Fully vaccinated students at SUNY Oneonta at 88% By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — COVID numbers for SUNY Oneonta have steadily improved with more students getting the vaccine. Danielle McMullen, chief of staff at SUNY Oneonta, reported to the Common Council on Tuesday, Sept. 21, that 94% of students had at least one dose of the vaccine while 88% are fully vaccinated. McMullen said SUNY Oneonta was doing “really well, when compared to other SUNY schools,” and…
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SUNY Infections Ebb, Bringing Crisis To End By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – As this week began, only 158 SUNY Oneonta students and residence assistants were left on campus. In a normal year, that would have been over 3,000 of the 6,000+ enrollment. “At present, there are only three SUNY students in isolation on campus,” Diane Georgeson, Oneonta Public Health officer, told Common Council during her report on Tuesday, Sept. 15. “There are 52 in isolation off…
ONEONTA’S GEORGESON PRAISED Expecting Little Excitement, Health Officer In Maelstrom By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – When Dr. Diane Georgeson took a call from Mayor Gary Herzig at the beginning of the year, she had no idea what awaited her. “Gary asked me if I would be interested in being the city’s health officer,” she said. “I was honored, but I did not anticipate a pandemic!” Georgeson, a recently retired Fox Hospital physician and the medical director of…