Your Questions Answered
Question: What are the symptoms that warrant testing?
Answer: Any of the following that are unrelated to a chronic condition: cough, shortness of breath, fever, fatigue or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea.
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Question: What is SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring?
Answer: The SARS-CoV-2 virus is shed from the gastrointestinal tract and can be detected in feces early in the infection before clinical symptoms. UC San Diego’s wastewater monitoring program tests for SARS-CoV-2 virus in the wastewater outflow from buildings across the campus. Our test is extremely sensitive—a sampler covering several buildings housing a hundred or more people is capable of detecting a single individual shedding virus. If you receive a
positive wastewater notification for the building where you live or work, you should get tested out of an abunance of caution.
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Question: Why should children and teens get vaccinated against COVID-19?
Answer: COVID-19 can make children and teens very sick and sometimes requires treatment in a hospital. Getting eligible children and teens vaccinated against COVID-19 can help keep them from getting really sick if they do get COVID-19, including protecting them from short and long-term complications and hospitalization. Vaccinating children can also help keep them in school or daycare and safely participating in sports, playdates, and other group activities.