By GARY ROBBINS, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9-7-20
Nearly 600 UC San Diego students, faculty and staff have signed an open letter asking the school to drop plans to place thousands of undergraduates in dorms and resume some in-person classes due to the threat posed by the novel coronavirus. The letter notes that many universities, including Notre Dame and the University of Alabama, experienced COVID-19 outbreaks when they opened dorms and that “to imagine that UCSD will be an exception to this rule is both arrogant and negligent.” The plea comes during a holiday weekend in which 2,600 students were confined to their dorms at San Diego State University, where nearly 300 students have tested positive for COVID-19...
The letter cited a Union-Tribune story that said that 252 UCSD students, staff and healthcare workers have tested positive for the virus even though in-person classes are not yet underway. The letter also cited a different U-T story that said the university had been unwilling to share details of its safety programs in recent weeks...
Full story at https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-09-07/ucsd-letter-open-campus
The letter is at:
https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/bf/a9/00e8b37c4db9996b359539e963d2/return-to-learn-open-letter.pdf
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