The health, safety, and well-being of our campus community – students, faculty, staff, as well as broader St. Mary’s City and County – are foremost in our minds. While we have made great strides together in managing the pandemic while preserving the essential character of the St. Mary’s College experience for everyone, we continue to face unknown challenges. The emergence of new, vaccine- and immune-resistant virus strains, and the potential for new variants to develop, challenge us to consider the procedures and protocols that best protect our community.

Two keys to remember are flexibility and concern: being receptive to changes in practices and procedures as warranted by the changing environment, and concern for one another in order to keep us all healthy and safe. St. Mary’s College of Maryland has based our guidance for the 2022-2023 year on the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Vaccination Policy

Students, faculty, and staff who do not have an approved exemption are required to be up-to-date on all doses in the primary vaccination series and all recommended boosters, when eligible.

Masking Policy

Masking is not required at St. Mary’s College of Maryland at the present time. Individuals may elect to wear a mask at any time. Those who have COVID-19 symptoms, a recent positive COVID test result (with our without symptoms), or known exposure to COVID should mask when in the presence of others out of concern for their health and well being. If you are immunocompromised or more likely to get very sick from COVID-19, learn more about how to protect yourself.

If You Develop Symptoms or Think You Have Been Exposed

Students who have developed symptoms or believe they have been exposed to COVID should consider wearing a mask and contact the Wellness Center for advice, testing, and treatment. Isolation and quarantine accommodations are available if needed.

Staff and faculty should coordinate treatment and testing with their individual health care provider or the St. Mary’s County Health Department. The St. Mary’s County Health Department (SMCHD) main office in Leonardtown offers COVID-19 Test to Treat (T2T) services, by appointment only. T2T services include on-site rapid testing for COVID-19 and treatment consultation with a medical provider. If a patient tests positive and treatments are appropriate for them – they can immediately receive free oral antiviral medication, filled onsite. Eligibility for treatment is assessed individually, based on evaluation from the medical provider, length of symptoms, underlying health conditions, and other factors.

For more information on COVID-19 treatment or to make an appointment for SMCHD T2T services, please visit this webpage. For assistance making an appointment over the phone, call (301) 475-4330 and ask for the COVID-19 Community Hotline. Testing and treatment is also available through local healthcare providers and participating pharmacies.

COVID-19 Dashboard

Dashboard Tracking has been paused for the summer. Stay tuned for plans for Fall 2022.

Notes

• 6/3/22 – Dashboard Tracking has been paused for the summer. Stay tuned for plans for Fall 2022.
• 8/23/21 – Added a data point that reflects the percentage of our campus community that has been fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Individuals are counted as fully vaccinated two weeks past the last vaccine shot. Proof of vaccine must be shared with the Wellness Center.
• 8/4/21 – Dashboard numbers reset for the new academic year.
• 1/13/21 – The “Active” period was changed from 14-days to 10-days, based on updated information and to parallel St. Mary’s County Health Department procedures. Additionally, the Health Department has changed quarantine to 7 days after receiving a negative COVID-19 test. On-campus quarantine will be 7-10 days based on updated information and to parallel St. Mary’s County Health Department procedures.
• 11/16/20 – Today we have an increased number of positive cases in our campus community. Some of the cases are in on-campus isolation and other cases are isolating off campus. The large number of people in quarantine shows our conservative approach to the health of our community. Please follow campus guidelines, maintain social distance, and use the SMCM Symptom Tracker daily to help our community be as safe as possible.
• 11/13/20 – The relatively large increase in the number of individuals quarantined is due to the desire to be overly cautious and vigilant in keeping our community safe. Some of the individuals we have asked to quarantine may not necessarily meet the CDC guidelines for direct contact to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
• 10/19/20 – One person moved off the quarantine list.
• 10/13/20 – No major changes. Reduced quarantine by 1 person.
• 10/12/20 – No significant changes in numbers for today. No new cases from the surveillance testing.
• 10/9/20 – Today the number of tests administered increased significantly because 38 people were tested for the Surveillance Testing yesterday.
• 10/7/20 – “Non-Active Cases for Week of” revised to “Non-Active Cases as of” for clarity.
• 10/5/20 – Today we had several people complete quarantine. No new cases were reported.
• 10/2/20 – Quarantine is reduced by 1 person today. No other changes.
• 9/30/20 – There are no changes for today for the dashboard.
• 9/29/20 – Today we hit 0 active cases on campus. We have the results of the surveillance testing from last week – all people were negative.
• 9/25/20 – Today our number of tests completed at the Wellness Center increased a large amount. That is due to beginning our community surveillance testing.
• 9/23/20 – Updated how we display Isolation Bed stats based on feedback from the community.

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