Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr.’s decision to reopen the school this week was met with wide-ranging reactions. While many critics feel Falwell is endangering the lives of students and faculty, others think it was the right decision.
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.’s decision to reopen the school this week amid the country’s worsening outbreak of the coronavirus sent shockwaves across social media and the academic community on Tuesday. While many schools across the country have chosen to cancel classes or move them online, the leader of the private evangelical Christian college in Lynchburg, Va., decided it was best for students and faculty to come back to campus to resume their semester.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam imposed a 100-person gathering limit across the state, which the university plans to follow. The school has also decided to move all instruction online, except for certain programs and labs. Sodexo, the university’s dining services provider, has been adhering to a strict 10-patron limit, while enabling students to use their meal plans.
Clayton Didinsky, a computer science major who suffers from mitochondrial disease, told Yahoo News that he was frustrated by the decision. “It made me a little bit angry,” he said. “When the swine flu was here a couple of years ago, I got it and I was in the hospital for a month. If I get this illness, I'm going to be so sick from it and I just can't be put at risk.”
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