{"id":459,"date":"2021-09-29T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T16:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/news\/?p=459"},"modified":"2021-09-29T11:16:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T16:16:06","slug":"covid-19-update-one-is-the-loneliest-number-and-well-take-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.truman.edu\/news\/2021\/09\/29\/covid-19-update-one-is-the-loneliest-number-and-well-take-it\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 update: One is the loneliest number, and we&#8217;ll take it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Truman Community,<\/p>\n<p>We are happy to report that as of Tuesday, September 28<sup>th<\/sup>, we only have ONE active COVID case on our campus.<\/p>\n<p>While we know that our counting is hardly perfect, but it\u2019s no less perfect than it\u2019s been in past weeks, so we have reason to think that our campus is doing very well right now.<\/p>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><em>Active Cases<br \/>\nin Isolation<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>Recovered<br \/>\nCases<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Week<\/td>\n<td>Student<\/td>\n<td>Fac\/Staff<\/td>\n<td>Total<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Aug 24<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>525<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Aug 31<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong>21<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>533<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Sep 7<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong>13<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>548<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Sep 14<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>558<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Sep 21<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>567<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Sep 28<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>571<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Our video is short this week (2.5 minutes).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/rec\/share\/BkH1S0Og_CXgFuWO_Kqh6en90AbrTU5GQjytRfGiR120LyL-ci7TnEKFN8HHpaZt.Dhna6EOE7H0TcEky\">https:\/\/zoom.us\/rec\/share\/BkH1S0Og_CXgFuWO_Kqh6en90AbrTU5GQjytRfGiR120LyL-ci7TnEKFN8HHpaZt.Dhna6EOE7H0TcEky<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The county numbers are also declining, although still officially an area of \u201chigh transmission,\u201d quite a bit higher than our campus numbers. These declines could be part of the well-documented but poorly explained \u201ctwo-month cycle\u201d that we\u2019ve seen in COVID cases, in which case, we should remain vigilant against starting a new cycle, but this is good news indeed. We hope these trends continue.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to encourage members of the campus community to submit verification of their vaccination status through the formal process, including the incentives for student organizations and others.<\/p>\n<p>Flu shots are starting to become available, and we still encourage you to get a flu shot when the opportunity arises.<\/p>\n<p>==<\/p>\n<p>Although we aim these updates at our faculty and the campus community, please do share this information or the video with students in your classes, with parents, and elsewhere. This information is shared with all students via their COVID Blackboard page, sent directly to all Truman faculty and staff, and shared on our public web page here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truman.edu\/coronavirus\/covid-19-working-group-videos\/\">https:\/\/www.truman.edu\/coronavirus\/covid-19-working-group-videos\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have questions or topics you\u2019d like to know more about, please contact us at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ndmoore@truman.edu\">ndmoore@truman.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Faculty Senate COVID-19 Working Group<br \/>\nNancy Daley-Moore, PhD, Health Science<br \/>\nChristine Harker, PhD, English<br \/>\nScott Alberts, PhD, Statistics<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truman.edu\/coronavirus\/covid-19-working-group-videos\/\">Faculty Senate COVID-19 Working Group Videos and Emails<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truman.edu\/coronavirus\/\">Coronavirus Updates and Resources Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truman.edu\/coronavirus\/coronavirus-communications\/\">COVID-19 Campus Communications<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Truman Community, We are happy to report that as of Tuesday, September 28th, we only have ONE active COVID case on our campus. 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