I might lose my job by posting this, but at this point idc. SDSU is literally killing students with their incompetence. Here's a thread exposing SDSU coming from someone who works in the residence halls

Note, this thread is going to focus on SDSU's COVID response and plans focused mainly in housing. If you want to see my thread focused on SDSU's budget I did last month, here it is: https://twitter.com/sharky_marky17/status/1292262991727955970?s=19

I also recommend reading this reddit post critiquing SDSU's administration and COVID response written from another student's perspective: https://www.reddit.com/r/SDSU/comments/impb92/a_very_long_critique_of_sdsu_and_its/

I want to start off by saying all the issues I'm about to bring up stem from SDSU's and President Adela de la Torre's decision to implement SDSU FLEX this semester. Having students on campus at all this semester was endangerment of all of us for monetary gain

SDSU FLEX was a scam to get students to pay for on campus housing ($17,321 per student for the CHEAPEST housing plan). I had a couple in person labs this semester which is what influenced my decision to live and work on campus this year

Almost everybody in the residence halls I work at live with at least one other person. There have been a few positive COVID cases in this building. Both roommates generally end up testing positive. Students have to pay almost an additional $2,000 to live in a single

Here are the policies and regulations that SDSU housing has implemented in hopes to prevent a COVID outbreak:
- everybody in the residence hall must wear a mask at all times unless in their personal space
- residents may not bring any guests whatsoever into the residence hall

- residents may only have one additional person in their room for every person who lives in the room (for instance, a double can only have 4 people in the room at a time)
- max occupancies have been posted in every room and elevators to encourage social distancing

I was told these policies would suffice, and maybe they would've if they were followed. Here's what has actually been happening these past two weeks:
- residents have entered the building late at night in large groups (most not wearing masks)

- residents have exited the building and handed their friend's ID to someone who doesn't live in the building so they can enter
- there's no way to enforce how many people are in a room unless we receive a noise complaint and knock on a resident's door

- most residents do not social distance, especially if it's with their friends (generally groups of 3-5 sometimes larger)

Here are SDSU's housing policies in case someone goes to get tested due to concerns or symptoms of being exposed to COVID:
- students who are awaiting results are encouraged to self quarantine in their rooms and only leave for essentials

- students who have received a positive test are moved into an isolation building (housing has set aside three or four buildings solely for the purpose of isolating students)

It seems like an appropriate response if everything was ideal. Here's what's actually happening with on campus cases and why the reported number of such cases is MUCH lower than it actually is:

If a student decides to get a free COVID test from student health services, the school will automatically report them if they have a positive and put them into isolation. A lot of students, especially athletes, will not get tested so they wouldn't be forced into isolation

Additionally, in regards to athletes, students have been lying on COVID tracking forms with how many people they hang out with and come into contact with. If a positive case does occur, they wouldn't be forced to miss practice to self quarantine

Students concerned about going to isolation, have been known to get tested at off campus sites. Rumors have gone around that students have tested positive but have not reported their cases to not be forced into isolation

Students who have been in isolation have been known to leave their rooms (a student who tested positive went to the front desk because they had locked themselves out of their room). Students who test positive must also go the desk to check out a key to their new room

I have also heard from co-workers, that there have been parties in isolation rooms full of students who have tested positive. There are also concerns that SDSU's isolation rooms are starting to reach capacity. We just finished week 2 of the semester

Another issue with student health services, is that they are only open during business hours and days. Appointments are generally not available until a week after you request it. Results take 24-48 business hours to notify a student

This means that during labor day weekend, there will be no new reported cases at SDSU when this is very much not the case. I got tested for COVID on Thursday after being exposed to someone else who tested positive, but I have to wait until Tuesday to receive my results

The majority of my staff has been exposed to COVID at this point, and those of us who got tested can't work until we get our results back. Even then, I still come into contact with a lot of residents when I go out to get food

Additionally, my shifts at the front desk have been cancelled, and I do not receive any sick pay. I'm okay financially to not work for a few days, but this isn't true for a lot of my coworkers

Due to the outbreak, SDSU just released a stay at home order for labor day weekend. I already know of many residents and co-workers who have left campus and gone home before the order was released. There is also very little to no way this order can be enforced

I expect cases to get a whole lot worse, and there is very little support to those of us working in the residence halls to deal with this pandemic. SDSU made a mistake implementing FLEX. It's time they admit it before it's too late

I have had a lot students DM'ing me their concerns, I'm posting some of them below anonymously with their approval