An Endless Cycle of Meaningless Behavior
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How many times are we going to do this?
The University of Notre Dame on Tuesday amped up its effort to slow a rash of COVID-19 case with a series of new measures, including online classes and the closure of public spaces, for at least two weeks.
The university’s president, The Rev. John Jenkins, announced the moves in a live-streamed address late Tuesday afternoon.
For the next two weeks, undergraduate students will meet online only. Off-campus students are not to come on campus, and gatherings are limited to no more than 10 people, Jenkins said. Dormitories will be limited to residents only.
“The objective of these temporary restrictions is to contain the spread of the virus so we can get back to in-person instruction,” he said. “If these steps are not successful, we will have to send students home, as we did last spring.”
He also emphasized the importance of following social distance, hand-washing and mask protocols.
“The virus is a formidable foe. For the past week, it has been winning,” Jenkins said. “Let us, as the Fighting Irish, join together to contain it.”
Look — you can just decide to go remote now, or you can waste a lot of time and resources to pretend college during a pandemic is viable, get a lot of people sick, and then shut down anyway. If you think the former is the transparently correct option I’m afraid you don’t have what it takes to be named a school trustee by a Republican governor.