Potsdam Campus Community,
Per yesterday’s announcement, we have moved today to an Orange Alert level for student activities of non-essential gatherings of 10 or fewer and recognize how important these interactions and additional activities are to our educational experience. If you are using spaces that have the Scan-to-Check-in QR codes, please use those for these activities as well as for classes. We want to keep stopping the spread and we know your diligence works.
We have further updated the University Dashboard and the figures we submit daily to NYS DOH that two more members of our community who live off-campus and who were in quarantine for more than one week tested positive yesterday and one other who has had limited contact with the campus community in the last week. To respect the privacy of the individuals, they will remain anonymous and we wish them good health as well as thank them for keeping the Clarkson Commitment.
We are also monitoring the news and the science behind vaccine development and distribution. This NYS site provides information on current eligibility – https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/ and we know many among our campus community who are eligible have scheduled an appointment during the spring semester.
Please keep completing the daily screening tool in your routine, wearing a mask over nose and mouth, practicing social distancing and using good hand hygiene. If you have any questions about this communication, please contact clarksonhr@clarkson.edu and/or me.
Thank you for doing your part in our great Clarkson community.
Kelly Chezum, VP for External Relations
Restart Communications Lead
kchezum@clarkson.edu
*These are the daily screening questions (See the footer of every clarkson.edu web page to complete the screening tool!) to keep using and to act up on if you answer yes to any of these.
- Do you currently have a fever (temperature of 100.4 F or greater) without having taken any fever-reducing medications?
- Have you experienced any of the following COVID-19 related symptoms in the past 14 days: cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fever, chills, muscle pain, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or new loss of taste or smell?
- Have you tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days, or have you been instructed by a health care professional/public health official/contact tracing app to self-isolate or quarantine?
- Have you knowingly been in close (within 6 feet) or proximate (same enclosed environment, such as an office, but greater than 6 feet) contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or who has or had symptoms of COVID-19 within the past 14 days?
- Have you, or anyone you live with, traveled outside of the University-approved region(s) in the last 14 days?”
