15K Screaming Fans at Games Fine, in-Person Learning Not So Much – Opinion

What should you call? this?Selected Use Abuse of “science”? Do you bow to teachers? Blatant dishonesty? Money-grubbing? Sheer hypocrisy? Wait — I think I’ve got it. Let’s go with All of the above — and then some.

Michigan State University won’t allow in-person learning until the final day of January, but at the same time has had zero problemThe Spartans opened the Breslin center arena to over 15,000 fans during every Spartans home basketball match this month. Shocked? Me, neither.

Michigan State University allows nearly 15,000 basketball fans at sold-out games but shuts down in-person learning in January https://t.co/dnkJ0EWfKN

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) January 23, 2022

Michigan State University president Samuel L. Stanley Jr. announced in a December 31 letter that the school’s spring 2022 semester would begin on Jan. 10 VirtuallyBreitbart reported that they will continue remote learning until January 31. In part, the letter stated:

I sent you a letter earlier in the week about the beginning of Spring 2022 semester. In addition, I provided updates on information that had been received on campus as well as the region surrounding it with reports of cases of Omicron COVID-19.

I pledged that we would monitor the situation in mid Michigan and elsewhere for changes that might affect the pandemic. The Omicron variant has reportedly caused a spike in Omicron-related cases in Michigan, where the daily average of Omicron cases reached an all time high.

Due to the overwhelming number of cases we have seen, it seems that the best course of action for our campus would be for us all to begin classes remotely starting Jan. 10th and continuing for at least three weeks.

If you were hoping to return to your residence halls in the next week’s time, we will be still open. Some students might choose to stay in other locations or homes during the weeks of online courses. That is perfectly fine.

“I realize that students prefer to be in person, and so do I, Stanley wrote. “But it is important that we do so in a safe manner. Starting the semester remotely and de-densifying campus in the coming weeks can be a solution to slowing the spread of the virus.”

“De-densifying”? Yes, I can see.

Apparently, packing 15,000 screaming fans into a basketball arena for every game of the season is part of Michigan State’s “de-densifying” strategy.

As noted by Breitbart, Michigan State University’s remote-learning mode requires all faculty, staff, and students to wear face coverings indoors. The university also mandates that all faculty, staff, and students be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as well as “receive their booster if and when they are eligible.”

“Booster.” Makes me snicker a bit inside every time I see the misused term — as does “vaccine.”

The first place was won by the #B1G pic.twitter.com/FStPvQtWLd

— Michigan State Men’s Basketball (@MSU_Basketball) January 22, 2022

So while Michigan State students (who don’t attend Michigan State basketball games) will remain “safe and secure” in their cocooned, remote-learning, two vaccines-and-a-booster world, 15,000 Michigan State basketball fans, along with players and coaches on both teams, concession-stand workers, ushers, and TV and radio crews will tragically subject themselves to the horror of a “winter of severe illness and death.”

Those who aren’t masked, “fully vaccinated” with two shots, and a booster, that is.

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