By: Anonymous

Anonymous
Tue, 10 Mar 2020 18:29:10 +0000

In reply to Anonymous." target="_blank" title="/2020/03/ohio-state-suspends-classes-until-march-30-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/comment-page-1/#comment-115767">Anonymous.">/2020/03/ohio-state-suspends-classes-until-march-30-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak/comment-page-1/#comment-115767">Anonymous. Unless students are REQUIRED to be back on campus to take the 2 weeks of online classes, this decision will have limited usefulness. E.g., students traveling to visit family in NY, CA or WA over spring break may simply choose to return 2 weeks later if there is only online instruction for those 2 weeks - esp. with airlines waiving change fees etc. Which means they will pose the same risk on 3/30 as they would during the time period of online instruction... I agree that the idea of "not having classes with potential carriers" is great - but unless all students are required to be back in Columbus during that period of time, it just postpones the time when the risk hits.