WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:03.420 --> 00:00:06.500 Hi everyone, I hope you’re all doing well, and thanks for tuning in 00:00:06.500 --> 00:00:08.680 to another episode of UVA Weekly. 00:00:08.680 --> 00:00:13.349 You’ve been hearing a lot from us this week, and I appreciate your patience and your 00:00:13.349 --> 00:00:16.770 continued attention as we work together to manage COVID-19 in our community. 00:00:16.770 --> 00:00:21.480 It’s a bit of a grab bag this week, but let me start with the headline. 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:26.369 As you know, at the advice of health care experts, we have instituted three updated 00:00:26.369 --> 00:00:30.020 guidelines that will be in place for at least the next two weeks: 00:00:30.020 --> 00:00:34.040 First, gatherings should be limited to groups of 5 or fewer; 00:00:34.140 --> 00:00:39.920 Second, masks are required except when you’re eating, in your room, or exercising outdoors or in 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:46.220 accordance with IM/Rec guidelines; and third for students, we urge no travel outside of Charlottesville, 00:00:46.220 --> 00:00:51.710 unless truly necessary, and similarly discourage inviting visitors from outside Charlottesville. 00:00:51.710 --> 00:00:57.370 I also hope you saw the email from Dean Groves yesterday that clarified a few points about 00:00:57.370 --> 00:00:58.869 these new restrictions. 00:00:58.869 --> 00:01:03.679 I know the guidance on travel in particular has led to a lot of questions. 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:07.929 Here’s the basic idea: we understand that our students have important reasons to travel 00:01:07.929 --> 00:01:12.770 – a major family event, for example, or a job interview, or a trip to collect data 00:01:12.770 --> 00:01:13.900 for research you’re conducting. 00:01:13.900 --> 00:01:17.219 That is not our main focus with these new guidelines. 00:01:17.219 --> 00:01:22.070 What we’re asking you to do is please stay put in Charlottesville for the next couple 00:01:22.070 --> 00:01:24.429 of weeks if it’s at all possible. 00:01:24.429 --> 00:01:29.509 For the next two weeks, we especially discourage making any new travel plans that can be avoided, 00:01:29.509 --> 00:01:35.350 and we ask that you consider making adjustments in cases where a trip is easy to reschedule. 00:01:35.350 --> 00:01:39.341 More generally, for those of you who have asked questions about the guidelines, thank 00:01:39.341 --> 00:01:42.340 you—it shows how much you are trying to follow them. 00:01:42.340 --> 00:01:47.560 I will say that if you see a grey area or some ambiguity, it is perfectly fine to ask 00:01:47.560 --> 00:01:48.950 for clarification. 00:01:48.950 --> 00:01:50.759 But you can also use your best judgment. 00:01:50.759 --> 00:01:56.490 We are not trying to trip anyone up on technicalities, and if you exercise your best judgment or 00:01:56.490 --> 00:01:59.950 make an honest mistake, you aren’t going to get in trouble. 00:01:59.950 --> 00:02:05.439 If you intentionally and repeatedly or egregiously violate the guidelines, you will get in trouble. 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:10.130 We understand these new guidelines will impose even more of a burden than you are already 00:02:10.130 --> 00:02:12.569 bearing, and we do not adopt them lightly. 00:02:12.569 --> 00:02:17.150 We are following the advice of public health experts, who have told us we need to take 00:02:17.150 --> 00:02:22.580 these measures for the next two weeks to slow the spread of the virus, which is in the interests 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:24.090 of all of us. 00:02:24.090 --> 00:02:28.200 In terms of additional efforts to promote safety, as most of you have heard, we have 00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:32.470 also ramped up our testing programs over the last week – including testing wastewater 00:02:32.470 --> 00:02:37.610 from residence halls and testing entire dorms when we find signs of infection – more on 00:02:37.610 --> 00:02:39.180 that later in the program. 00:02:39.180 --> 00:02:43.060 Thank you again to all of you who have gone through this testing process – and thanks 00:02:43.060 --> 00:02:47.510 in advance to those who will be asked to get tested in the weeks ahead. 00:02:47.510 --> 00:02:52.620 Testing is a critical element of containing the virus, and we appreciate your cooperation. 