Sharing living space during COVID-19 [descriptive transcript] 
 
Sharing living space during COVID-19 
 
The risk of getting and spreading COVID-19 raises many questions about allowing others into your living space. The safest course of action is not to allow visitors or guests into your living space. 
 
Whether you live on campus or off campus, by yourself or with housemates, think carefully about how you want to approach having other people in your space this year. 
 
Where you once may have had an open door policy… [Image of female student welcoming three other students into her room.] 
 
Now, deciding who comes into your space requires significant thought and consideration for you and those who share your space. [Image of the same female student scratching her head and frowning.] 
 
Do you plan to have people over? 
 
Stopping by for a few minutes, or spending the night? 
 
Hanging out indoors, or outdoors? 
 
If you’ve answered those questions and want to allow others in your space… 
 
…how do your roommates or housemates feel about it? 
 
Do any of them have underlying conditions that increase their vulnerability to COVID-19? 
 
[Black circle pops up with writing inside it.] Are you sure you know this? They may have underlying conditions that are not visible. 
 
[Another black circle pops up with writing inside it.] Or they may be closely connected to someone with serious health risks. 
 
If you are thinking about having people over to hang out, or if you are thinking that you shouldn’t, it’s important to discuss your preferences and come to an agreement with your roommates or housemates. 
 
Even good friends can have different ideas about how risky it might be to have people over… 
 
…and perhaps different ideas about whether it’s worth taking those risks.