Via the YorkU Twitter account: "There is currently no presumptive or confirmed case of COVID-19"
Posted Mar 8, 2020, 5:28 AM UTC
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Wheres that guy who bet me it was corona virus?
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Do we know why they were sterilizing Winters if it wasn't related to COVID 19?
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Precaution.
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Were they doing all buildings then? I don't know much as I don't attend. I joined the sub when my kid was there and still follow.
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They sent a second email stating that they are going to expand the cleaning and sanitizing this week.
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Ok. Thanks.
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Emails just sent to all students regarding this situation.
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I'm relieved but also slightly irritated by how this situation was handled.
What would have been a better way?
This way
Switching 90% of elligible course syllabuses to online work in an effort to minimize traffic. (Pretty much the entire sociology & adms curriculum)
Removing all grades attributed to attendance / participation where possible to eliminate potential of risky travellers coming in due to grades.
Creating & Sharing a contingency plan in case of both escalations and de-escalations in an effort to stabilize and help structure student calendars.
Those are three off the top of my head that don't seem like far reaches or hot takes.
When there was precautionary measures some of us jumped to conclusions a little too fast haha. So I wish we knew earlier that there was no presumptive case. In hindsight, there probably was nothing much they could've done to ease our minds.
Not saying it could be handled better or worse. I’m not a doctor or anything but wouldn’t the patient need to be checked out before it is even confirmed presumptive?
To be honest I don't know what the protocol is. We don't know much about what the patient experienced and with rising tensions I think that's what freaked people out.