00:02:52.620 --> 00:02:57.379 As part of our effort to ramp up our testing program, we have also created a saliva test 00:02:57.379 --> 00:03:01.970 that will allow us to expand testing in a quick and non-invasive way. 00:03:01.970 --> 00:03:06.440 Earlier this week, I had a chance to stop by a newly created saliva screening station 00:03:06.440 --> 00:03:10.080 on Grounds, and we’ll be rolling out more stations in the coming weeks. 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:15.370 I’m grateful to our Vice President for Research, Ram Ramasubramanian, for leading the effort 00:03:15.370 --> 00:03:17.270 to get this program up and running. 00:03:17.270 --> 00:03:22.310 I also had the opportunity to visit O-Hill dining hall on Monday, and I was really impressed 00:03:22.310 --> 00:03:26.840 with how the team has modified their operations to serve meals safely to our students. 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:30.470 Thank you to all of our dining hall staff for everything you’re doing to keep our 00:03:30.470 --> 00:03:32.030 community safe. 00:03:32.030 --> 00:03:36.739 Finally, I’d like to answer a question from our Charlottesville neighbors and reinforce 00:03:36.739 --> 00:03:39.989 a few things that Dean Groves shared last week. 00:03:39.989 --> 00:03:43.140 Our neighbors in the Charlottesville community had a question about wanting to know where 00:03:43.140 --> 00:03:47.520 our students are being quarantined and isolated on and off Grounds, and some of the rest of 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:49.189 you may be wondering as well. 00:03:49.189 --> 00:03:54.819 The answer is we have set aside housing on-Grounds for both the isolation and quarantine of students 00:03:54.819 --> 00:03:56.590 who reside in University housing. 00:03:56.590 --> 00:04:02.250 A small number of students are isolating or quarantining in hotels near Grounds as well, 00:04:02.250 --> 00:04:08.090 and I can assure you that all safety precautions are being taken to avoid further spread of 00:04:08.090 --> 00:04:09.090 the virus. 00:04:09.090 --> 00:04:14.020 Two last things Dean Groves shared in an earlier message that I’d like to amplify for students: 00:04:14.020 --> 00:04:18.830 Don’t forget to get your flu shot – which is especially important this year. 00:04:18.830 --> 00:04:23.650 You can get a shot at Student Health and Wellness or at a local pharmacy, and we recommend doing 00:04:23.650 --> 00:04:25.600 so before the end of October. 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:31.170 More information is available on the Student Health and Wellness website. 00:04:31.170 --> 00:04:36.390 Navigating university life during a pandemic is really challenging, to say the least, and 00:04:36.390 --> 00:04:39.730 it’s especially important to take care of yourselves. 00:04:39.730 --> 00:04:45.110 This includes maintaining a good sleep schedule, eating right, getting exercise, finding ways 00:04:45.110 --> 00:04:49.880 to safely engage with new friends, and enjoying time outside as best you can. 00:04:49.880 --> 00:04:54.970 I recommend checking out the University Programs Council website for ideas about how to stay 00:04:54.970 --> 00:05:00.940 active and or the Contemplative Sciences Center website, which identifies a whole array of 00:05:00.940 --> 00:05:04.580 mindfulness, yoga, and virtual retreat offerings throughout the semester. 00:05:04.580 --> 00:05:10.700 And We will also continue to offer resources for students experiencing added stress, anxiety, 00:05:10.700 --> 00:05:15.360 or other mental health impacts as a result of the challenge and uncertainty of this moment 00:05:15.360 --> 00:05:20.970 – please check out the CAPS website for more information on ways to get support. 00:05:20.970 --> 00:05:28.190 As always, if you have questions or comments, please contact my colleague Matt Weber at 00:05:28.190 --> 00:05:29.190 mw2xy@virginia.edu. 00:05:29.190 --> 00:05:33.810 A couple of the segments on this show are based on your emails from last week. 00:05:33.810 --> 00:05:37.200 Alright, thanks for listening, and for all that you are doing. 00:05:37.200 --> 00:05:42.660 On with the rest of show… and over to my very talented co-host, fourth year student, 00:05:42.660 --> 00:05:44.420 Davion Zeno. 00:05:44.420 --> 00:05:46.640 Wassup Guys, Zeno here and I’m back like I left something. 00:05:46.640 --> 00:05:50.760 Coming to you with the #Youva team to talk all things covid and news on grounds. 