4 p.m. COVID update

4 p.m. COVID update

OF THE ARROWHEAD CHOP.THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HASRELEASED THE FIRST RESULTS FROMCOVID-19 TESTING AS STUDENTSRETURN TO CAMPUS OUT OF MORETHAN 7,000 TESTS AT KU.89 CAME BACK POSITIVE 87 OFTHOSE ARE STUDENTS THE MAJORITYOF THOSE CASES ARE IN GREEKLIFE.KMBC NINES EMILY HALL.WICK IS LIVE NOW IN LAWRENCE ISTHE UNIVERSITY NEWSPAPER IS NOWCALLING FOR THE SUSPENSION OFIN-PERSON CLASSES.YEAH, KELLY STUDENTS HAVE BEENMOVING IN HERE AT KU PRETTY MUCHAS USUAL AS THEY GET READY TOSTART IN PERSON CLASSES ONMONDAY.THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS AS THESEREPORTS ARE COMING OUT ABOUT THEFIRST POSITIVE COVID-19 CASESHERE AT KU AND I SPOKE WITH THEEDITOR OF THE UNIVERSITY THESTUDENT LED NEWSPAPER HERE ABOUTWHY SHE’S URGING THE UNIVERSITYTO CHANGE COURSE.AS STUDENTS RETURN TO CAMPUSCASES OF COVID-19 ARE NOSURPRISE EVERYONE EXPECTED THERETO BE POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES INGENERAL, BUT NICOLE ASBURY ANDTHE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THEUNIVERSITY DAILY.KANSAN ARE PUSHING FOR K YOU TOTAKE ACTION BEFORE IT’S TOO LATETHE QUESTION BECOMES.ALL RIGHT.WELL HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THOSE89 POSITIVE CASES INTERACTINGWITH THAT, YOU KNOW COULD SPREADTHIS VIRUS EVEN FURTHER.THEY’RE ASKING THE UNIVERSITY TOSUSPEND IN-PERSON CLASSES ANDAND OPT FOR REMOTE LEARNING JUSTANECDOTALLY TALKING WITHSTUDENTS AND TALKING WITHFACULTY AND STAFF A LOT OF THEMARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUTCOMING BACK RIGHT NOW ASBURYPOINTED TO OTHER UNIVERSITIESWHERE COVID-19 HAS ALREADY SHUTDOWN IN PERSON LEARNING.SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S IMPROBABLE TOTHINK THAT THE SAME SITUATIONWOULDN’T HAPPEN HERE OR THEUNIVERSITY’S CHANCELLOR PUT OUTA STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THEMAJORITY OF POSITIVE TESTS WERESTUDENTS IN GREEK LIFE.HE SAID HE MET WITH LIFECOMMUNITIES AND CAMPUS OFFICIALSTO DISCUSS HEALTH AND SAFETYGUIDELINES RULES AND POLICYRECOMMENDATIONS.HE SAYS THEY WILL CONDUCTFOLLOW-UP TESTING AS NEEDED.AS BARRY SAYS IT’S STILL AGAMBLE.IT’S IRRESPONSIBLE FOR US TORETURN AT THE CAPACITY THAT WEARE AND UNDER ITS CURRENT PLAN.THE CHANCELLOR ALSO SAID IN THATSTATEMENT THAT SINCE THEY’VEBEEN TESTING STUDENTS AS THEYBEEN COMING TO CAMPUS ANYSTUDENTS TESTING POSITIVE HASBEEN ABLE TO GO BACK HOME TOISOLATE SO THEY WILL NOT BEISOLATING HERE ON CAMPUS FOR THETIME BEING REPORTING LIVE INLAWRENCE.EMILY HALLWAY.KMBC9 NEWS.THE UNIVERSITY SAYS IT DOES PLANTO CONTINUE MORE TARGETEDTESTING AS WELL AS RANDOMSAMPLING A DRIVER’S LICENSEOFFICE IN MISSION IS TEMPORARILYCLOSING BECAUSE OF A SUSPECTEDCASE COVID-19 THE OFFICE ONJOHNSON.AT THE MISSION WEST SHOPPINGCENTER COULD REOPEN AS EARLY ASMONDAY IF YOU HAD AN APPOINTMENTAT THAT DRIVERS LICENSE OFFICEYOU WILL BE CONTACTED TORESCHEDULE TONIGHT.SMITHVILLE SCHOOLS SAYS IT WILLPROCEED WITH ITS FALL SPORTSSCHEDULE.SUPERINTENDENT.TODD SHOWED SAYS THERE WILL BEPRECAUTIONS IN PLACE ASRECOMMENDED BY THE CLAY COUNTYPUBLIC HEALTH CENTER.NOW LOOK AT THE LATEST