(ANITA)
WHILE A LOT OF
COLLEGES ARE
STAYING ONLINE-- SOME
ARE ATTEMPTING TO
BRING STUDENTS BACK
TO CLASSROOMS.
(TOM)
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GO
WELL.
JAMES MADISON
UNIVERSITY IS SENDING
STUDENTS HOME AND
GOING VIRTUAL FOR
THE TIME BEING--
AFTER HUNDREDS OF
CASES WERE
REPORTED IN THE
FIRST SEVERAL DAYS.
SO HOW SHOULD
PARENTS HANDLE
THINGS IF CLASSES
SHUT DOWN?
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S
STEPHANIE HARRIS HAS
SOME ANSWERS.
STEPH?
(STEPHANIE)
JMU PARENTS JUST
DROPPED THEIR KIDS
OFF LAST WEEK -- NOW
HOW DO YOU GET THEM
HOME AND KEEP YOUR
FAMILY SAFE?
I REACHED OUT TO THE
CHESAPEAKE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT FOR THE
BEST PRACTICES.
(STEPHANIE HARRIS
REPORTING)
JAMES MADISON
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
ARE NOT GOING
QUIETLY.
A PETITION ASKING
PRESIDENT JONATHAN
ALGER TO ALLOW THEM
MORE THAN 5-
THOUSAND
SIGNATURES.
MANY SITED
RECCOMENDATIONS
FROM THE NATIONS'S
TOP COVID EXPERT DR.
ANTHONY FAUCI
WHICH A VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH EXPERT
ECHOED.
LISA
ENGLE/CHESAPEAKE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
EPIDEMIOLOGIST
IT IS THE WORST THING
YOU CAN DO AND
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN
SAYING TOO
LISA ENGLE'S ADVICE
FOR JMU WOULD BE TO
SET UP A DORM FOR
THE SICK AND TO HAVE
OTHERS QUARANTINE
IF THEY'VE BEEN
EXPOSED.
A UNIVERSITY
SPOKESPERSON TOLD
10 ON YOUR SIDE:
THE UNIVERSITY WILL
NOT BE SENDING HOME
STUDENTS WHO HAVE
COVID-19 , OR THOSE
CURRENTLY
QUARANTINING UNTIL
THEIR ISOLATION IS
DONE.
SHE ADDED, "BY
SENDING HOME OUR
HEALTHY STUDENTS
WE ARE REDUCING THE
POPULATION PRESENT
IN OUR CAMPUS
RESIDENCE HALLS,
WHERE THE VIRUS
COULD OTHERWISE
SPREAD RAPIDLY."
STUDENTS ARE TO BE
GONE BY MONDAY - SO
HERE'S WHAT ENGLE
RECOMMENDS TO
FAMILIES.
LISA
ENGLE/CHESAPEAKE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
EPIDEMIOLOGIST
LIMIT WHO GOES TO
PICK THEM UP AND
EVEN THOUGH THIS
SOUNDS CRAZY CAUSE
PEOPLE WANT TO
THINK THEIR FAMILY IS
NOT AN ISSUE OR
CONCERN, YOU WEAR A
MASK AND IF POSSIBLE
HAVE WINDOWS
ROLLED DOWN
ONCE HOME SHE SAYS
STUDENTS SHOULD
NOT RUN OUT AND GET
A TEST.
CDC GUIDANCE RIGHT
NOW IS TO ONLY TEST
THOSE WITH
SYMPTOMS
WHEN THEY COME
BACK THEY SHOULD BE
ISOLATED, OR
QUARANTIENED IN
THEIR HOUSE, AWAY
FROM OTHER PEOPLE
FOR 14 DAYS FROM THE
DAY THEY LEAVE
AND WAIT FOR ANY
SYMPTOMS TO DEVLOP
AND IF THEY DON'T
THEY SHOULD BE GOOD
TO GO
(STEPHANIE)
ENGLE SAID ON THE
DRIVE HOME YOU
SHOULD ALSO SIT AS
FAR APART AS
POSSIBLE AND IF YOU
CAN CONSIDER A CAR
POOL, HAVE ONE
PARENT PICK UP
SEVERAL STUDENTS TO
REDUCE THE RISK.
STEPHANIE HARRIS, 10
ON YOUR SIDE.
