As UCLA approaches the Sept. 9 deadlines for proof of vaccination, does anyone know how to check students and employees using "health data dashboards"? Does anyone know where to find a health data dashboard? Or what to do if a students (or employees) say they are vaccinated - and maybe show a card - but the health data dashboard doesn't confirm it? Read on...
From the LA Times: ...Unlike USC, which has fencing and gates that allow officials to limit campus access to those compliant with safety protocols, UCLA is open to several streets.
But faculty and supervisors will use health data dashboards to check compliance of students and employees, according to Michael Beck, UCLA’s administrative vice chancellor.
Health experts at USC, UCLA and UC Berkeley all cautioned that COVID-19 cases are bound to surface as people congregate again. So far, however, weekly testing has yielded low positivity rates — less than 0.5% at USC and UC Berkeley, which starts classes Wednesday. USC detected 115 cases among nearly 27,000 students tested from Aug. 12 to Aug. 16, and Berkeley detected 36 cases among 8,000 undergraduates tested last week.
Guy Nicolette, assistant vice chancellor of UC Berkeley’s University Health Services, said he was relieved by those low numbers, because travel is the biggest risk for contracting the virus, and thousands of students moved in last week. He’s also encouraged by the 94% student vaccination rate.
“I’m cautiously optimistic, though not confident yet” of a semester without surges, he said...
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