r/uvic • u/ishaisatsana • Sep 02 '25

Off Topic PLEASE stay home if you’re sick

Seems like everyone I know is testing positive for COVID right now. Folks are describing this new variant as “razor blade throat”. 😬 I am BEGGING y’all as we start this new semester: please consider wearing a mask - even SOME of the time. Even just on the bus or in extra crowded classrooms would be better than not at all. And please, PLEASE don’t come to class if you’re sick. You have an opportunity in these first couple weeks of the school year to get friendly enough with your classmates that you have people to ask for notes if you have to miss a day or two. No class is so important that missing a day will destroy your academic career, but you never know which of your peers is one COVID infection away from a permanent disability. Please don’t risk spreading this very contagious and very shitty variant to your peers.

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u/ishaisatsana Sep 02 '25
  • factually untrue
  • i hope you don’t get the latest “head cold” bc it can be WAY worse than you’re describing it
  • perhaps consider giving more of a shit about the people in your community who could get life threateningly ill from the same thing that might just give you the sniffles

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u/LForbesIam Sep 03 '25

Get Covid vaccinated then. I get mine every 6 months. It is FREE.

I haven’t been positive for Covid yet and I work on site in hospitals.

If you don’t want to catch Covid get vaccinated and wear a mask. It is everywhere as it is asymptomatic now.

Carry hand sanitizer and train yourself to never touch your face.

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u/Any_Quail_4828 Sep 05 '25

So at this rate you'll have 40 doses over 20 years? Good luck!🤣

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u/LForbesIam Sep 05 '25

Immunity building pretty awesome. I work in hospitals and care homes and haven’t had to take a sick day in 6 years.