I understand how isolating this time is, and that people need the library (I certainly do) but so often these articles really fail to understand what the risk IS in a place like the library.https://twitter.com/Trinity_News/status/1360636603140460545 …
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"Under the current circumstances this cannot be helped, however, I believe that the library is a thoroughly regulated environment that poses very little risk to student health and therefore should be kept open for the usual hours if at all possible."
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It is not a regulated environment. Rules are posted, but they are not enforced. Students take off their masks all the time. Both Berkeley and Ussher are large buildings, but poorly ventilated (the latter not having windows in the stacks you can open).
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It is in fact likely impossible to enforce complete mask wearing, but also it comes down to quality of masks and with the new variants it is unclear how much more it would spread with just wearing a cloth mask vs double masking etc.
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I do not feel safe in the library, point blank. I have stopped going because of the reports of students not wearing masks and not adhering to guidelines. Combined with poor ventilation, it's not a great situation.
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Now, reducing hours does mean that more people will be in the library at once and it will likely be difficult to go at a time when it is less busy (like mid morning).
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But the blanket assumption that libraries are safe do not fully account for how covid spreads.
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Also: you may think, well I'll just be in there for 10 minutes to get stuff and leave. But consider the overworked and underpaid librarians who have been working extremely hard to get us resources.
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Scanning, posting books, putting in book/journal orders, etc. and they must also deal with the risk of physically being on site all day.
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And working in a place like the library is going to be a nightmare for contact tracing. Consider how many students go in and out? The disinfecting, processing books, etc. on top of having to deal with the air literally being a vehicle for infection.
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