College students prep for return home for holidays amid pandemic

College students prep for return home for holidays amid pandemic

AT THE UNIVERSITY OFCINCINNATI MORE THAN 3,000STUDENTS ARE PARTICIPATING INA THREE DAY EVENT THAT STARTEDMONDAY CALLED KNOW BEFORE YOUGO.

STUDENTS GET TESTED FORCOVID-19 BEFORE THEY GO HOME.(DR. CHRIS LEWIS VICE PROVOSTFOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ANDFAMILY PHYSICIAN FOR UC HEALTH)"know before you go is UC'stesting strategy to allowstudents to know if they arepositive or negative forcoronavirus before they gohome for the holidays."DR.CHRIS LEWIS IS THE VICEPROVOST FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMSAND A FAMILY PHYSICIAN FOR UCHEALTH.

(DR. CHRIS LEWIS VICEPROVOST FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMSAND FAMILY PHYSICIAN FOR UCHEALTH)"it was just somethingthat came to the table"(LOGANLINDSAY- UC UNDERGRADUATESTUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, 5THYEAR SENIOR)"I signed up toget tested tomorrow."UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATIUNDERGRADUATE STUDENT BODYPRESIDENT LOGAN LINDSAY SAYSIT'LL PUT HIS FAMILY AT EASE.(LOGAN LINDSAY- UC UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, 5THYEAR SENIOR)"I just definitelywanted to be precautious andtake all the extra steps sothat way I can be at home withmy family feeling comfortableand safe with the covidsituation."DR. LEWIS SAYS -IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE.(DR.CHRIS LEWIS VICE PROVOST FORACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND FAMILYPHYSICIAN FOR UC HEALTH)"anegative test doesn'tnecessarily mean that you'renot infected.

There arecertainly false negatives andfalse positives."WHICH IS WHYHE SAYS MASKS AND STAYINGDISTANT ARE SO CRITICAL.

FORTHE NON-COLLEGE STUDENTSPLANNING TO TRAVEL, WHENSHOULD YOU GET A TEST?(DR.CHRIS LEWIS VICE PROVOST FORACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND FAMILYPHYSICIAN FOR UC HEALTH)"soyou really want to figure ourwhere you're going to gettested, talk to those people,see how long the test takesand time it just right so youget the result right beforeyou're going to be with yourfamily."IN CINCINNATI, RAVENRICHARD, WCPO NINE NEWS.