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Thursday, August 12, 2021

Whole Lotta Testing Going On

While we are awaiting the new coronavirus test described in our prior post, there is this from the San Francisco Chronicle: Stanford will test students for the coronavirus every week, regardless of vaccination status, the university announced Wednesday, making it one of only a few campuses in the country to do so. Citing the ongoing threat of the highly contagious delta variant, officials unveiled several new safety measures in an email to students ahead of the university’s planned return to campus beginning Aug. 15.

The school already mandated face masks and vaccines for all returning students. The new rule requires students who live in Stanford-owned housing or attend classes on campus to take a coronavirus test before school starts and undergo weekly tests whether they are vaccinated or not. Results will be provided within 24 hours, according to the message sent to students...

Princeton, Brown and Yale will also require weekly coronavirus tests for vaccinated students, for at least a limited time...

Full story at https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/Stanford-becomes-one-of-the-first-universities-to-16380702.php.

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