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Collected Item: “For Those Most at Risk, COVID-19 Is Not Over”

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For Those Most at Risk, COVID-19 Is Not Over

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This is a news story from Inside Higher ED by Josh Moody. As schools begin to resume to pre-COVID standards, not all are happy with this change. Those with disabilities worry about the loosening guidelines and how it would affect their health. COVID rates vary across the country, but many colleges are starting to drop protocols. Some disability advocates claim that this is a wrong decision from the colleges doing this, as it is putting people at high risk in more danger.

COVID Safe Campus, a group of high-risk academics and activists with disabilities, recently launched a report card grading college coronavirus policies. The effort, they say, grew out of concerns that high-risk individuals are being left behind as colleges return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Colleges are graded on masking, COVID-19 testing and vaccination policies, and access to remote learning. Of the 90 institutions graded from this organization, majority have received a D or an F, and none earned an A.

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disability, university, college, mask, safety, COVID Safe Campus, advocacy, vaccine, high risk, disabled, education, remote learning, HST580, ASU

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https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/04/29/disability-advocates-dont-drop-covid-19-safety-measures

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Josh Moody

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2022-04-29
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