June 15 - Updates on COVID-19
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UCI UPDATES
Watch Dr. Fauci’s commencement speech to BioSci graduates
“We need your talent, your energy, your resolve and your character to get through this difficult time,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told UCI biological sciences students during a two-minute virtual commencement address delivered from Maryland.
UCI COVID-19 NEWS AND STORIES
Surveys gauge student reactions to remote learning
UCI students offered mixed reviews on remote learning in a pair of School of Social Ecology surveys conducted in April and May.
New visitor policy at UCI Health
Starting Sunday, UCI Health will begin temperature screenings for all patients and visitors at its walk-in sites and will provide colored stickers to indicate people have been screened. The stickers will match the badge bands that all UCI Health workers receive during the staff health screening process. The goal is to ensure that visitors and staff feel confident that everyone is healthy.
Caution urged for reopening schools
An analysis in the Journal of Pediatrics, co-written by a UCI pediatrician, outlines a series of recommendations to reopen K-12 schools safely.
GPS for UCI Medical Center
To help patients and visitors find their way around UCI Medical Center, UCI Health plans to launch a new mobile direction system next week. Integrated into the My UCI Health app, the wayfinding tool provides step-by-step navigation at UCIMC along with such popular features as Parking Planner, Find My Car and Meet Me.
Taking UCI virtual
The Office of Information Technology looks back at how it mobilized to support remote learning, working and collaboration during the pandemic.
UCI COVID-19 VIRTUAL EVENTS
Student Success and the Future of Higher Education
Featuring Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning Michael Dennin and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Willie Banks, this one-hour webinar is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 16. Register here.
COMMUNITY UPDATES & NEWS
To understand who’s dying of COVID, look to race over diseases
The higher the percentage of Black residents in a county, the higher its death rate — even after accounting for income, health insurance coverage, rates of diabetes and obesity, and public transit use, a new study says.
As maskless New Yorkers crowd bars, Cuomo threatens new shutdown
The weekend scene suggested that many lockdown-weary residents have entirely forgotten about social distancing.
FDA revokes emergency use of malaria drugs for COVID
After reviewing research for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, the FDA determined that the drugs do not meet the “statutory criteria” for emergency use authorization for treating COVID-19. Read more here.
24 Hour Fitness closes 7 gyms in Orange County
Because of the pandemic, 24 Hour Fitness has closed 18 locations across Southern California, including seven in Orange County. See all closed locations here.
Fauci says ‘real normality’ unlikely for a year
Dr. Anthony Fauci said business as usual in the U.S. wouldn’t return for another year or so, as social distancing and other efforts continue through the fall and winter.
Passengers brought COVID-19 to LAX in March and nobody was warned
In early March, a passenger who flew on American Airlines from JFK to LAX was infected with the coronavirus and rushed to the hospital a day after landing in Los Angeles. Passengers and crew on the flight were not informed by public health officials and the airline only recently learned of the case.
UCI IN THE NEWS - COVID-19 Article List
NBC4 (CNS), June 13, 2020
Dr. Fauci surprises UC Irvine biological science grads with virtual commencement speech
Daily Pilot, June 12, 2020
Anthony Fauci to speak virtually during UC Irvine School of Biological Sciences commencement
Orange County Business Journal, June 15, 2020
At-home workers face hacking threat
Daily Pilot, June 12, 2020
Tens of thousands sign petition to keep Disneyland closed until pandemic is under control
AP, June 12, 2020
Judge limits California governor’s emergency rule-making
The Atlantic, June 13, 2020
Coronavirus researchers tried to warn us
The Week, June 14, 2020
Petition calling on Disneyland to pump the brakes on its reopening gains momentum
NBC Los Angeles, June 13, 2020
Online petition to delay July reopening of disneyland resorts gains momentum
The New York Times, June 12, 2020
How 132 epidemiologists are deciding when to send their children to school
KQED, June 12, 2020
Challenges and risks abound for school reopenings
The Hindu, June 15, 2020
Opinion: Making public transport safe during COVID-19
The Washington Post, June 13, 2020
Spate of new research supports wearing masks to control coronavirus spread
Good Morning America, June 11, 2020 (Video)
Medical school graduates ready to fight COVID-19 on the front lines
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