Weekly COVID tests mandatory for students; goodbye nostrils

Stanford is one of the first universities to require weekly COVID tests for vaccinated students. This being a major reversal from its previous decision that did not require vaccinated students to be tested weekly.

In a letter to students the University said it is ensuring steps that would limit the spread of COVID on campus and they need to work together in order to fight the virus.

“Please read this message carefully! There are important changes that affect everyone; for example, all students living on campus, living in university provided off-campus student housing, or coming to campus will be required to test weekly beginning August 15, regardless of vaccination status,” the letter read.

“Weekly testing with Color Genomics will be required for all students living on campus, living in university provided off-campus student housing, or coming to campus, regardless of vaccination status,” it said further.

Vaccinations have been deemed mandatory, “all students coming to campus this autumn are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19,” it added.

Face coverings are also required for everyone “all Stanford students, employees, and visitors are required to wear face coverings indoors, including lounges, dining halls, restrooms, laundry rooms, and elevators in student residences, except when alone in a private office or student room or actively eating or drinking,” it went on.

The move comes in response to the highly contagious Delta variant that is behind the recent surge in cases all across the country. The reinstatement of rules comes in a bid to curb the spread on campus and let the students have nostrils bigger than Andrew Cuomo’s.

As the students are to return, most of the elite schools have decided to enforce similar rules that minimize chances for an outbreak on campuses. Another reason behind the change in rules is the fact that many annoyed students have found fake vaccination cards online that they plan to use in order to bypass the rules that encourage getting vaccinated.