LITTLE
LITTLE MUG YOU'RE OUTSIDE, BUT NOT GOING TO BE TOO TERRIBLE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COULD BE THE
SUM OF YOUR.
WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT MARCO
AND LAURA WHAT THEY MEAN FOR
NEXT HURRICANES IN TEXAS, AND
WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO
BRING US ANY RAIN.
>> TROUBLING REPORTS FROM MAJOR
UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WERE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF
COVID-19 CASES ON CAMPUSES,
SOME STUDENTS NOW UNDER
QUARANTINE.
QUARANTINE. TREVOR AULT HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THIS MORNING
COLLEGE STUDENTS HAS THEIR
LIVES UPENDED BY SHIFTING
HEALTH STRATEGIES AND
ESCALATING OUTBREAKS.
ESCALATING OUTBREAKS. >> I THINK WERE ALTERING TO
SLOW IT ALL DOWN.
>> AT TEXAS A&M HUNDREDS OF
STUDENTS FROM TWO SORORITIES
HAVE BEEN TOLD TO QUARANTINE
AFTER 14 OF THEIR MEMBERS
TESTED POSITIVE, THE UNIVERSITY
OF NOTRE DAME RESPONDING TO THE
372 CASES ARE ROLLING OUT
RANDOM STUDENT TESTING.
AND A CONTROVERSIAL INSTAGRAM
ACCOUNT HAS BEEN REMOVED AFTER
PROMOTING HOAX 19 PARTIES AT
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.
>> THAT IS A VERY EASY WAY TO
RUIN IT FOR A WHOLE LOT OF
PEOPLE, WHO HAVE WORKED HARD TO
COME HERE.
COME HERE. >> AS MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
BATTLE THE VIRUS SOME PARENTS
SAY THEY ARE IN THE DARK, THE
NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED SOME
DISTRICTS ARE DISCOURAGING
TEACHERS FROM REPORTING
POSITIVE TEST TO THE PUBLIC.
INSTEAD, HAVING CASES ANNOUNCE
THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
>> IF COVID-19 IS IN THE SCHOOL
AND WE ARE RELYING ON THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, POTENTIALLY
MANY MORE STUDENTS CAN BE
EXPOSED.
EXPOSED.
EXPOSED. >> MANY STILL PUSHING BACK
TOWARDS IN PERSON LEARNING.
>> ONE WOMAN SAID SHE HAS NO
CHOICE BUT TO WORK.
>> I DON'T FEEL SAFE AT TIMES
WITH THIS, AND WITH EVERYTHING
THAT HAS HAPPENED, I'M REALLY
AFRAID.
AFRAID.
AFRAID. >> NOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
A CLASSIFIED TEACHERS AS
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS COULD
POTENTIALLY HOLD ASYMPTOMATIC
TEACHERS EXEMPT FROM QUARANTINE
IF THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.
>> WHAT THEY'RE LITERALLY
SAYING IS THAT WE DON'T CARE
THAT YOU ARE A CARRIER, GET IN
THERE ANYWAY.
THERE ANYWAY. >> THIS IS JUST NOT WORTH IT.
>> BACK HERE AT HOME THE LATEST
COVID-19 NUMBERS HERE IN NORTH
TEXAS TARRANT COUNTY REPORTING
220 CASES YESTERDAY, DENTON
COUNTY HAS 145 NEW INFECTIONS,
THERE'S MORE THAN 1000 CASES
BUT 862 OF THOSE ARE
BACKLOGGED, IN COLLIN COUNTY
REPORTING ZERO CASES.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME
DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN STATE AND
COUNTY REACHING OUT TO THEM TO
TRY TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION
ON THAT.
ON THAT.
ON THAT. THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
IS PARTNERING WITH THE TARRANT
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO
WORK ON CONTACT TRACING
POSITIVE CASES, THE SCHOOL SAID
IT COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES
OPENING SAFELY, OR SHUTTING
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. HERE IS ERIC ALVAREZ.
>> A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
>> WE WANT TO END COVID-19
TRANSMISSION.
TRANSMISSION. >> MEANS THE STUDENTS WILL GET
OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND INTO
THE FIGHT.
THE FIGHT. >> STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE
LEADING THE WAY ON THIS.
>> DAVID MANN STORE FOR IS AN
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UMT HEIGHT SIDE CENTER
TEAMING UP WITH THE TARRANT
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT, STARTING SEPTEMBER
1st 90 STUDENTS WILL HELP THE
DEPARTMENT CONTACT PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. FIND OUT WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN,
AND WHO THEY HAVE BEEN IN
CONTACT WITH.
CONTACT WITH. >> THE GOAL IS TO END THE
TRANSMISSION CHAIN.
TRANSMISSION CHAIN. >> IT IS A PROCTOR OF CONTACT
TRACING.
TRACING.
TRACING. AND AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE
PUZZLE WHEN FIGHTING COVID-19.
>> CONTACT TRACING HAS HELPED
RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE.
RESEARCHERS WORLDWIDE. >> IT IS HELPED US UNDERSTAND
WHERE THE HOTSPOTS WOULD BE,
YOU KNOW NURSING HOMES,
MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS,
MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS, COMMUNITIES WHERE YOU HAVE
CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTHERS.
>> BUT CONTACT TRACING USES ARE
ALSO PRACTICAL.
ALSO PRACTICAL. IDENTIFYING AT-RISK PEOPLE AND
ENCOURAGING THEM TO ISOLATE AND
GET TESTED QUICKLY, COULD MAKE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ROAD
TO RECOVERY, AND ANOTHER
SHUTDOWN.
SHUTDOWN.
SHUTDOWN. >> IF WE CAN YOUR UNSTOPPED THE
CHAIN OF TRANSMISSION, THEN
WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING AN
EASIER TIME OF OPENING UP
SCHOOLS, AND OTHER BUSINESSES,
BECAUSE WE WILL BE ABLE TO
QUICKLY TRACK AND MITIGATE
POTENTIAL SPREAD.
POTENTIAL SPREAD. >> IT RUNS UNTIL