COVID-19 Campus Notification System
About the Notification System
COVID-19 Dashboard: February 16 - May 14, 2021
About the Dashboard:
- The college’s surveillance testing program was in place Feb 16 - May 14, 2021, using PCR tests. Approximately 150-200 students were tested per week with each student tested 4-6 times over the course of the semester.
- Between Feb 1 - 15, 2021 a rapid testing protocol was underway. You may find the results of the rapid testing period below.
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COVID-19 Testing Summary: February 1 - 15, 2021 Move-in and Limited Community Contact Period Rapid Testing Protocol
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A Green Level Alert
- Indicates that our campus health and safety protocols are working effectively and our community is doing a good job minimizing risk. This level provides our community members with the greatest freedom while continuing to strictly adhere to the health and safety guidelines in place.
- Community members should continue to wash their hands, practice social distancing, and wear their masks. Daily symptom reviews being conducted by community members is helping to minimize spread.
At a Green Level Alert
We’re proud of the work our community is doing to keep our Community Safe and McDaniel Strong.
Community members should:
- Continue following health and safety protocols.
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A Yellow Level Alert
- Indicates that the COVID-19 trajectory on campus has not stabilized and now is the time for our community members to ensure the greatest possible compliance to health and safety protocols.
- A yellow level alert does not mean that the virus is uncontrolled or campus is unsafe. However, this level provides our community members with the knowledge that we must collectively do better at minimizing the impact of COVID-19. This level also means that some individual freedoms might be reduced and in-person events (including weekly in-person sessions for hybrid classes) could be minimized or canceled.
- Community members must check their symptoms twice per day, wash their hands more frequently, become more proactive about social distancing, and wear their masks with absolute consistency. Community members may want to start off their morning with a temperature check in addition to their daily symptom check.
At a Yellow Level Alert
We’re proud of the work our community is doing to keep our Community Safe and McDaniel Strong, but we must refocus our efforts.
Community members should:
- Check their symptoms twice per day.
- Renew their commitment to following health and safety protocols. (View the "Community Safe. McDaniel Strong." pledge).
- Increase awareness of others around them and assert the need for health and safety protocols to be followed by all members of our community at all times.
- Minimize non-academic gatherings to meet social distancing requirements of six feet or more both indoors and outdoors, and continue to wear face coverings or masks when inside buildings and residential common areas.
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A Red Level Alert
- Indicates that the trajectory of COVID-19 on our campus is troubling and we are not being successful at limiting the virus at the levels we hope. A red alert means that if the current trajectory continues, we may maximize our isolation and quarantine space.
- Now is the time for our community members to ensure the greatest possible compliance to health and safety protocols or risk having to move to a fully online experience. A red level provides our community members with the knowledge that unless we collectively do better at minimizing the impact of COVID-19, our on-campus and residential experiences are at risk.
- This level also means that individual freedoms will be reduced and in-person events (including weekly in-person sessions for hybrid classes) could be minimized or canceled. Community members must wash their hands more frequently, become more proactive about social distancing, and wear their masks with absolute consistency. Community members should also start off their morning with a temperature check in addition to their daily symptom check.
At a Red Level Alert
We’re proud of the work our community is doing to keep our Community Safe and McDaniel Strong, but we must do better.
Community members must:
- Renew their commitment to following health and safety protocols. A zero tolerance policy may be put in place for those who do not follow health and safety protocols, even if non-compliance is accidental.
- Increase awareness of others around them and assert the need for health and safety protocols to be followed by all members of our community at all times;
- Minimize non-academic gatherings of more than 10 people, even when outside or following social distancing protocols.