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Implementing widespread randomized testing, contact tracing, and quarantine is essential for safe in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. High test specificity and moving large classes online are crucial for managing outbreaks and quarantines.

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  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health
  • Higher Education

Background:

  • Universities face challenges in maintaining in-person instruction during COVID-19.
  • Limited data exists on effective interventions to control campus outbreaks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To model the safety of in-person instruction during the pandemic.
  • To evaluate the necessity and impact of various interventions for outbreak containment on campuses.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a full-scale stochastic agent-based model.
  • Simulation of different intervention strategies for controlling campus outbreaks.

Main Results:

  • Large-scale randomized testing, contact tracing, and quarantine are vital for outbreak containment.
  • High test specificity is critical for managing quarantine population size.
  • Moving large classes online significantly controls outbreak size and quarantine numbers.
  • Controlling non-residential social exposure is more critical than residential exposure.
  • High quarantine rates necessitate planning for remote instruction.

Conclusions:

  • A multi-faceted approach combining testing, tracing, quarantine, and modified class structures is necessary for safe in-person learning.
  • Strategic planning for remote instruction is essential due to unavoidable absenteeism from quarantine.