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how many fucking person-hours were wasted this summer planning every nook and corner of hygiene theatre to justify some small percentage of f2f classes and getting students into the dorms? UNC lasted barely a week.
I can appreciate the thought in maybe April or May that things might be okay come Fall. But June and July belied all good intentions. Notre Dame in May was sanctimonious about its plans to return to campus. And now? https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2020/08/17/notre-dame-sees-spike-covid-19-cases/3380440001/
People worked hard. Very hard. What a nightmare to be the registrar. But a whole lot of other people were saying, this isn't going to work because the virus doesn't care. So yes, lots of hard work, kinda like a turtle on its back.
Oh look, Notre Dame is pressing pause... https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1295828996718985217?s=20
And now Michigan State is changing course. https://twitter.com/reporterdavidj/status/1295833909817729024?s=20
This is a very good thread on what put us in this situation. https://twitter.com/BretDevereaux/status/1295909929228873728?s=20
The dynamic @BretDevereaux describes here has led universities to play all kinds of away games from their central mission to educate. Here's a partial list... https://twitter.com/chad_black_/status/1255999991858028545?s=20
