In this issue: inbox infinity, Rosie and turnips, oh my!
Week 1: CALL YOU ON YOUR CELL PHONE EDITION
You give when you get (tested).
For every student that completes weekly COVID-19 testing this quarter (each week for 10 weeks), we will donate $50 to the Basic Needs Hub on campus. If you don’t know, now you know: Tritons Care for Tritons.
New strain, who dis?
Here’s a fun New Year’s resolution: pick up when a random number calls you on your cell phone, because it might be a contact tracer or Student Health with important exposure notifications or test results. If it’s not, you can just repeat the word “unsubscribe” until the call spammer gets bored.
Vend-mo me.
No, those bright blue boxes popping up all over campus aren’t the latest Stuart Art Collection installation, they’re our new self-administered test kit vending machines. You can pick up a no-cost kit at your convenience, and drop it off nearby within 72 hours. Note: these are just for UC San Diego-affiliated students/staff at this time. Sharing a kit that’s tied to your AD login is a Hippocratic no-no.
We want you.
To help the County and UC San Diego Health quickly distribute vaccines. Hundreds of volunteers are urgently needed in an all-hands effort to effectively vaccinate thousands of people in our community each day. Step up, Tritons.
Winter quarter reading assignment: email.
Don’t tell the LIT professors, but your student email contains some of the most important passages you’ll read this quarter—like policy updates or even relevant wastewater notifications specific to positives in your area (see below for more*).
Threeminder | (noun)
definition: A reminder about a reminder about a reminder. usage: Just a quick threeminder, weekly asymptomatic testing is required for all undergrad and graduate students who live on campus or come to campus/UC-owned property. Remote-only students are also strongly encouraged to take advantage of this no-cost, weekly testing.
COVID's resolution? Get stronger in 2021.
Listen, it is bad out there. Really bad. Please don’t wait until someone close to you is affected by this virus to take control of your community’s safety. Brush up on preventative requirements like masking, distancing, avoiding gatherings, and work that swiss cheese model.
Even more targeted than Instagram ads.
Unless you clicked on a promoted post for wastewater, that is. Because we now have 70 samplers on campus, our messaging about positive poop is becoming more and more pertinent. If you receive a notification, you’re likely affected. *While we’re working to add positive poop to the daily dashboard, keep reading your email.
