Here’s what you need to know for the week of March 21:
- Use the CC COVID-19 dashboard to inform your masking choices.
- No screening testing during Spring Break.
- Optum will provide symptomatic testing services this week.
|
|
Screening Testing Resumes After Spring Break
Screening testing is not required during Spring Break; this includes students who are staying on campus during the break. Students will test following the break on Sunday/Monday and Thursday the first week of Block 7. Testing and protocols will be adjusted as needed.
|
|
What to Do If You Have COVID Symptoms During Spring Break
The Student Health Center is closed for Spring Break. Students should contact the Optum Medical Center Point Urgent Care, (719) 636-2999, if they are feeling unwell or are experiencing symptoms. The Optum team can help with testing and treatment through Sunday, March 27; the SHC resumes normal hours Monday, March 28, at 8 a.m. Employees should contact their healthcare provider and their supervisor. The Counseling Center has limited hours during Spring Break: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday.
|
|
|
Check the Updated CC COVID Data Dashboard
The CC COVID-19 dashboard shows all known CC student cases. It provides quick access to COVID-19 metrics on campus, including daily and weekly COVID-19 testing numbers and positive test results. For questions regarding this dashboard, please contact Ben Moffitt in the Office of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness.
Masks remain an important tool for mitigation, and we encourage you to wear a mask when incidence is high. If you’re traveling during Spring Break, you can check county COVID community levels here to inform your masking choices.
|
|
Long COVID Resources
Researchers estimate that 10-30 percent of COVID-19 patients may have lingering physical or mental health problems weeks or months after recovering, even if their course of illness was mild. Around the country, long COVID clinics and post COVID care centers are opening to help people who had COVID and are experiencing lingering symptoms, such as fatigue, breathing issues, anxiety, new diabetes, brain fog, or trouble concentrating. While there isn’t yet a clinic in Colorado Springs, there are several post COVID care clinics in the Denver area, and a virtual clinic is also available. Long COVID can be a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504, and Section 1557 if it substantially limits one or more major life activities.
|
|
Corsi-Rosenthal Air Cleaners
The COVID-19 Policy and Implementation Committee and Scientific Advisory Group hosted multiple filter building sessions in Block 6. We currently have about 30 air cleaners in our inventory. Faculty and staff may request air filters for classrooms and gathering spaces by filling in this form.
|
|
State of Colorado Continues Pandemic Response
As we move to the next chapter in response to COVID-19, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment remains committed to protecting disproportionately impacted communities and at-risk Coloradans. Colorado’s Next Chapter: Our Roadmap to Moving Forward, released by Governor Jared Polis and his administration, serves as a roadmap to help the state and all of our partners continue to serve Coloradans’ public health needs. The plan lays out the steps the administration believes are necessary to maintain a level of preparedness and agility that will keep Coloradans safe and healthy — no matter if it is for the next wave of this pandemic or an unknown pandemic in the future.
|
|
From left, Kate Brush ’23, Sarah Bedell ’24, and Adrianna Gautreaux ’23 work on pieces for their Museum Practicum course. Professor Rebecca Tucker teaches students about their individual roles in the process – exhibition planning, selecting works from the permanent collection (this one focuses on John James Audubon), installation, and content development. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III
|
|
To easily access all things COVID, details of our COVID-19 response are broken down into categories here: Health; Mitigation and Campus Protocols; Testing and Quarantine; and When Off Campus. You will also find answers to frequently asked questions, as well as a listing of all campus messages. If you have additional concerns about COVID-19 or our campus response, direct them to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
