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Student producer Emily Brubaker and Media Production Specialist Blasco Felipe work in the television production control room while working on an episode of Valley Views News on campus at CSU Northridge in Northridge, California September 28, 2020. Due to the pandemic, students must wear masks (except the anchors when the show is recording), keep distances when possible, and wipe down their stations for safety. All rooms have limited the amount of people allowed inside. How many California State University students and employees have the coronavirus? On most of the 23 campuses, nobody really knows. The CSU chancellor’s office in Long Beach allows each campus to decide whether to require virus testing for employees and students. Most do not. Instead, nearly all rely on students to voluntarily report if they feel ill or test positive elsewhere. As a result, the official number of coronavirus cases tends to be low on campuses that don’t test, and higher where they do. “It’s scary,” said Ben Davis, who teaches a daylong TV journalism class in person every Monday at Cal State Northridge in Los Angeles, where the coronavirus prevention rules are clear. Before class, Davis uses the school’s coronavirus screening app to answer […]
