TECH TROUBLE. %
THANK YOU SO %
MUCH.
>> Reporter: %
THANK YOU,
ALISON .
>>> THE BOSTON %
UNIVERSITY IS %
TESTING ALL OF
ITS STUDENTS FOR
COVID-19 AND %
IT’S VERY OWN %
LAB A. THE
RESULT SHOULD %
TAKE ABOUT 48 %
HOURS. %
OUR NBC NEWS %
CORRESPONDENT %
AND THOMPSON %
SHOWS US THIS
INNOVATIVE AND %
EFFICIENT NEW
PROGRAM.
>> Reporter: %
THEY HAVE A %
ROBUST TESTING
PROGRAM WHEREBY
WE TEST MEMBERS %
OF THE COMMUNITY %
OR DOZENS OF %
SYMPTOMS.
THE TESTS ARE %
VERY ACCURATE. %
>> THIS IS THE %
QUANTITATIVE PCR
REACTION.
THIS TEST IS % SPECIFICALLY FOR %
SPECIFICALLY FOR %
THE RNA.
>> Reporter: %
STUDENTS ARE
BEING TESTED %
TWICE A WEEK.
GRADUATE %
STUDENTS ARE %
BEING TESTED %
ONCE WEEKLY.
>> THIS ALLOWS %
US TO SAMPLE THE %
COMMUNITY IN A %
WAY THAT GIVES % US REAL-TIME %
US REAL-TIME %
INFORMATION.
FIRST OF ALL IF
SOMEONE IS %
TARGETED YOU CAN %
CALL THEM AND DO %
CONTACT TRACING %
AND YOU CAN GET %
THEM ISOLATED AS %
QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. %
IT GIVES US VERY %
FAST FEEDBACK %
AND DATA ON HOW
THE VIRUS MAY BE
TRANSMITTING IN %
OUR COMMUNITY.
IF WE START TO
SEE THE NUMBERS %
GOING UP
QUICKLY, ARE %
GOING UP AND %
AWAY THAT IS
DOUBLING, WE %
WILL KNOW A LOT %
ABOUT WHERE THE %
VIRUSES ON THE
CAMPUS. %
>> Reporter: YOU %
ARE 100% WILLING
TO MAKE THAT %
SACRIFICE? %
>> WE ARE
WILLING TO MAKE %
THE SACK BY %
SIMPLY THE REST %
OF THE STUDENT
BODY WE HOPE %
EVERYBODY IS %
TAKING THE RIGHT
PRECAUTIONS. %
>> IT’S THE %
IMPORTANCE OF
REGULAR TESTING.
IF THEY ARE NOT
SOCIALLY %
DISTANCING WE %
WILL TEST THEM.
>> I WANT TO
KEEP EVERYBODY %
AROUND ME SAY %
BECAUSE I WANT
TO KEEP MY %
FAMILY SAFE. %
TESTING THOSE %
THAT COME IN % CONTACT WITH ME %
CONTACT WITH ME %
OR OTHER PEOPLE
THAT TESTED %
POSITIVE THAT
CAME IN CONTACT %
WITH ME, I WANT %
TO KNOW THAT %
INFORMATION AS
MUCH AS I WOULD
LIKE TO GIVE IT
OUT TO HELP TO
STOP THE SPREAD %
TO MAKE SURE %
EVERYBODY IS
SAFE HERE. %
>> PART OF %
CONTACT TESTING %
IS WE NOTIFY THE %
PERSON THAT %
NEEDS TO BE %
TESTED. %
SOMETIMES THEY
ARE TOLD TO %
ISOLATE BE A
PERSON TO SELF-%
ISOLATE.
>> I’M JOIN LIVE
FROM BOSTON %
UNIVERSITY. %
I AM IMPRESSED %
NOT ONLY WITH %
THE LAB BUT
BOSTON %
UNIVERSITY IS A
BIG SCHOOL AND %
HOW CAN THAT %
UNIVERSITY %
PROCESS SO MANY %
TESTS? %
>> Reporter: %
THEY DECIDED TO %
DO THIS BACK IN %
THE SPRING WHEN %
THEY LOOK AT HOW %
TO BRING %
EVERYBODY BACK %
TO CAMPUS AND %
KEEP PEOPLE %
SAFE.
THE ONLY COST-%
EFFECTIVE WAY
THEY SAW WAS TO
DO THEIR OWN %
TESTING AND NOT %
JUST THAT BUT DO %
CONTINUOUSLY
TEST THOSE %
STUDENTS, %
GRADUATE AND %
UNDERGRADUATE AS %
WELL AS FACULTY %
AND STAFF SO
THAT THEY COULD %
TRACK THE SPREAD %
OF THE DISEASE. %
THE LAB IS THE %
KEY.
THOSE EIGHT %
ROBOTS IN ABOUT %
A DOZEN PEOPLE
THAT WORK FROM %
7:00 IN THE %
MORNING UNTIL
10:30 AT NIGHT % CAN PROCESS UP %
CAN PROCESS UP %
TO 6000 TESTS %
PER DAY. %
THEY HOPE TO GET %
RESULTS BACK %
WITHIN 24 HOURS
AND THAT SPEED %
IS THE KEY TO %
CONTAINING THE %
VIRUS.
>> THAT IS %
INCREDIBLE WORK %
THEY’RE DOING %
WITH LONG HOURS % AND THOUSANDS OF %
AND THOUSANDS OF %
TESTS.
THAT’S VERY %
IMPRESSIVE. %
I UNDERSTAND %
THEY HAVE PRETTY
STRICT SOCIAL %
DISTANCING %
ROLES.
WHAT ARE THE %
REGULATIONS AND %
WHAT HAPPENS IF
THE STUDENT %
BREAKS THEM?
>> Reporter: THE %
DEAN OF STUDENTS %
CAME OUT THE %
BLISTERING %
LETTER TODAY
TELLING THE %
STUDENTS AT
BOSTON %
UNIVERSITY THAT %
IF YOU HOLD THE %
PARTY WITH MORE %
THAN 25 PEOPLE %
YOU ARE GOING TO %
BE SUSPENDED FOR %
THE FALL %
SEMESTER.
THAT MEANS YOU %
ARE KICKED OFF %
THE CAMPUS.
YOU CANNOT TAKE %
CLASSES
REMOTELY, AND %
YOU CANNOT GET A %
REFUND ON YOUR %
TUITION ROOM OR %
BOARD. %
THEY ARE %
ACTUALLY SERIOUS %
ABOUT THIS. %
WHY DID THEY PUT %
OUT THAT LETTER?
BECAUSE OTHER % SCHOOLS THAT
SCHOOLS THAT
OPEN BEFORE BU
AND DESPITE THE %
TESTING PROGRAMS %
THEY HAD, AND
WHEN COLLEGE %
STUDENTS DO WHAT %
THEY LIKE TO DO %
WHICH IS GETTING
TOGETHER AND %
THEY FORGET
ABOUT SOCIAL %
DISTANCING, %
START DRINKING %
BEER WITH THE
MASKS COMING OFF %
IN SOCIAL %
DISTANCING, AND
THEY ARE %
DETERMINED IT
WILL NOT HAPPEN %
HERE.
>> THE BOSTON %
UNIVERSITY IS
CERTAINLY NOT %
MESSING AROUND.
THANK YOU FOR %
SHOWING UP AND %