00:05:50.760 --> 00:05:54.920 As you know, last week several dorm residents were tested after high levels of the virus 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:56.120 showed up in their wastewater. 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:58.050 Let’s take a look at how all that works. 00:05:58.050 --> 00:06:03.560 One of the things that we're doing on Grounds to minimize the spread of COVID-19 is pooled 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:05.030 wastewater testing. 00:06:05.030 --> 00:06:07.240 Testing individual residence halls. 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:10.500 Sort of testing everybody in the building at once. 00:06:10.500 --> 00:06:15.260 One of the biggest challenges that we faced with COVID-19 is that people can spread the 00:06:15.260 --> 00:06:20.950 virus without having any symptoms and wastewater surveillance is a great tool to detect some 00:06:20.950 --> 00:06:23.950 of those asymptomatic spreaders. 00:06:23.950 --> 00:06:27.640 We can detect SARS-CoV because it's shed in stool 00:06:27.640 --> 00:06:30.370 at pretty high rates especially early in infection. 00:06:30.370 --> 00:06:36.580 By capturing wastewater we can do a pooled sample of everybody that lives in the building 00:06:36.580 --> 00:06:42.040 that use the toilet that day and detect if there are new cases even before they have 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:43.850 symptoms. 00:06:43.850 --> 00:06:48.970 This can provide an early warning system we can then take further steps to test individuals 00:06:48.970 --> 00:06:54.430 once we detect that there might be new cases and ultimately limit the spread in the residence 00:06:54.430 --> 00:06:55.430 halls. 00:06:55.430 --> 00:07:01.960 So the wastewater surveillance gives us another tool to find cases early and minimize 00:07:01.960 --> 00:07:03.250 the chance of further spread 00:07:03.250 --> 00:07:07.280 So, what happens when someone tests positive or is a close contact of someone who tested 00:07:07.280 --> 00:07:08.280 positive? 00:07:08.280 --> 00:07:12.750 let’s talk Quarantine and Isolation. 00:07:12.750 --> 00:07:15.100 Buckle up because we're on it again. 00:07:15.110 --> 00:07:16.620 Quarantine and isolation are different. 00:07:16.620 --> 00:07:20.000 Someone is asked to quarantine and separate from others when they have been in close contact 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.870 with a person with COVID-19 or are awaiting their test results after a close contact. 00:07:24.870 --> 00:07:30.610 What’s a close contact you ask - being within 6ft of someone for more than 15 minutes. 00:07:30.610 --> 00:07:34.310 Isolation is the separation of people with COVID-19 from others who aren't sick. 00:07:34.310 --> 00:07:38.170 Here’s a scenario: You have some symptoms of COVID-19 so you call Student Health and 00:07:38.170 --> 00:07:39.170 Wellness. 00:07:39.170 --> 00:07:41.580 If you need to come in and get a test, your results will get back to you quicker than 00:07:41.580 --> 00:07:46.260 a Jimmy John’s sandwich, eh not that quick but usually within 48 hours of the test. 00:07:46.260 --> 00:07:50.510 While you’re waiting for a test or its result you should be quarantining. 00:07:50.510 --> 00:07:53.861 If you live on grounds, the University will find you a spot, if you are off Grounds, you 00:07:53.861 --> 00:07:57.400 should quarantine in your residence or back home, if it is safe to do so. 00:07:57.400 --> 00:08:00.440 Your test comes back, yup, positive, so you’re on the isolation timeline. 00:08:00.440 --> 00:08:05.000 Keep a journal--mark those calendars because dates are key. 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:06.000 Ready? 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:09.990 Your isolation can end after at least 10 days have passed since your symptoms first appeared, 00:08:09.990 --> 00:08:14.480 you have had no fever for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication AND your other symptoms 00:08:14.480 --> 00:08:15.480 have improved. 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:19.270 Otherwise, you should stay put until a doctor says you're good to go.. 00:08:19.270 --> 00:08:23.250 Ok, take 2: no symptoms, BUT you’ve been in close contact with someone who has tested 00:08:23.250 --> 00:08:24.250 positive. 00:08:24.250 --> 00:08:28.960 Your best testing window is 5-7 days after your last exposure, based on the virus’ 00:08:28.960 --> 00:08:29.960 incubation period. 