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Chasing Life

"This Is A War": Reopening Colleges

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The logistics of reopening colleges during a pandemic are incredibly complicated. Can it be done safely? CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores this question with former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona, head of the University of Arizona’s reopening task force, and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, an infectious disease physician at Massachusetts General Hospital.   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It just really threw a wrench in my major in what I wanted to do for college.

0:06.8

And really, I know I'm not alone in saying COVID-19 sucks.

0:12.9

That's Carly Campbell, a 19 year old rising sophomore in journalism major at Montclair State

0:18.5

University in New Jersey.

0:20.4

I bought a pulse oxymeter and one of those no touch thermometers that way before I go

0:27.2

to classes or go to get meals or go to the radio station for the radio show.

0:32.8

I don't have to worry about me being sick, but we have to depend on others to be smart

0:39.4

and do the right thing.

0:41.1

So much of Campbell's college experience has already been affected by this pandemic.

0:46.3

Last semester, she didn't get to say goodbye to a roommate.

0:49.5

This summer, many internships she applied for were canceled.

0:53.4

Now her classes are scheduled to start again on August 25th and half of them will be online.

0:59.3

Still, she's planning to go back and live in a dorm, but worries about relying on her

1:04.3

classmates to follow the school's safety protocols.

1:08.6

College students all over the country are facing tough choices, sometimes with very little

1:13.5

information to go on.

1:15.2

So today, we're going to talk about one university's reopening plan and what could help get

1:20.2

students back on campus.

1:22.4

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, and this is coronavirus,

1:27.8

fact versus fiction.

1:34.1

There are thousands of colleges and universities in this country, each with their own pandemic

1:39.5

plan.

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