The university will no longer require coronavirus vaccination for students, college, and staff starting fall 2023, Dr. Brown said Tuesday. Sarah Van Orman, student fitness officer, at a briefing with the Daily Trojan.
The policy update comes as campus vaccination rates have reached “close to 100%” for the number one vaccine series and 85% for booster, resulting in degrees of immunity to serious disease, Van Orman said.
“We need other people to get the vaccines we promote. . . but it becomes more of a non-public fitness decision,” Van Orman said. “We are coming out of this phase of the pandemic; We’re not going to see those massive vaccine numbers of hospitalizations and deaths crushing our healthcare system, because of the overall immunity point.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisers approved Paxlovid on Thursday as a favorable remedy for coronaviruses, especially for adults at higher risk of progression to severe disease, following a study that showed Paxlovid’s ability to particularly reduce hospitalizations and deaths among vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
“We need to give [Paxlovid] to other people who are at higher risk, but who have mild symptoms . . . because it can prevent that progression,” Van Orman said. We don’t need to wait for other people to have serious problems. “symptoms because there are other remedies that would be recommended. “
Van Orman noted that the total number of illnesses is higher after spring break than after winter break or Thanksgiving. In addition to respiratory illnesses, such as the flu, coronavirus and colds, Van Orman said the most common illness is acute gastroenteritis or abdominal flu.
“The one that’s probably the most common, so we’re more concerned because it tends to cause outbreaks, is caused by norovirus,” Van Orman said. “Norovirus is when other people say they have food poisoning, which means they wake up, feel nauseous, vomit and have diarrhea, it’s a viral infection with norovirus. “
Norovirus is incredibly contagious, Van Orman said, and other people are likely to have health problems even when they become inflamed with just a small amount of viral particles. dormitories and cruise ships, Van Orman said.
“We’re really going to start tracking the wastewater in our dormitories on campus,” Van Orman said. Take a look to avoid outbreaks. Just as we started listening. . . many other people say, “I got sick, I’m sick,” it’s a little too late.
Most acute gastroenteritis can be treated at home with oral electrolyte solutions, Van Orman said.
Overall, Van Orman stresses the importance of self-assessment in the resumption of the semester, whether for respiratory diseases or sexually transmitted diseases.
“We really see a smart number of other people coming in after spring break with considerations about sexually transmitted infections, exposures or symptoms,” Van Orman said. , or someone they might not know so well, make sure they come and get tested. “
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