Aug. 5 - COVID Q&A, mommy burnout
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Anteater Time Machine: Central campus in November 1966.
Each day, a UCI expert will answer one of your questions about COVID-19, vaccinations, variants or the future of work. Submit questions via email.
Today’s question is fielded by David Souleles, director of UCI’s COVID-19 Response Team:
Will life ever return to normal?
Over the last 16 months, we have seen major curtailments to our daily activities and, as conditions improved, a return to many of those activities. However, as long as a large percentage of the population remains unvaccinated, COVID-19 will continue to circulate and require public health measures to help reduce the spread and keep our hospital and healthcare systems from being overwhelmed. The most important step a person can take to help get us back to normal is to be vaccinated.
UCI ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NEWS
Coping with mommy burnout
A UCI child psychiatrist discusses how to recognize and deal with pandemic-related burnout. “There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach,” Dr. Leslie Tarver says. “Ultimately, prioritizing your own mental health has a positive impact on the whole family.”
UC NEWS AND GENERAL NEWS
Why getting back to normal seems so complicated
Pandemic cave syndrome helps explain why reentering offices, classrooms and other old stomping grounds is likely to range from exhilarating to downright nerve-wracking
O.C.’s latest case rate and vaccination numbers
Vaccinations have inched up, but the daily case rate jumped from 8 per 100,000 people last week to 12.7 per 100,000 this week. ZIP code maps tell the story.
UCI IN THE NEWS
Are Vaccine Mandates Necessary To Curb The Spread Of Delta And Other Variants?
Texas Public Radio, Aug. 3 (Podcast)
Guest: Michele Bratcher Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of law and founding director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy
Following attacks on voting rights and election process, UCI opens free speech and fair elections center
Daily Pilot, Aug. 4
Cited: David Kaye, clinical professor of law, and Rick Hasen, Chancellor’s professor of law
OC School Board to Sue Newsom Over Mask Rule for Students
City News Service via Spectrum News 1, Aug. 4
Cited: Dr. Dan Cooper, professor of pediatrics, and Andrew Noymer, associate professor of population health and disease prevention
#UCICONNECTED
Can pets talk to us? Grad student pens OC Register article
Nora Bradford, a Ph.D. student in cognitive sciences and a writer for NPR’s “Loh Down on Science,” had an article published in The Orange County Register on animal-human communication.
#UCIconnected spotlights student, alumni, faculty and staff photos, essays, shoutouts, hobbies, artwork, unusual office decorations, activities and more. Send submissions via email or post on social media with the #UCIconnected hashtag.
COVID-19 NOTIFICATION AND RESOURCES
Two new campus cases
One on-campus employee and one on-campus student tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. For more information, visit the UCI COVID-19 dashboard.
Remember to upload your vaccine record
Vaccination is a critical step toward our campus's fall return. Help our community by uploading your vaccine record.
Potential workplace exposure
UCI provides this notification of a potential workplace COVID-19 exposure. Employees and subcontractors who were in these locations on the dates listed may have been exposed to the coronavirus. You may be entitled to various benefits under applicable federal and state laws and University-specific policies and agreements. The full notification is available on the UCI Forward site. If you have been identified as a close contact to a COVID-19 case, the UCI Contact Tracing Program will contact you and provide additional direction.
UCI Forward - information on campus status and operational updates
UCI Health COVID-19 Updates - important information related to UCI Health