coronavirus as the “Chinese virus” after a student reported that he had to miss a class because he was in self-isolation.Engineering student Evan Sotzing shared a screenshot of his instructor’s alleged comment on Twitter on Thursday.
Sotzing says his girlfriend recently tested positive for COVID-19, so he got tested and went into a two-week self-isolation as per the university’s health guidelines.
He told his instructor, John Ucker, that he’d have to miss a lab because of the safety measure.“For students testing positive for the Chinese virus, I will give no grade,” Ucker responded in an email.My girlfriend tested positive for COVID and the University of Cincinnati's Health Department instructed me to not attend my in-person lab.