Profs 'Terrified' by Order to Keep Quiet About Outbreak at The University of Alabama

[crickets]

7. When are people going to learn that 'ignore it and it'll go away' doesn't work?

"For privacy reasons, the instructor should not announce to the class that a student in the class tested positive, even anonymously."

Privacy? That's not what this is about. They just don't want to send students home. They also don't want to deal with the virus beyond masks and social distancing, apparently.

Keeping students in the dark after they may already be exposed is so wrong ethically and logically. No wonder there's a huge outbreak if there's no contact tracing and quarantine.