By: Mario Morais and Taylor Edwards
Many thought the invisible enemy would disappear as the vaccines started to roll out, however, COVID-19 has slowly crept back onto campus as the university returns to in-person learning.
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With the COVID-19 pandemic lasting over a year, it is not surprising that many of us are feeling blue. We miss social life, face-to-face experiences and the outside world.
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All University System of Maryland (USM) students, staff and faculty who plan to be on campus this fall are required to be vaccinated, Chancellor Jay A. Perman announced on Friday.
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The University of Maryland, College Park ended its first round of vaccines on campus at their vaccine clinic this week on Thursday, according to the vaccine clinics’ project manager Andrea Bussler.
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As of April 6, all Maryland residents 16 and older are eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at state mass vaccination sites, according to an announcement made by the Governor’s office.
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There is an alarming new trend of states lifting their COVID-19 restrictions. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott suddenly reopened Texas last week, getting rid of the mask requirements and allowing businesses and facilities in the state to open at full capacity.
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The one-year anniversary of COVID-19’s emergence in the United States is marked not only by an increase in deaths, an increase in pandemic fatigue, and increased public health measures but also by an increase in hate crimes towards Asian communities worldwide.
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Faced with more than 45,000 coronavirus cases, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks announced on Thursday that restaurants are no longer be able to serve customers indoors, which will be effective Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 5 p.m.
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Last month, the University of Maryland announced that it will not be implementing a pass/fail option for undergraduate students. Many shared mixed reactions to this decision as last spring, during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak, students were forced to leave campus, and classes were shifted online. Due to this abrupt change, the university implemented a pass/fail grading system giving students an option to have a pass or fail mark instead of a letter grade.
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As there are more than 200,000 current coronavirus deaths in the U.S., the pharmaceutical company Pfizer and the biotechnology company BioNTech have found a vaccine candidate proven to be 90% effective in preventing symptomatic illnesses, according to Pfizer News.
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The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election was not a regular election day for Americans. This year, the country knew that the results would not be confirmed that night, and no one knew when the winner would be declared. The nature of the election aligned with the nature of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic has created unknowns for the nation and the rest of the world for the past several months.
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The University of Maryland’s Homecoming week has come around again this fall season from Oct. 26 to Oct. 30. Despite COVID-19, the Student Entertain Events (SEE) worked hard at planning a variety of in-person and online events.
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