SALVAGE THIS YEAR'S COTTON.
BRYAN AFTER ONE WEEK OF
CLASSES...TEXAS TECH REPORTING
176 ACTIVE CASES ON CAMPUS AS
OF FRIDAY, WITH COLLEGES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY SEEING
SIMILAR JUMPS AS THEY RE-OPEN.
KAMC'S 'AMY KOCZERA' SPOKE
WITH STUDENTS ABOUT HOW
THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE
GUIDELINES IN PLACE.
AD HARRIS A LOT OF PEOPLE
AREN'T WEARING IT IF WE GO TO A
CERTAIN SCENE IT'S LIKE, OH
MAYBE I DON'T WANT TO STAND
OUT TOO MUCH AND BE THAT
AWKWARD PERSON, BUT WE TRY TO
FOR THE MOST PART TERRY BODEN
- TEXAS TECH STUDENT IF I GO
IN TO A ROOM AND NO ONES
WEARING A MASK I'M LEAVING THE
ROOM TO WEAR THE MASK OR NOT
WEAR THE MASK...IT'S A NO-
BRAINER FOR SOME...BUT FOR
OTHER'S THERE MAY BE MORE AT
STAKE AD HARRIS - TEXAS TECH
STUDENT WE'VE BEEN A LOT MORE
CAUTIOUS ABOUT GOING OUT BUT
WE STILL DO IT TO A CERTAIN
EXTENT... STEPHEN MATTHEWS -
TEXAS TECH STUDENT I'VE SEEN
GET TOGETHERS WITH LIKE 20-30
PEOPLE WEARING MASKS IN ONE
ROOM, SOME WEAR MASKS SOME
DON'T, SO IT KINDA JUST
DEPENDS BUT HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
GETTING BACK TO A COVID FREE
CAMPUS*DEPENDS ON PEOPLE
WEARING MASKS AND FOLLOWING
GUIDELINES. AND WITH CASE
NUMBERS STILL GROWING AND MORE
PEOPLE WEARING MASKS...HOW
MANY MORE CAN*REALLY BE
AFFECTED? HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
WE HAVE TO GET TO A POINT OF
HERD IMMUNITY. DR. JEFF DENNIS
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
HERD IMMUNITY MEANS THAT
ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE HAD EITHER
HAD EXPOSURE OR A VACCINE THAT
BASICALLY THE VIRUS WOULD NOT
SPREAD AT EPIDEMIC LEVELS. BUT
IT TAKES A LOT TO GET THERE.
DR. PRAKASH SHRESTHA -
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST,
COVENANT HOSPITAL THE ESTIMATE
IS ABOUT 70 PERCENT OF THE
COMMUNITY NEEDS TO HAVE
IMMUNITY AGAINST THIS DISEASE
IF YOU WERE TO PREVENT THE
SPREAD AND THAT MEANS MORE
SICKNESS, HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
DEATHS. DR. JEFF DENNIS TRYING
TO REACH HERD IMMUNITY WITHOUT
ANY KIND OF VACCINE, THE RATES
OF HOSPITALIZATION THAT THE
MORTALITY RATE THAT GOES ALONG
WITH THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE
WE REALLY HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE
ON. SO UNTIL THERE'S A
VACCINE...FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
EVERYWHERE...CO VID-19
GUIDELINES WON'T BE GOING AWAY
ANY TIME SOON. AMY KOCZERA,
KAMC NEWS
BRYAN AND AMY, WE MET SOME TECH
STUDENTS TODAY..*DETERMINED
TO BRING JOY TO FOLKS IN
NURSING AND RETIREMENT HOMES
HERE. THEIR ORGANIZATION,
