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On Dec. 1, 2021, the first confirmed case of Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant, was identified in the United States. The learning environments of college students have been disrupted by COVID-19 infections and the fear and unpredictability of the Omicron variant as students return from a turbulent holiday season. Due to this new strain, many colleges across the U.S. have adapted their pandemic policies in an effort to slow down the spread of COVID infections before and after

As 2022 begins, K-12 schools throughout the nation are preparing for students to return for in-person instruction after winter break. However, soaring cases of the Omicron variant have made the return to schools a major source of controversy in Northern Virginia and Maryland. The Omicron variant has spread across the world far faster than all prior COVID-19 variants. Despite this, many researchers and medical professionals have found that those with Omicron tend to suffer le