Plan for testing University of Alabama students revealed

[TexasTowelie]

The process for reopening the University of Alabama continues as the school released the plan for coronavirus testing.

All students will need to test negative for COVID-19 before returning to campus for classes beginning Aug. 19. The tests will be free as part of the federal CARES Act and there are options for how they are conducted.

The negative tests must be recorded within 14 days (two weeks) before returning to campus for any official activity. Students will receive an email in a few weeks with further instructions and options to take tests in person or at home.

There will be 14 testing sites around the state, though the UA website does not list specific locations. UA’s website suggests taking the in-person tests at least three days before the expected return date. The first tests will be administered July 26.

Read more: https://www.al.com/coronavirus/2020/07/plan-for-testing-university-of-alabama-students-revealed.html

[krispos42]

1. I'll bet a thousand Zimbabwean dollars they're closed down by October 1st

Sick professors home or on strike, students trapped in virus incubators called dorm rooms.

[lark]

3. That's the exact timeframe I've given the public schools in FL that aren't granted waivers.

School boards all over the state are in the process or have already submitted waivers to not have students go to in-person school 5 days a week. I wonder what DeathSantus will have his Education Secty. do with these? It will really piss off a lot of repugs, as well as all Democrats and most Independents if their children are forced into these FL classrooms that are packed tight with more than 30 kids already.

I predict schools here are closed by the end of Sept. at the latest because there won't be sufficient teachers showing up for school and our hospitals will be overwhelmed with a huge spike on top of the huge spike we're already experiencing. This is the worst thing DeathSantus could do, so he will maximize our deaths this way and he won't back down until it's too late.

[Blues Heron]

2. one negative test some time in a two week period is a pretty coarse sieve

lots of cases will slip through undetected

[eppur_se_muova]

4. In politics, it's important to be seen to appear to be doing something ...

It's much less important to actually be doing something.