Throwaway account for obvious reasons. Last week was my first day of work at UC Berkeley. This place is literally straight up 100% totalitarian. - Vaccinati

Throwaway account for obvious reasons. Last week was my first day of work at UC Berkeley. This place is literally straight up 100% totalitarian. - Vaccination proof required by uploading a scan during the offer letter acceptance process. Vaccination must have taken place within 6 months. - Citizenship proof required by showing the passport over a webcam (this is OK as employers have to validate citizenship) - I had to get all 10 fingers fingerprinted at UC Berkeley Police Dept. - I had to get a COVID-19 test at the RSF Field Center on the first day before going to office. So, my DNA is now collected and secured against passport identity. - Have to report *daily* what my symptoms are using eTang website. - Have to get a booster shot after the 6 months deadline passes. - Daily onslaught of COVID-19 news in the inbox. The tone feels like it is the early days of COVID-19 pandemic when we didn't have a clue and there was a bit of a chaos (March 2020). These emails are there to scare the shit out of you. - If there is a breakout or even one person has a case, there would be warning emails flying around - the whole thing feels totally dystopian. It is unbelievable what these people in committees are doing.