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COVID Risks from College Students Home for Thanksgiving

NPR (Nov. 14) – For colleges that don’t have resources for exit testing, many are encouraging students to essentially lock down before heading out for Thanksgiving. “If you don’t have testing available, you really have to be cautious starting now to make sure you don’t bring it home,” says Rebecca Smith, an epidemiologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/14/933968091/a-college-students-coming-home-should-the-whole-family-wear-masks