Straws in the COVID wind

 From Stanford: ... [COVID] case counts have increased by 20% among students and decreased by 1% among employees compared to the week before. According to the dashboard, 212 students are in isolation as of Monday, which is an increase from the 147 students reported last week. The rise in student cases comes after the University lifted the Color COVID-19 weekly testing requirement for vaccinated students on April 11...

Full story at:

https://stanforddaily.com/2022/04/18/stanford-covid-19-cases-increase-to-217-during-first-week-without-mandatory-testing-for-vaccinated-students/.

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From Howard: Howard University will hold only online undergraduate classes (except for lab classes) during the final weeks of the spring semester. Final exams for undergraduate courses will also be online. A letter to the campus from Anthony K. Wutoh, the provost, and Hugh Mighty, dean of the College of Medicine, said the positivity rate on campus increased, from 2 percent to 5 percent, in the last week. It has also increased in the Washington, D.C., area.

Source: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2022/04/18/howard-u-moves-classes-online.