Pacific’s Covid Policy Leaves Many Confused

It has been a bumpy road for University of the Pacific since COVID dominated all aspects of our lives. One whole year of online courses most certainly hurt fiscally with the lack of students paying thousands for dorms and meal plans. Everyone has now been on campus for a few weeks and most seem to have gotten into a normal routine; but not without general confusion surrounding Pacific’s Covid policy. 

The first case of confusion was the emails sent out to students before the semester started. At first, the emails sent out described how testing on campus was to be based on separating the students and faculty into different groups in the hope of keeping the testing lines short. But this plan was quickly abandoned and replaced with a free for all. All testing would now be on a first come first served basis. 

The second confusion happened with the vague description of weekly testing. Many have been confused on this front. What does weekly mean? Does it mean if I get tested on Tuesday, I have to get tested on every Tuesday now? The Pacific website only describes the testing as weekly and nothing more. So, let’s crack this nut and solve the confusion. 

You do not need to be tied down by the word “weekly”. This only means the most general use of the word, meaning once a week. If you take a test on Tuesday one week, you can take the test on any day of the next week. As long as you attend school every week while being vaccinated, you are getting your nose poked.