Listen to the Regents' Health Services Committee of 4-15-2020

The Regents' Health Services Committee met earlier today by teleconference. Not surprisingly, the focus was largely on the coronavirus crisis. There was much talk about testing and various activities at the UC health centers. Perhaps surprisingly, there was much less talk about the impact of the crisis on the financial situation of those centers.

It was said that planning for the fall semester or quarter might involve all kinds of ways of somehow running dorms and classrooms in a way consistent with physical distancing. Almost any way that might be done would involve significantly diminished capacity. For example, it was said there could only be one student in a dorm room. How you could get large classes into existing classrooms with students spread apart was mentioned as a problem. No solution was offered.

Finally, it was said that more generally while rules might be relaxed, the "new normal" would be substantially different from what it was before the crisis for maybe two years.

You can hear the session at the link below:

or direct to:
https://archive.org/details/regents41520