Harvard has officially ordered all students off campus by this weekend. After Spring break they are not to come back and classes will be held remotely. I guess that means all Freshmen will be traveling across the country and head home.
The University of Sheffield in England beginning today will only offer remote classes for the rest of the term. This is the University my daughter received her Masters Degree from last year. I can not imagine what her experience would have been like if the virus hit last year instead of this year. Well, actually I can imagine. I am so grateful she had the experiences she did and so sad for all of the students this year and all other global universities facing this dilemma.
Looks like the young may not get sick, but they are feeling the effects of this virus. Local school districts are beginning to close their schools too. These aren't snow days. This will leave a lasting impression.
"Italy is officially, well, closed."
My number 1 favorite post of the week.
As badly as I feel for everyone involved in the depths of that story, both levity and brevity are so needed now!
Thanks Michele! That put a big smile on my face.
@lovendures - let me give you the native version of your Italy statement, as I'm sure this is being uttered across that country:
"Macchè cazzo è! L'italia è chiusa?!? Mo che fammo?? Porca miseria!!!"
@lovendures - let me give you the native version of your Italy statement, as I'm sure this is being uttered across that country:
"Macchè cazzo è! L'italia è chiusa?!? Mo che fammo?? Porca miseria!!!"
Um, that is more difficult to say, though certainly more expressive haha. Those Italians sure have a way of letting their feelings known.
More music tours/concerts postponed or cancelled:
Pearl Jam
Madonna
Miley Cyrus
Reposting this here.
My advice, IF the local government is saying that something MIGHT happen, be prepared that it WILL happen. That is your few hours notice for your last run of supplies or...helping your neighbor or (fill in the blank) ...until it is lifted.
IF you are in "wait and see" mode, you need a new mode. Your community is not immune, you are not prepared and will not have the time you need when your community gets hit.
If you prepare today, you are playing catch up which is better than make due.
MIT just announced it will be closing for the next two weeks (week #2 is spring break anyway) , and undergrads will not be coming back to campus this semester -- all classes will proceed online.
The list of colleges and universities that are delaying return from spring break, moving to online learning, or closing for the rest of the semester full-stop, is growing by the hour, it seems.
My kids swim, so I've been watching that since we are in championship season. Short-course nationals have been cancelled, Italy has cancelled Olympic Trials, the Olympic committee has to decide by May whether to go ahead with the Games. There is a college champ meet in Cleveland this weekend ... we'll see if that goes ahead since Ohio just declared a State of Emergency.
College athletic events are being cancelled, as well as some high school events.
My son's college is in a state that just today got its first positive test case. He was told that the school will "monitor the situation" while everyone is on break. I worry more about people scattering then coming back together after a week.
Pod Save America has cancelled all upcoming tour shows.
There are now three confirmed cases in a 10-mile radius of where I live, so I fully expect my younger child's school to address this and make changes at some point in the not too distant future. Many people are worried things like prom and graduation will be cancelled.
Forgot ... my husband works for a huge tech company, and they have told all employees to work from home as much as possible, no non-emergency business travel, and two large gatherings (thousands of people) for April and May have been cancelled.
Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter, and other large companies out west have gone to "work from home" status.