Tony Allen, president of Delaware State University, an HBCU, knows what it takes to beat COVID.
A mandatory testing policy. Twice a week for all 2,000 student, residents and employees. Results back in less than two days. Nearly 90 percent of all classes taught virtually. There’s mandatory masking, And total student buy in.
What’s more, Allen says his way works because his students are there for a reason. He told CNN his students were mostly the first in their family to attend college. They have a purpose.
Is Allen’s plan working? Positivity rates were at .05 percent from July to late September. (Under 5 percent is considered admirable. At .05, you are simply bragging). Indeed, students look at it as a source of pride.
So how’s your college or university president acting on matters of the virus? Like Allen or that other president Donald Trump?
Trump was out on the White House balcony over the weekend still saying things he said back in March. The virus? It’s going away. It’s going to disappear magically. At least he didn’t speculate on using bleach.
But President Downplay did say during his very short stay at Walter Reed that his time there was like going to school on the virus. “The real school,” he said. “This isn’t the ‘Let’s read the book,’ school.”
