The University of Utah announced this week that it will shut down its campus for two weeks to limit the spread of coronavirus and to prepare for the upcoming vice presidential debate that will take place on campus. Over the summer, health experts at the university devised a “circuit breaker” strategy for coronavirus mitigation, which mandated a two-week pause of in-person classes in the middle of the semester.
According to a report by a local CBS affiliate, the Univesity of Utah has announced that classes will be shut down for two weeks to prepare for the upcoming vice presidential debate and to mitigate the spread of coronavirus.
At the beginning of the semester, the university announced that they were implementing a “circuit breaker” approach, which involved a two-week pause on in-person classes in the middle of the semester to mitigate the spread. The pause was coordinated around the upcoming vice presidential debate, which is scheduled to take place in Kingsbury Hall on the university’s campus on October 7.
“The idea of a “circuit breaker” was based on models developed by University of Utah Health experts with the goal of creating a pause in the middle of the semester to help reduce the number of COVID-19 infections,” the statement read. “The university was already scheduled to shift to online coursework around the vice presidential debate and decided to extend online-only classes for an extra week to help reduce possible COVID-19 infections on campus.”
Breitbart News reported in February that the University of Utah handed out “pleasure packs” to students on Valentine’s Day. The “pleasure packs” contained condoms, lubricants, and oral dams. Students were even able to have them delivered directly to their dorm rooms.
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