COVID-19 Resources for ISU

Mutual Trust, Respect, Civility & Dignity

Counseling and Testing Service is aware that fear and anxiety can lead to mistrust, bias, prejudice, discrimination, stereotyping and micro-aggressions. In an effort to maintain and promote mutual trust, respect, civility and dignity in our community, please consider practicing the following:

• Be aware of your behavior or attitude change toward others from another country.
• Avoid making generalizations about students, faculty, or staff who may be sick, protecting themselves from getting sick, and/or from abroad.
• Examine any irrational or rigid thoughts that can exist when there is uncertainty. 
• Practice and seek good healthcare if you believe you are sick.
• Listen and attend to each other with empathy, kindness, and compassion. 

COVID-19 has and is likely to affect people from many countries, in many geographical locations. Don’t attach it to any ethnicity or nationality. Be empathetic to those who got affected, in and from any country, those with the disease have not done anything wrong.

Don’t refer to people with the disease as “COVID-19 cases”, “victims” “COVID-19 families” or the “diseased”. They are “people who have COVID-19”, “people who are being treated for COVID-19”, “people who are recovering from COVID-19” and after recovering from COVID19 their life will go on with their jobs, families and loved ones. 

Source: WHO, Mental Health Considerations during COVID-19 Outbreak