Compared to 2020, the number of individuals filling out the Ferris COVID-19 Daily Symptom Checker has decreased substantially.   

The short, online questionnaire asks individuals whether they have had close contact with someone confirmed to have COVID-19 or had any symptoms of COVID-19.   

Lindsay Barber is the director of health services on campus. She explained that while students, faculty and staff have continued to use the symptom checker, the numbers have gone down substantially in 2021.   

“As compared to data from 2020, an average of 35% less faculty and staff, and 65% less students have been completing the symptom checker in 2021,” Barber said.