00:08:29.960 --> 00:08:32.779 You’ll need to quarantine until it’s testing time. 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:36.250 If you’re positive but still have no symptoms, you may end isolation after at least 10 days 00:08:36.250 --> 00:08:38.360 have passed since the day of your test. 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:41.459 See - jotting down your dates is helpful! 00:08:41.459 --> 00:08:45.050 If you have a negative test result with no symptoms, you still quarantine because that 00:08:45.050 --> 00:08:46.660 virus can still develop. 00:08:46.660 --> 00:08:52.050 If you are still symptom free after 14 days of quarantine, get outside! 00:08:52.050 --> 00:08:54.980 Another big difference between isolation and quarantine is that you can isolate with others 00:08:54.980 --> 00:08:59.410 who have tested positive but you should avoid quarantining together if at all possible. 00:08:59.410 --> 00:09:03.451 For example, say Sally lives with 5 other roommates and they were all exposed and decide 00:09:03.451 --> 00:09:04.540 to “quarantine” together. 00:09:04.540 --> 00:09:07.649 But, it turns out, Sally is actually the only one carrying the virus. 00:09:07.649 --> 00:09:11.079 Well, she may now have passed it to her other roommates - get it? 00:09:11.079 --> 00:09:14.829 I know, living with roommates can be hard on a good day, but if you must quarantine 00:09:14.829 --> 00:09:18.399 in a shared space, you should be doing your best to separate as much as possible from 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:23.370 others, and when you can’t, wear a mask, practice social-distancing, clean surfaces 00:09:23.370 --> 00:09:28.079 often, especially those is a shared bathroom, and avoid preparing food or eating together, 00:09:28.079 --> 00:09:31.829 For more information about quarantine in close quarters, check out these resources from the 00:09:31.829 --> 00:09:33.950 CDC and Student Health and Wellness. 00:09:33.950 --> 00:09:41.790 Confusing, yeah, I know, but, the short answer is this: test or no test, quarantining if 00:09:41.790 --> 00:09:45.339 you’ve been exposed or have symptoms and isolating if you have a positive test are 00:09:45.339 --> 00:09:47.870 some of the most effective ways to keep your friends healthy. 00:09:47.870 --> 00:09:50.750 It’s not fun, but it is SO IMPORTANT. 00:09:50.750 --> 00:09:53.240 For more information, check out the student health and wellness website 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:59.470 Also, don’t forget, testing positive doesn’t define you or say anything about you except… 00:09:59.470 --> 00:10:01.500 you were exposed to COVID-19. 00:10:01.500 --> 00:10:05.240 This disease is highly contagious and you could be doing all the right things and still 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:06.660 get exposed or test positive. 00:10:06.660 --> 00:10:10.970 The most important thing is to take action if you think you’ve been exposed, be cooperative 00:10:10.970 --> 00:10:15.839 with contact tracing (which might mean answering your phone even if you don’t know the number 00:10:15.839 --> 00:10:20.150 - horror!) and isolate or quarantine if you are asked to do so.. 00:10:20.150 --> 00:10:25.860 In Uva News, last week the National Pan Hellenic Council faced racist slurs from anonymous 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:31.839 users during a program the NPHC led on Zoom meant to encourage unity through social engagement 00:10:31.839 --> 00:10:33.050 in the black community. 00:10:33.050 --> 00:10:36.839 The National Pan Hellenic Council was founded in 1930 and consists of historically black 00:10:36.839 --> 00:10:40.149 fraternities and sororities that formed decades before. 00:10:40.149 --> 00:10:43.810 What happened that Monday is an example why the council and orgs associated were created 00:10:43.810 --> 00:10:48.529 in the first place: to form unity amongst black people and combat overt and covert racism. 00:10:48.529 --> 00:10:53.139 I was there on that call and yes I am still angry, but the NPHC was still able to have 00:10:53.139 --> 00:10:54.139 a successful program. 00:10:54.139 --> 00:10:59.009 I am sorry for the 46 members on that call and even more sorry the first-year students 00:10:59.009 --> 00:11:03.209 were exposed to such racism in one of their first attempts to build community on Grounds. 