In an email sent to Stanford faculty and staff on Thursday, July 22, Russell Furr and Rich Wittman discuss the recent cases of COVID-19 on campus and Stanford's ongoing monitoring of the COVID-19 variants and public health.
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A message to the campus community addresses changes to the process for reporting vaccination status on Health Check and other steps the university is taking to prepare for more normal times ahead.
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Santa Clara County is moving to the yellow “minimal” tier effective Wednesday, May 19, and also lifting many local requirements. Relevant programs at Stanford are reviewing the latest guidance and will be providing updates to reflect any adjustments they make as a result.
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Stanford is reviewing new CDC guidance regarding masks and physical distancing along with other requirements that apply to the university. At this time, Stanford has not made any changes to university protocols.
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Russell Furr, associate vice provost for environmental health and safety, updates the campus community about options for getting a vaccine, noting that Stanford encourages those eligible to seek vaccination appointments through any available distribution channel in the county where they live.
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A message to the campus community highlights a new web page that aims to help members of the campus community track the latest information about vaccine distribution.
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Associate Vice Provost Russell Furr provides an update on public health restrictions at Stanford following the state’s lifting of the regional stay-at-home order, which still leaves local counties in the highest-risk purple tier of the state’s COVID-19 framework.
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The State of California’s regional stay-at-home order for the Bay Area continues to be in effect. The order, initially in effect through last week, will be lifted once there is a four-week projection that regional intensive care unit capacity will remain at or above 15%.
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Stanford will proceed with plans to welcome frosh and sophomores to live on campus in the winter quarter, but in light of public health conditions, will adopt a phased undergraduate arrival process and an enhanced COVID-19 testing protocol for their arrival.
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The new guidelines do not change current operations at Stanford. Employees should continue to work from home unless approved to be on campus and those in essential categories should continue to report to work as scheduled.
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