Watch the Regents' Health Services Committee Meeting of Feb. 16, 2022

We are catching up with the Regents' Health Services Committee which had an off-cycle meeting last Wednesday. The public comment period consisted of anti-vaccine and anti-abortion remarks. UC president Drake then spoke about the pandemic and other matters. EVP Carrie Byington also spoke about the pandemic. In answer to a question she said she expected that booster shots would be annual, not more frequently. Whether UC campuses will require such boosters was not discussed.

UC-Irvine's health center was reviewed and the discussion then turned to student counseling. Delays in appointments were part of the discussion. It was said that the speed of appointments is determined by a triage method whereby more serious cases such as potential suicides are given priority.

As always, we preserve the recordings of meetings indefinitely since the Regents - for no apparent reason - delete them after one year. You can see this meeting at:

https://archive.org/details/regents-health-services-committee-2-16-22.