University Updates COVID Procedures

Lauren Armstrong Staff Writer

“You have Covid,” are the words nobody has wanted to hear since March of 2020, and now almost three years later, this phrase is as prevalent as ever. Since returning back from winter break, there has been another on campus outbreak of the virus, and mass amounts of students are being instructed to quarantine all at once. But where will all these students go?

In past semesters, the obvious answer would be the Fairfield Inn in Broomall, or the “Covid hotel”, yet it was revealed to students this semester that the school will no longer be providing rooms in the hotel to students. Those sick have been left with three options: stay in their dorms, go home, or spend their isolation in the student health center.

For students who live out of state, or even more than a few hours away, going home is essentially an impossible option. Underclassmen would need their parents to drop everything to make the round trip and for upperclassmen it is unsafe to drive far distances, nonetheless while sick. But with the increase of cases on campus, and the limited amount of rooms in the health center, students are stuck without another option.

Upon arrival at the student health center, it is revealed to students that not only will they be staying in this room for upwards of six days, but they will be assigned a roommate, or possibly more than one, for the duration of their stay. This has raised concern in students, who assumed they would be isolating by themselves in order to get better and to not get others sick.

Yet, is it possible to

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