NUMBERS,MISSOURI REPORTS ANOTHER 1058CASES SINCE YESTERDAY KANSAS ISREPORTING 723 NEW CASES FORTUESDA AND WEDNESDAY THE UPDATETHEIR NUMBERS, TOO.CARROLL KANSAS NOW HAS 13.2%POSITIVITY RATE, MISSOURI IS AT10.7% THE NATIONAL AVERAGE ISTHAT 6.3% WE’RE FOLLOWING UP ONA KMBC9 NEWS INVESTIGATIONTONIGHT.IT’S ABOUT A POULTRY PLANT INSOUTHWEST MISSOURI INVESTIGATIVEREPORTER.MATT FLENER HAS OBTAINED NEWDOCUMENTS SHOWING A TIPSTERSCONCERNS ABOUT THE FACILITY.AFTER OUR STORY LAST MONTH ABOUTA MEAT PROCESSING PLANT INSOUTHERN MISSOURI, WE FILED AFREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTKMBC9.TWO GATES OBTAIN THESE DOCUMENTSSHOWING THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETYAND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION NEVERPHYSICALLY INSPECTED AMEATPACKING FACILITY IN NO,MISSOURI AT THE TIME OSHA DIDHAVE PARTIAL RESTRICTIONS ONINSPECTIONS DO TO COVID-19 BUTSOMEWHAT AT THE PLANT HADCOMPLAINED ABOUT NO SOCIALDISTANCING A LACK OF ACCESS TOWATER AND PEOPLE THROWING UP ANDDRAINS.THEY JUST DECIDED TO SEND THECOMPANY A LETTER AND THEN THECOMPANY WROTE BACK DEBBIEBERKOWITZ IS A FORMER LEADERWITH OSHA EXTREMELY CONCERNEDAFTER AT LEAST 371 CASES OFCOVID-19.TEEN WERE REPORTED AT THE PLANTTHE CASE FILE OBTAINED BY KABCSHOWS TYSON TOLD OSHA IN ALETTER HE WAS TRYING TOCONTINUALLY IMPROVE SOCIALDISTANCING WORKERS DID HAVEWATER AVAILABLE IN VENDINGMACHINES AND HUMAN RESOURCES ANDON TAP AND THAT ONE TEAM MEMBERGOT SICK ON THE FLOOR AND WASSENT HOME TYSON ALSO SANTOSHAANOTHER LETTER ANSWERING MOREDETAILED QUESTIONS ALONG WITHPICTURES REDACTED FROM OCEAN’SRESPONSE TO KMBC9 OPEN RECORDS.APPARENTLY TYSON’S WRITTENRESPONSE RESPONSE SATISFIED OSHATHE CASE CLOSED.MAY 13TH IS THAT WHAT WE WANT ISFOR WORKERS WHO GIVE US ARE MADEIN POULTRY TO HAVE TO SACRIFICETHEIR LIFE AND HEALTH MATTFLENER KMBC 9 NEWS.TYSON SAID A RESPONDED TO OSHAWITH RELEVANT INFORMATION.OSHA HAS NOT RESPONDED TO OURLATEST REQUEST FOR COMMENT TODAYTHE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTHSYSTEMS, COVID-19 PANELADDRESSED A PART OF THE VIRUSNOT PICKED UP BY A CORONAVIRUSTEST ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIONSTATISTICS FROM THE NATIONALCENTER FOR HEALTH ARE STAGGERINGTHIRTY PERCENT OF PEOPLESURVEYED ARE EXPERIENCINGSYMPTOMS OF CLINICAL DEPRESSION.THIS TIME LAST YEAR.THAT NUMBER WAS JUST 6%ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH NAAMAN OF THEARCHDIOCESE DIOCESE OF KANSASCITY, KANSAS WEIGHED IN ON THERISE IN DEPRESSION.THE ISOLATION IS WEIGHING ONEVERYBODY.BUT ESPECIALLY OUR ELDERLYPEOPLE THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATCONCERNS THAT I SEE THAT A TIMEIN LIFE WHEN THEIR LEASE ABLE TOI THINK WITH ISOLATION THERE BEAN ISOLATED.SO WE’RE KEEPING THEM PHYSICALLYWELL THE ARCHBIHOP SAYS HEWORRIES ABOUT THEIR EMOTIONALWELL-BEING.HE SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKESURE YOU MAKE A POINT TO CONNECTWITH ELDERLY FRIENDS ANDRELATIVES AND FOR PEOPLE OFFAITH TO TAKE IN THE SCRIPTUREWILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THELATEST DEVELOPMENTS SURROUNDINGTHE CORONAVIRUS.YOU CAN SEE THE LATESTINFORMATION O