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As part of pandemic control on Grounds, we
are doing several tests.

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We have nasal swab tests; we are doing the
wastewater testing, and this is one additional

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tool that we have added that is specific to
individuals that we can identify fairly quickly.

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We will have designated places for saliva
sample collection.

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So, students have to go there, they’ll have
to bring their ID and once their ID is scanned,

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they will be given a tube and gently drool
into this test tube.

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And there will be a staff member with a biohazard
bag, and you drop it in the bag and that’s

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all the students have to do.

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Spitting in the tube is straightforward, it’s
easy and another thing compared with the nasal

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swab is the nasal swab protocol requires extraction
of this virus which causes potential safety

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concerns.

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This procedure we don’t even open the tube
we heat inactivate it and then people will

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go in there and take out samples.

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So, we skipped a couple procedures, it’s
safer and it’s quicker.

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People that are positive, but they don’t
know that they are carrying the virus, if

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you identify them soon enough and ask them
to isolate so they no longer are disseminating

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the virus to others.

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So that is the whole point of doing this and
the faster you can detect the faster you can

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do this isolation and quarantine.

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