Study: Mitigation Efforts Can Help Prevent Campus Coronavirus Spread
24 Dec 2020
A research study by a Massachusetts research hospital suggests that the spread of coronavirus can be lessened or prevented on college campuses. The study claims that social distancing, mask-wearing, isolation, and testing can prevent the majority of cases.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston published a study this week that claims that American universities and colleges can prevent the spread of coronavirus cases on campus by adopting a simple protocol that includes rules on social distancing, mask-wearing, isolation, and mandatory testing.
The study’s model predicts that approximately 75 percent of students would contract the virus if mitigation protocols were entirely ignored. The study also claims that mandatory mask policies are amongst the most effective ways to minimize the spread on campus.
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Study suggests effective mitigation strategies to prevent COVID-19 cases in college campus
As colleges and universities consider strategies for the spring semester to keep COVID-19 cases down, a study conducted by experts in epidemic modeling may help shed light on what mitigation strategies may be most effective, both in terms of infections prevented and cost.
Investigators from Brigham and Women s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Case Western Reserve University used the Clinical and Economic Analysis of COVID-19 interventions (CEACOV) model to perform their study, finding that combining a mandatory mask-wearing policy with extensive social distancing would prevent 87 percent of infections among students and faculty.
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Boston As colleges and universities consider strategies for the spring semester to keep COVID-19 cases down, a study conducted by experts in epidemic modeling may help shed light on what mitigation strategies may be most effective, both in terms of infections prevented and cost. Investigators from Brigham and Women s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Case Western Reserve University used the Clinical and Economic Analysis of COVID-19 interventions (CEACOV) model to perform their study, finding that combining a mandatory mask-wearing policy with extensive social distancing would prevent 87 percent of infections among students and faculty. Routine testing was also highly effective at preventing infections, but may be cost prohibitive for many colleges and universities. The team also reports that, even if campuses remain closed, there would likely be infections among faculty acquired from the surrounding community, as well as infections among students who return to