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Brown University's President: opening campuses should be a "national priority" with a necessary focus on test, trace, & separate.
Sure-but isn't this the focus for the whole country? And we're not even close?
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Sure-but isn't this the focus for the whole country? And we're not even close?
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And aggressive contact-tracing might "raise concerns about threats to civil liberty"? MIGHT? And what are law schools going to do?
"Hi, welcome to criminal procedure. Also welcome to fever cameras in the classroom and submitting your phone to an app." 2/
"Hi, welcome to criminal procedure. Also welcome to fever cameras in the classroom and submitting your phone to an app." 2/
The op-ed notes the mild symptoms most students would face. Ok, but their professors? Administrators? Staff? What about the local population?
I agree that the "should we open the campuses" issue is huge, that safety is an issue, that online learning isn't the same. 3/
I agree that the "should we open the campuses" issue is huge, that safety is an issue, that online learning isn't the same. 3/
And of course, an op-ed won't lend itself to a nuanced discussion. But these *other matters* can't be waived away so easily. They aren't that different from what the entire country is facing.
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