What We've Learned - UC San Diego Student Affairs

SP22 - Week 1: New normalizing edition.

Greetings WWL-istas and WWL-opes:

Welcome back from break! We’ve truly missed all of your faces – masked or otherwise – for the last couple weeks, and we hope you’re as chuffed as we are to start the quarter amidst a reinvigorated in-person energy on campus.

Here’s what we’ve learned this week:

Screen time is a good thing.

And no, we’re not talking about ‘Tok. Usage of the daily symptom screener has been pretty low compared to prior quarters, so please, let us remind y’all that screening for symptoms is a requirement – and beyond that, you’ll need a green thumb to get into Sun God.

Learn to return. Now that you’re back, be sure to utilize RTL’s On-campus Checklist as your one-stop shop for guidance on approved Triton-specific masking, testing, and vaccination requirements.

Here’s a hint: don’t stop at one shot, and test when you’ve got snot.

New normalizing.

The virus that causes COVID-19 – as well as the fact that there are varying approaches to affiliated public health guidance – is something that we’re all going to learn to live with for the foreseeable future. Endemic times are here, indeed, so what does that mean?

You do you, boo, and I will too. If you arm yourself with an understanding of required guidance first – take masking, for example – you’re then free to make your own choices when it comes to personal health, so long as it doesn’t cause harm to those around you.

If you want to mask up when it’s not required, go for it.

If you don’t, that’s OK too! Just be respectful, please.

Self-care = selfless.

When you take care of yourself, you’re also doing your community a solid. In case you haven’t heard it from us recently, we’re immensely proud of your adherence to the afore-mentioned (and oft-changing) public health guidance throughout the year.

Less get physical. Because we’ve all been so COVID-focused for quite a while – with good reason – it’s important to remember that wellness is a holistic endeavor that extends beyond the purely physical. Here’s a few upcoming opportunities to shift your focus away from the virus, and toward your overall well-being: