And you'll spout any false or factually incorrect babbling bulls*it that comes across your twitter feed. Is that really better? Vet something before you post it. It's not that hard.
They forbid gathering, a basic function of what it means to be human. That is no trivial thing. But you'll accept and rationalize any incremental incursion on liberty, until there is none left.
What do you they actually forbid? You think they are forcing people to stay shuttered in their rooms in isolation? That’s what banning all student social activities would mean. How about we start with an understanding of what activities are cancelled and what are permitted, if this issue is really that important to you?
fwiw status changed this morning to higher level of restrictions: https://statements.cornell.edu/2021/20211214-LTBmB1-ithaca-alert.cfm
NGL, I feel sorry for the college students who paid to live in dorms and are isolated. If they're vaccinated, a dumb young college student could do worse like...going on a drunken bender, sharing needles during a frat orgy, then driving home. These billion dollar schools are covering their asses. I'd ask for a refund, call the year a wash and take some online courses.
Thanks. All university activities involving undergraduates (including events and social gatherings) and all university-sponsored events (including winter celebrations) are canceled. The question is what activities does this include or exclude? "All university activities involving undergraduates (including events and social gatherings)" is pretty vague.
there have been quite a few lawsuits, most have been dismissed, others are still going on: https://www.insidehighered.com/news...-covid-19-tuition-refund-lawsuits-skeptically
I never thought to approach university agreements as a form of a business contract. Devry was gud enuf 4 me. Sad times.
I get his point, but his examples of prego women drinking wine or taking acetaminophen after a hangover is playing with potential long term damages for short term gains. It just happens when it happens (birth defects or liver deterioration), and professionals can't pinpoint a simple when or root cause that it did happen. That's exactly the opposite theme the writer should promote when talking about covid fatigue or "hysteria". Otherwise, I understand I live in relatively more dense area than other parts of the country. If people get their two shots, I'm not among the crowd that expects 3rd or 4th boosters. It's all about understanding your risk profile, and covid has been more a problem among the elderly, immunocompromised and the morbidly obese. People should take the vaccine because despite all the talk of the tech being "unproven" (then take J&J instead), the virus itself is new and still being researched. It's a legit risk to consider how it can potentially run unchecked inside your body. Health officials are parochial because that's the expectation of doing their job. I know your risk profile is different than mine, but we should all try to understand where the danger lies and take in as much we can to increase our knowledge of it.
Florida is top 15 in both case rate (#15) and death rates (#9) over the course of this pandemic. The fact that they picked one random week for their analysis tells you how serious they are. Florida had its big wave in Sept; other states didn't and are getting hit later. In fact, if you look at the top 25 states for total cases/person, you get: 22 Red States 2 Blue States (#6 Rhode Island, #22 Minnesota) 1 Purple State (#14 Wisconsin) https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ The 8 states worse than FL in death rates are 6 red states, plus NY and NJ who had most of their deaths in the first month before anyone knew what was going on. The fact that anyone tries to pretend restrictions haven't worked is laughable and indictates you're either really stupid/gullible or intentionally trying to mislead.
His effort to equate people that wear masks in public settings like stores to people that wear maga hats. Is he saying that people that refuse to wear masks in public settings like stores are trump supporters and only refuse to make a political statement? btw, it was an op-ed by a conservative (trump supporter) without medical or science background. Not sure why one would look to him for guidance on COVID-19, oh, I guess I do know why some would. Here's another op-ed... on walther's op-ed. Who Actually Gets to Shrug Off COVID Yes, some of the divide is geographical. But it’s not as stark or simple as a recent Atlantic article supposes. https://slate.com/technology/2021/12/covid-denial-atlantic-rural-america-vaccines.html
