Dobbs Advice on Colleges Resuming

Dr. Dobbs gives advice and his opinion on colleges resuming with on campus classes.

The big ten and pac 12 conferences both voted to postpone college football because of the coronavirus pandemic.

As college campuses begin to look more like college campuses, state health administrators are looking at ways to track potential positive cases of covid19.

Right now, a positive test is attached to a person's zip code.

So a mississippi state student who tests positive in oktibbeha county will likely be counted in their home county.

But this week dr. thomas dobbs, the state's top health officer says the health department is looking at other ways to track positive cases on college campuses and plans to focus efforts on younger people.

We are shifting the majority of our case investigations and contact tracing resources to students in k-12 and college because we know this is such a vulnerability.

We want to make sure we can do more in depth investigations around those kids, teenagers and young adults.

Dobbs says one option they are reviewing is to attach the student's test results to the zip code of the clinic where he or she receives the covid test.

Mississippi state university is putting safety first as students move back on campus for the fall semester.

All students were assigned a specific date and time to check into their residence halls.

They're also encouraged to wear masks and had to pass a mandatory screening.

Only 3 family members are allowed to help students unload items. students will be moving in until august 15th.