The COVID-19 pandemic as it affects us in Michigan is nearly reaching a year in length, and we are currently in the beginning weeks of the third semester of classes which have been changed by COVID-19. It would be easy to become lazy in our social distancing, mask wearing, and other acts of health-consciousness. Yet NMU’s current COVID-19 statistics speak to a positive trend.

As COVID-19 cases in neighboring counties continue to rise, NMU has recently begun their random surveillance testing in hopes to further contain the spread of the virus around campus. The university has...