Sensible. You donât want probably infectious people making a beeline to doctorsâ offices just to get a note.
âŚand yet the fogies on the right who are at the most risk of getting seriously ill will still continue to think that all he said in that minute long video is too radical 
Who the heck asks for doctors notes for class absences at the university level? I only require documentation for absences for exams.
Today was the first day of U of Osloâs move to all-digital classes. Things like research seminars were supposed to be canceled, but my group met anyway because weâre all idiots so dedicated.
So now this is a thing.
Facebook posts claiming bovine coronavirus vaccine âprovesâ that there is a vaccine and we are just letting people die. I feel like I am trying to put out Australian brushfires by peeing on them. And its still way early.
Well, cuz Trump is a self-serving racist, of course. But officially, itâs bc the UK isnât in the Schengen Area. Other European countries like Ireland* and Croatia are exempt too, because they arenât part of the Area. Flying out of Moscow? Come on over!
* Another place with a Trump resort
ETA: whoops, @LutherBlisset already covered this.
This virus is having a negative effect on the giant floating petri dish business
My university did. It was up to the individual teachers what their absentee policy was, of course, but they were free to penalize you for missing standard non-exam classes.
Had to show one professor a medical report. I regretted that I hadnât missed class due to hemorrhoids.
Coming soon to a Florida near you!
COVID-19 DominosâŚ
Hey Doc, Va. schools are starting to shut downâŚ
That is really pathetic
Ooops, thought we were all sheeple [for believing The Deep State]. Now cattle are somehow involved. So confusing! Hey conspiracy nutjobs, make up yer minds already!
Perhaps we have ourselves to blame because of previous publicity re zoonotic diseases like âswine fluâ and âavian fluâ etc. I can totally see the pretzel logic.
We are witnessing in real time the cumulative effects of decades-long gutted U.S. public school education âsystemâ âcurriculum,â including but not limited elimination of critical thinking pedagogy (lookinâ at you, Austin ISD) and the seductive outsourcing of any other âthinkingâ to all them shouty expert people on the tv, the Fb, etc.
May the gods and goddesses have mercy on us all.
Cheer or cringe? Both?
All public universities in Michigan have suspended in-person classes as of last night.
Not nearly enough. Not even close. Gonna keep waiting until people die.
Yup. Iâve already been considering what I could hack together to make an oxygen generator in an emergency, in case a family member needed it while the medical system was overloaded. Generating oxygen isnât that hard using electrolysis; separating out the hydrogen safely is much harder, since most things that react with the hydrogen will also react with the oxygen, and then youâre back at the beginning.
I donât know who this guy is but I like his clear message.
