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Greetings all, I'm Cole Beeler,
part of the Medical Response Team for
Indiana University.
Our group of doctors is responsible for
providing expert guidance for
the shifting tides of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our chief philosophy is that all decisions
related to how education is delivered
should be guided by sound data that
highlights the stressors that the virus
can put on our community.
Instead of using one metric as an on/off
switch for guiding decisions about
transitions to and from completely virtual
education, all decisions will be viewed
through a lens of a composite of metrics
that attempt to understand the internal
burden of disease, the external burden in
the surrounding communities, our efficacy
of local control, and the availability of
resources to keep our constituents safe.
Our list of metrics to inform us about the
state of health at each of our campuses is
reviewed regularly to assure we implement
solutions as fast as possible to help
limit the spread.
In this dashboard,
you'll find results from our mitigation
testing of asymptomatic patients that we
use to understand silent spread
of the virus in our populations.
Early identification leads
to early isolation and
protection of healthy individuals.
You'll find how much we are testing as
well as our weekly positivity rates
throughout the year.
You'll find the same information for
sick people pursuing care with our
medical professionals at IU Health.
But since they're sick you're gonna
see a bit of a higher rate here.
On review of the data, keep in mind that
there are multiple factors that contribute
to a successful semester.
Each metric that we are following gives us
a different view of the bigger picture,
namely the overall safety of IU from
widespread unmitigated disease and
morbidity.
As trends develop, interventions
are made in real time by our outbreak
mitigation team to counter
shifts in viral epidemiology.
This check and balance system aims to keep
us afloat as other areas are drowning, but
we need your help.
The data is just a marker of
the decisions we make together.
Being mindful of the data when making
decisions about how much you interact
with others and what type of activities
you choose to partake in will
help us course correct it
early signs of spread.
We vastly appreciate your partnership
as we navigate this semester together.
Even though there will be infections the
entirety of the school's infrastructure
is committed to making evidence-based
decisions on how to stomp out the virus
before it becomes widespread.
Thanks for your time and partnership.
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