ChalkFace has been following and reporting on the effects that the Coronavirus is having on education sectors from around the globe. This article from The New York Times illustrates the impact the virus is having on US educational institutions.
There has only been one confirmed case of the virus at a college campus, but anxiety is palpable in classes and dorms. At the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, two undergraduates from Wuhan, China, were moved to a special dorm room and told to regularly take their temperatures. At Arizona State University, a student-led petition called for classes to be canceled after a confirmed case of coronavirus. Basketball games were postponed at Miami University in Ohio after two students who had recently returned from China displayed possible symptoms.
Alarm over coronavirus heightened on Friday as Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and American Airlines said they are suspending all service to mainland China, leaving travelers stranded.
So what do you think? Are people just over reacting and being swept up in hysteria or are all these actions a reasonable and sane response to a real health risk?
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