{"id":68197,"date":"2020-09-23T09:41:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T13:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=68197"},"modified":"2020-09-23T14:31:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T18:31:52","slug":"gsa-and-busu-presidents-remind-fellow-students-to-help-prevent-spread-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/09\/gsa-and-busu-presidents-remind-fellow-students-to-help-prevent-spread-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"GSA and BUSU Presidents remind fellow students to help prevent spread of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The leaders of the Graduate Students\u2019 Association (GSA) and Brock University Students\u2019 Union (BUSU) are urging fellow students to do their part in preventing the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID-19 remains a very real and present threat in our local communities,\u201d said Christopher Yendt, President of the GSA, adding that projections show things will continue to change, and at a rapid pace, this fall and winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m asking for your vigilance on behalf of the Graduate Students\u2019 Association and our institution in making sure that we continue to follow those guidelines and we do what is necessary to make sure that our communities stay safe, as well as those around us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ACt3GvMgNVM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Province of Ontario remains in Stage 3 of its Reopening Plan, which means there are still restrictions in place around the number of people allowed to gather together. As of Sept. 19,\u00a0private, unmonitored gatherings are limited to 10 people indoors and 25\u00a0people outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>BUSU President Asad Jalib echoed Yendt\u2019s message and asked students to \u201cstay safe and be smart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs more and more students return to the Niagara region, we know how tempting it will be to want to begin ignoring these public health guidelines and recommendations,\u201d said Jalib. \u201cWe urge you, the Brock University community, to continue to do your part in helping minimize the spread of COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all want things to be back to normal, or as normal as they can be, as soon as possible. This can only happen if we continue to be diligent and do our part.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/06M7_yI0e7M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some key Niagara Region Public Health guidelines to remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Limit the number of guests at gatherings<\/li>\n<li>Maintain a safe physical distance of two metres<\/li>\n<li>Wash and sanitize your hands often<\/li>\n<li>Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth<\/li>\n<li>Wear a mask and wear it properly<\/li>\n<li>Stay home if you\u2019re sick<\/li>\n<li>Self-quarantine for 14 days when returning from travel outside Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brock President Gervan Fearon also reminded students of the importance of wearing a mask.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ksy98NFq_sQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leaders of the Graduate Students\u2019 Association (GSA) and Brock University Students\u2019 Union (BUSU) are urging fellow students to do their part in preventing the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":68198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,40,7,3319,188,55,37,41,1,4,38],"tags":[9202,2203,133,8543,4402,9504,5398,147,2479],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68197"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68212,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68197\/revisions\/68212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}