00:11:03.209 --> 00:11:04.649 We can and must do better. 00:11:04.649 --> 00:11:05.649 Ok. 00:11:05.649 --> 00:11:06.649 That was a lot of information. 00:11:06.649 --> 00:11:08.670 Let’s try to end with some good news. 00:11:08.670 --> 00:11:12.180 I’ll give you a hint, it’s about some cute animals. 00:11:12.180 --> 00:11:20.819 We live in a small apartment complex and there’s 7, 8 of us on the team here, so when we came 00:11:20.819 --> 00:11:25.540 back in July, we had a lot of time and it was just you come here, you play hockey and 00:11:25.540 --> 00:11:30.890 you go back to your apartment and we have nothing else to do, so we decided it was a 00:11:30.890 --> 00:11:35.460 perfect time to start fostering animals. 00:11:37.180 --> 00:11:42.379 We had a kitten named Parker but we renamed him Parkour because of the way that he would 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:44.129 jump off of everything. 00:11:44.129 --> 00:11:48.350 And then three kittens; Queso, Quesadilla and Taco. 00:11:48.350 --> 00:11:53.550 And then Oscar, who was 5-years old and he was a Boxer-Pit mix. 00:11:53.550 --> 00:11:55.839 I actually still have one. 00:11:55.839 --> 00:11:59.709 This is the last one that’s not adopted yet. 00:11:59.709 --> 00:12:01.959 We made an Instagram account for them. 00:12:01.959 --> 00:12:07.149 We’ve been posting all of the kittens and now people are coming to us from different 00:12:07.149 --> 00:12:11.800 parts of Charlottesville with their foster animals to post them to get them adopted, 00:12:11.800 --> 00:12:13.470 so we’ve actually done really well on it! 00:12:13.470 --> 00:12:18.180 I think Amber is going to be so sad when the last one gets adopted so, I definitely think 00:12:18.180 --> 00:12:21.740 we will be having more kittens in this apartment. 00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:26.689 Our team, we’re friends on and off the field all the time, that’s how it’s always been, 00:12:26.689 --> 00:12:28.230 that’s just the culture of our team. 00:12:28.230 --> 00:12:35.870 So I think COVID has really impacted us in that sense of trying to still stay a team 00:12:35.870 --> 00:12:37.629 and stay together all the time. 00:12:37.629 --> 00:12:41.720 Having the animals here is, like, one of those ways that we have found a bit of normalcy 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:47.370 in everything, so I think they’ve been absolutely so much fun and have given us another reason 00:12:47.370 --> 00:12:52.640 to get together and still follow these protocols and follow all these rules that we have but 00:12:52.640 --> 00:12:57.800 still have a sense of normalcy with it all. 00:12:57.800 --> 00:13:00.430 That’s it for this week of UVA Weekly. 00:13:00.430 --> 00:13:04.740 Don’t forget to hit up the @YOUva team on Instagram or email us at youva@virginia.edu. 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:07.020 I'm out like a light. 00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:24.320 All across this place we call the Commonwealth, you'll find we have a way about us, a particular style. 00:13:24.520 --> 00:13:29.440 A certain way we carry the day on these broad Blue Ridge shoulders. 00:13:29.680 --> 00:13:33.160 It comes from being unafraid of the hard things. 00:13:33.160 --> 00:13:37.380 Never losing sight of the little things and when all is said and done 00:13:37.380 --> 00:13:40.540 coming together for the good things. 00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:48.980 Because every inch, every number, every call we earn we write our own story inked in the 00:13:48.980 --> 00:13:52.640 sweat of today. 00:13:52.800 --> 00:14:00.800 And this story is far from finished so we're going to keep pushing two a days, pulling 00:14:00.800 --> 00:14:04.240 double shifts hitting the books, hitting the sleds and 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:07.600 hitting our toughest challenges with everything we've got. 00:14:09.040 --> 00:14:15.200 Because we cavaliers have a way, to be both great and good 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:17.520 for the salt of the coast. 00:14:17.520 --> 00:14:19.480 For the stones of the capitol. 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:21.800 For the hug of Skyline Drive. 00:14:21.800 --> 00:14:23.560 For the playmakers. 00:14:23.560 --> 00:14:25.120 For the waymakers. 00:14:25.520 --> 00:14:28.880 For the daymakers. 00:14:38.880 --> 00:14:40.720 For all Virginia.