Harvard Medical School takes precautions, makes major moves
Two Harvard Medical School (HMS) students, toting large suitcases, waited in the lobby of Vanderbilt Hall for their ride to Logan International Airport. First-year student J.C. Panagides was headed to Sterling, Va. Mitchell Winkie, another first-year, was headed to Pittsburgh. With their spring semester abruptly curtailed and their classes moved online to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus, neither knew for certain when they would be returning to the Quad. For both students, as for the rest of the HMS community and the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a cascade of events that changes almost hourly. On March 13, the same day Panagides and Winkie departed, Harvard President Larry Bacow notified the University that two members of the Harvard community had been tested for COVID-19. “Students have been extremely cooperative. Everyone is taking it in stride. Everyone understands the severity of the situation.” — Thomas Gillogley, Vanderbilt Hall services manager One tested positive...