Dear CC Community,
Thank you for your participation in healthy practices and following risk mitigation protocols. This week, we are encouraged by the declining number of COVID-19 infections among the CC community. The number of new weekly cases has gone down to 60 early this week from 100 last week.
We are cautiously optimistic that, along with the decline in cases in El Paso County, these trends will continue, and we feel comfortable removing some of the temporary precautions that were implemented in anticipation of the Omicron wave.
Beginning today, these changes will take effect:
- Student pods are no longer required.
- Proof of vaccination/negative test result is no longer required at public events.
Protocols that remain in place, to be reviewed weekly as usual, are:
- KN95/N95 mask-wearing indoors
- Ongoing student screening testing
These protocols allow us to enjoy the day-to-day campus life that many of us knew prior to the pandemic. The only difference now is mask-wearing when indoors in public settings and conducting student screening testing.
Visitors continue to be welcome on campus and should follow campus masking protocols.
All students will take a COVID test after block break (on Sunday or Monday). Once that data is in, and if COVID cases are continuing to decline, we plan to gradually loosen the masking requirement, beginning with allowing professors and students to unmask when presenting in class.
We will continue to monitor campus and county data and adjust protocols as needed. Please continue to support and take care of one another and enjoy a restorative block break.
If you have questions, please reach out directly to covid19@coloradocollege.edu.
Sincerely,
Andrea Bruder
Chief Public Health Advisor to the President
Mateo Muñoz
Chair, COVID-19 Policy and Implementation Committee
