Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 13:02     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
Anonymous wrote:I think it's crap that they make kids have a roommate. And require kids to live on campus freshman year, How many kids grow up sharing a room with another kid? When do you get a chance to masturbate? I mean you're paying so much for tuition and room and board. For those prices, kids should get their own room, especially in COVID times.

End of rant.


Disagree. Living with roommates is a huge learning opportunity.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 12:51     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
I think it's crap that they make kids have a roommate. And require kids to live on campus freshman year, How many kids grow up sharing a room with another kid? When do you get a chance to masturbate? I mean you're paying so much for tuition and room and board. For those prices, kids should get their own room, especially in COVID times.

End of rant.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 12:35     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
Anonymous wrote:Unwaxed roommate is fine.


All I know is that at my kids college which is vax required, with a robust asymptomatic testing program ..so far so good. Very low rates and it is close to a normal college year. We will see and I would assume that the winter will be more problematic but I think it is worth trying to seek this out. The virus is taken very seriously and the effort seems to be paying off.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 12:18     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes. Just last week I asked my child to ask the roommate if vaxxed. Roommate coming from China. he is vaxxed with WHO approved vax. Weird that we did not think to ask until now. And yes, I hope the college has plans to put unvaxxed together.


The Chinese WHO vaccine doesn't work sad to say!


https://apnews.com/article/china-gao-fu-vaccines-offer-low-protection-coronavirus-675bcb6b5710c7329823148ffbff6ef9
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 12:18     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
Anonymous wrote:Yes. Just last week I asked my child to ask the roommate if vaxxed. Roommate coming from China. he is vaxxed with WHO approved vax. Weird that we did not think to ask until now. And yes, I hope the college has plans to put unvaxxed together.


The Chinese WHO vaccine doesn't work sad to say!
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 12:15     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
Unwaxed roommate is fine.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 11:18     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
Well unfortunately, there are some colleges that will not accommodate the desire to have a vaccinated roomie and those colleges should be avoided if you are in the application stage.

If you are already matriculated, your recourse might be to try to get a single or go off campus with a vaxxed group.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 10:53     Subject: Re:Unvaxed roommate?
Anonymous wrote:Feels a bit like non/smoking room mates. I was livid when I learned that my first college room mate smoked - she lied on the form (the foreshadowing of what was to come). Fortunately she ended up quitting and nearly always didn't smoke in the room, but would do so on occasion to tweak me.

I don't think vaxxed students should have to room with unvaxxed students. The former decided to follow all the public health recs and the latter didn't and shouldn't get to be a freerider off the vaxxed student.


Yes, and also think this should also apply to the ones that do drugs. I say if we test for Covid, there is NO reason why we shouldn't be testing for drugs. Will save more lives than Covid. My last car accident was with someone high. Of course, I think anyone that does drugs should be expelled.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 10:23     Subject: Re:Unvaxed roommate?
Feels a bit like non/smoking room mates. I was livid when I learned that my first college room mate smoked - she lied on the form (the foreshadowing of what was to come). Fortunately she ended up quitting and nearly always didn't smoke in the room, but would do so on occasion to tweak me.

I don't think vaxxed students should have to room with unvaxxed students. The former decided to follow all the public health recs and the latter didn't and shouldn't get to be a freerider off the vaxxed student.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 08:42     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
I would strongly recommended looking for schools where vaccination is required. It just removes this frought issue from consideration and creates a more relaxed environment where the a student can focus on college with less interference from the virus.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2021 08:36     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
Anonymous wrote:For OP - we just dropped DC at college & wondered about this same thing (college requires vax but allows religious exemption). DC's college explicitly told students they a) cannot ask another student's vax status & b) cannot request a vaccinated roommate. Our kid lucked out but basically I agree with PPs; I think in a congregate setting that there will be some Covid exposure regardless. That said, we are pleased that roommate volunteered that their family was fully vaxxed, as we all spent an hour or so hauling stuff into a tiny closet sized room together!


What college will not allow a student to request a vaxxed roommate? That would be a deal breaker
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2021 09:57     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
For OP - we just dropped DC at college & wondered about this same thing (college requires vax but allows religious exemption). DC's college explicitly told students they a) cannot ask another student's vax status & b) cannot request a vaccinated roommate. Our kid lucked out but basically I agree with PPs; I think in a congregate setting that there will be some Covid exposure regardless. That said, we are pleased that roommate volunteered that their family was fully vaxxed, as we all spent an hour or so hauling stuff into a tiny closet sized room together!
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2021 09:31     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Being vaccinated or not doesn't stop you from getting or spreading covid, it just minimizes the symptoms. I don't see why it matters if the roommate is vaccinated. If the unvaccinated kid wants to risk it, there's little effect on your kid.


People who are vaccinated who catch Covid are not contagious for as long so are less likely to spread it. Also fewer symptoms like not sneezing or coughing also minimizes spread.


Also people who are vaccinated are about 5 times less likely to catch it in the first place. PP before you, like many covidiots, seems not to get that.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2021 02:23     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
Anonymous wrote:Being vaccinated or not doesn't stop you from getting or spreading covid, it just minimizes the symptoms. I don't see why it matters if the roommate is vaccinated. If the unvaccinated kid wants to risk it, there's little effect on your kid.


People who are vaccinated who catch Covid are not contagious for as long so are less likely to spread it. Also fewer symptoms like not sneezing or coughing also minimizes spread.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2021 02:18     Subject: Unvaxed roommate?
Anonymous wrote:Being vaccinated or not doesn't stop you from getting or spreading covid, it just minimizes the symptoms. I don't see why it matters if the roommate is vaccinated. If the unvaccinated kid wants to risk it, there's little effect on your kid.


Let the unvaccinated kid risk it with another unvaccinated roomie. Thanks anyway but mine will risk it with vaxxed roomies.