Back2BU Virtual Meetings Recap &#8211; Part 4<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Grace Ferguson<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>TRANSCRIPT:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019re listening to WTBU News. I\u2019m Grace Ferguson, here with a recap of Boston University\u2019s sixth and seventh Back2BU Virtual Meetings. Tuesday\u2019s meetings were focused on the College of General Studies and Sargent College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what\u2019s new.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The university won\u2019t have a single quantitative threshold for when it would close campus. A threshold would be something like: \u201cIf we get 400 Covid cases on campus, we go fully online.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dean Elmore said that in any decision about changing course, BU would weigh many different factors. He mentioned state and local government, &#8220;public health concerns,&#8221; and multiple different pieces of data about COVID-19\u2019s presence on campus, and in Boston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of that data about COVID-19 on campus will actually be public. BU is going to have a dashboard of data, a lot like what some states have. It\u2019ll show the number of tests BU is giving, how many are coming back positive, how many students are in quarantine or isolation, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthcare for students in isolation\u2014that\u2019s students who test positive for COVID-19\u2014will start with remote check-ins from Student Health Services. But SHS is prepared to provide in-person medical care and even arrange for transportation to a hospital if a student needs it. Dr. Judy Platt of SHS said recovering at home could also be an option for some Covid-positive students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leaving isolation won\u2019t require a negative COVID-19 test. Dr. Platt explained why\u2014BU is using the PCR test, which is very sensitive. It can give a positive result, even if someone only has small traces of virus in their system. Platt said that having those small traces doesn\u2019t mean someone\u2019s contagious, and public health authorities say that after someone stops having symptoms, they\u2019re very unlikely to transmit the virus. So, to get out of isolation, you just have to be symptom-free without medication for 3 days, and 10 days have to have passed since your symptoms started or you tested positive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Tuesday, panelists also talked about quarantine housing, which is for suspected cases of COVID-19. Vice President of Auxiliaries Peter Smokowski could not confirm that quarantine rooms would be in a separate building from regular student rooms. Instead, Smokowski emphasized that the quarantine rooms have their own private bathroom, and quarantined students will have everything they need to stay put for 14 days. He also emphasized that quarantined students are only suspected cases, and haven\u2019t tested positive for COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s all for today\u2019s recap. In Salt Lake City, Utah, I\u2019m Grace Ferguson for WTBU News.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>wtbu \u00b7 Back2BU Virtual Meetings Recap &#8211; Part 4 By Grace Ferguson &nbsp; TRANSCRIPT: You\u2019re listening to WTBU News. I\u2019m Grace Ferguson, here with a recap of Boston University\u2019s sixth and seventh Back2BU Virtual Meetings. Tuesday\u2019s meetings were focused on the College of General Studies and Sargent College. Here\u2019s what\u2019s new. 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