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Boston University COVID-19 Symptomatic Testing Procedure
Regular asymptomatic COVID-19 testing for the BU community ended this past May. Starting August 15, testing will remain available for those who have COVID-like symptoms, or who have been exposed to someone who has tested positive. Watch this video [...]for step-by-step instructions for Boston University’s updated testing procedure.
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How to Select and Properly Wear a Face Mask
Whether it's a surgical mask, N95 or KN95 respirator mask, or a three-ply cloth mask, face masks have been shown to minimize the spread of COVID-19—when worn correctly and consistently in public and household settings.
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How to Use BU's COVID-19 Staffed Collection Kiosks
Boston University students, faculty, and staff will use COVID-19 self-test kits that they will drop off at COVID-19 Staffed Collection Kiosks, which are conveniently located across campus.
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COVID-19 Vaccines and Variants Explained
Over 50 million Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, yet even as more and more people roll up their sleeves, many questions still remain about how effective the vaccines will be against emerging COVID variants. Will the current crop [...]of vaccines protect us against those new threats? How many people need to be vaccinated before we can achieve herd immunity? Will we need booster shots to keep new variants at bay?
In this video, Boston University public health experts Davidson Hamer and Cassandra Pierre discuss the future of the pandemic, and how the tension between vaccines vs variants will shape its trajectory.
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See How This College Student is LfA-ing in Taiwan
Christina Yang (COM’21) shows us her life as a college student studying remotely at home in Taipei, Taiwan—from taking classes at 3:30am, to keeping up with friends from home and in Boston, to living in a country where COVID-19 is [...]relatively worry-free in daily life.
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What's Behind the Increase in Anti-Asian Racism?
Across the country, hate crimes against Asians and Asian Americans have surged by nearly 150% from 2019 to 2020. In this video, three Asian-American members of the BU community discuss what's behind the latest wave of anti-Asian racism and what [...]action needs to be taken.
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How to Maintain Friendships in a Pandemic
In this vlog, Brigid Kane (COM’22) talks about how she has maintained friendships, both remote and in person, during the pandemic and how she has continued to do the things she loves—is her involvement with BU’s K-pop dance cover [...]group MiXx.
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Contact Tracing: How BU is Staying Ahead of the Pandemic
In this video, The Brink goes behind-the-scenes with Boston University’s contact tracing team, to show how digital upgrades and old fashioned detective work are helping the university stay ahead of potential COVID-19 outbreaks on campus.
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Protecting the BU Bubble
With positivity rates for COVID-19 rising nationally in the United States and locally in Massachusetts, it is more important than ever to protect the bubble at Boston University's campus where students learn and live. Kenneth Elmore, Associate [...]Provost and Dean of Students at Boston University, speaks with Dr. Judy Platt, director of Boston University Student Health Services, about how to maintain the bubble at BU.
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