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During the fall semester, more than 12,000 members of the MIT community were authorized to access campus. Depending on how much time they spent on campus, these community members underwent required Covid testing up to twice a week. That testing will continue through the spring semester, as most first-year students, sophomores, and juniors will return to campus. This semester, MIT Medical has also launched an updated, more informative dashboard to track the testing results. Suzanne Blake, director of MIT Emergency Management, talked to MIT News about the results from last semester’s testing program and plans for the spring semester.
florida. we saw you earlier. in the last half hour we have been talking the wind seem to have picked up. we heard ivan describe how people must not let their guard down. what are folks saying to you? that s a great message. toent let your guard down. from the conversations i have had people that people outside of the state of florida are taking it more seriously than the ones in the state. of course there are newly arrived floridaens who have never been through a hurricane bfore. they might be more anxious. this is a state that had a direct impact or has been affected by major hurricanes five in the last four years. and as soon as that track shifted for hurricane dorian, as soon as it shifted from not making a direct hit to florida. people had the inclination to let their guard down and not take it as seriously as it emergency management officials would like thoem take.