Here's how one college system kept Covid-19 cases down as they surged throughout the state
CNN
In September, cases in the heavily vaccinated state of Maine, began to rise. State hospitals and ICU units began to fill. More ventilators were needed than ever. And yet, throughout the University of Maine campus cases remained extremely low and seemingly avoiding the crush of cases taking hold of the state.
As those tens of thousands of students returned to residence halls and into full classrooms, university leaders hoped the measures they put in place would keep Covid-19 cases down and avoid widespread cases that shut down many campuses nationwide last spring.
University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, who chairs the system's Science Advisory Board, told CNN they prepared a science-based, multifaceted approach with the help of a team that included an epidemiologist, a statistician, microbiologists and virologists.
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