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| University official says COVID-19 may have originated in the United States |
| 2020-04-17 |
| [CollegeFix] Rickey Hall, vice president for minority affairs and diversity at the University of Washington, made the comments during a Zoom panel discussion hosted by PEN America, a free expression nonprofit. “We don’t know where this virus originated,” Hall said. “It could have originated in the United States.” The panel “Hate, Xenophobia, and COVID-19: How Should Higher Ed Respond?” featured several officials from different institutions of higher education. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #22 ^ this |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-17 22:11 |
| #21 I would argue tuitions are high because of guaranteed student loans. Also, student loans are generally not discharged in a bankruptcy. Co-signers beware! (and why the banks love the Clintons) |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-17 20:38 |
| #20 prime example of why tuition is so high and degrees so worthless. during the shutdown universities could trim dead weight like this, but they won't if anything, they will create even more busy body administrators. probably a Vice President for Pandemic Response. Tuition will rise accordingly. |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-04-17 20:35 |
| #19 “It could have originated in the United States.” Didn't we determine that Chinese lab rats in NC smuggled samples across to Canada last year? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-04-17 17:15 |
| #18 One of those non-essential job degrees. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-04-17 16:58 |
| #17 Its all those Chinese bats that somehow flew all the way to the US... Right. Riiiiight. "vice president for minority affairs and diversity" Strong scientific credentials. /sarcasm Whats his degree in, minority studies? |
| Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-04-17 16:35 |
| #16 They sure have lowered the standards for mailorder degrees. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2020-04-17 15:14 |
| #15 He must have received the ICBC cheque(s) for his diversity work. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-04-17 15:03 |
| #14 Personally, I'm grateful that all these people are willing to self-identify as pawns, tools and grifters. Thanks, Rickey! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-04-17 14:55 |
| #13 Professors continue to teach, but administrators have nothing to do during the shut down. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-04-17 14:32 |
| #12 University of Kansas? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-04-17 13:19 |
| #11 I found the universities that don't need federal funding! |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-04-17 12:43 |
| #10 He's gonna be a useful idiot for the government that's evicting black people over in Guangzhou. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2020-04-17 12:33 |
| #9 And I suspect that he Rickey took the opposite position, he'd probably be labelled an Uncle Tom. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-17 12:04 |
| #8 I fear you are correct, g. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-17 12:02 |
| #7 Yes. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-17 11:58 |
| #6 Will African-Americans swallow this crap the way so many of them swallowed that 1980s-90s urban legend about how the CIA created AIDS to kill off the ghetto? |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-17 11:57 |
| #5 LOL |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-17 11:43 |
| #4 Rickey Hall, vice president for minority affairs and diversity at the University of Washington |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-04-17 11:41 |
| #3 ^😢 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-17 11:39 |
| #2 Not Bee. "University official" was my clue. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-17 11:39 |
| #1 Bee or not Bee - without clicking on the link? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-17 11:37 |