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This week’s COVID-19 dashboard, in this email and on the Forward Falcons website, outlines a drop in positive cases after the first week of being back on our campuses, as compared to the previous reporting period. We appreciate our students, faculty and staff for following the health and safety guidelines that are in place this semester. Lowering your individual risk level is making a difference.
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Free COVID-19 testing is available in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union for students, faculty and staff. This testing is by appointment, with dates and times listed on the Forward Falcons website. If you develop symptoms, including mild symptoms, or have had a recent exposure, we encourage you to take advantage of this resource. It is free and readily available testing helps us to slow the spread of COVID-19 on our campuses. Make your appointment →
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We are encouraged as more vaccines are becoming available. Similar to testing shortages at the beginning of the global pandemic, there is more demand than there is supply but we are moving in the right direction in a return to normalcy. BGSU cannot legally dispense the COVID-19 vaccine, but we are proactively working with our local health departments to support their vaccination efforts. While the majority of our BGSU community is not yet eligible, per Ohio guidelines, local health departments are working overtime to get every dose out as quickly as possible, which will hopefully mean expanded eligibility even sooner in our area. More information is available about vaccines at Wood County Health Department and Erie County Health Department.
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We appreciate your flexibility and compassion for one another as we reopen our campuses safely. Thank you to all of our students, faculty and staff for all you are doing to keep our campuses safe and healthy.
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Be well,
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Ben Batey, MPH, RN Chief Health Officer
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