{"id":8006,"date":"2022-03-17T15:05:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=8006"},"modified":"2022-03-17T15:05:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T15:05:43","slug":"mask-optional-begins-march-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2022\/03\/17\/mask-optional-begins-march-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Mask optional begins March 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>By Branden Matassa &#8217;22, OTG editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning Monday, March 21, LVC\u2019s campus will become mask optional. This decision was made in consultation with LVC\u2019s Penn State Health advisors and based on the low COVID-19 infection rates in Lebanon County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this change, students should continue to carry masks with them as professors can continue to require masking in classrooms, labs or other learning spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this decision may appear to be a nail in the COVID-19 coffin, it\u2019s important to know that this policy is subject to change if infection rates rise or a new variant develops. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever someone\u2019s masking choice may be, let\u2019s remember to stay respectful, stay smart and stay safe LVC.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Branden Matassa &#8217;22, OTG editor Beginning Monday, March 21, LVC\u2019s campus will become mask optional. This decision was made in consultation with LVC\u2019s Penn State Health advisors and based on the low COVID-19 infection <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2022\/03\/17\/mask-optional-begins-march-21\/\" title=\"Mask optional begins March 21\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}