Colleges consider more restrictions as Omicron outbreaks increase, but concerns about student mental health give pause | The Boston Globe

CEID Faculty Dr. David Hamer comments on how colleges and universities are reacting to the Omicron variant.

“David Hamer, a professor of global health and infectious disease specialist at Boston University, said that so far BU has not seen any cases of Omicron, but that university officials expect it will arrive at some point, likely after the holidays. Hamer said schools were talking about trying to pull back restrictions in the spring, perhaps testing less often, but the variant put a pause on those discussions.

‘Because of Omicron, we’ve all sort of stopped and said, ‘Let’s watch and wait,’  he said.”

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