{"id":1119264,"date":"2021-12-14T19:14:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1119264"},"modified":"2021-12-14T19:14:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T00:14:43","slug":"cornell-university-blames-maskless-gatherings-for-student-activity-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-university-blames-maskless-gatherings-for-student-activity-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornell University Blames Maskless Gatherings for Student Activity Lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcornell-university-blames-maskless-gatherings-for-student-activity-lockdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1119264&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Cornell University on Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cornell.edu\/updates\/20211211-additional-restrictions.cfm\">blamed<\/a> off-campus maskless gatherings for&nbsp;the&nbsp;cancellation of all in-person student activities, both formal and informal, on the Ithaca campus.<\/p>\n<p>Upon revealing&nbsp;300 hundred new cases of coronavirus, including the omicron variant, among students at the campus, Cornell took measures to lock down all in-person campus activities due&nbsp;to \u201coff-campus student social gatherings where masking and other public health measures were not followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19127418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-147333789.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19127418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-147333789.jpg\" alt=\"Cornell is situated on a large, leafy campus on a hill overlooking the city. Cornell is considered one of the top universities in the world, with 40 Nobel laureates affiliated with the university as faculty or students. Photo: peterspiro \/ iStock \/ Getty Images Plus\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cornell is situated on a large, leafy campus on a hill overlooking the city. Cornell is considered one of the top universities in the world, with 40 Nobel laureates affiliated with the university as faculty or students. Photo: peterspiro \/ iStock \/ Getty Images Plus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The university told students the new lockdown also applies to those who are vaccinated, including those who have had a booster shot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing vaccinated, even with a booster shot, is not a license to let down our guards,\u201d Cornell warned, canceling all undergraduate, graduate, and professional student gatherings, including those with members of the local community.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.247648902821\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cornell bans all student social activity, tells them being vaccinated\u2014plus booster!\u2014\u201cis not a license to\u201d let your guard down.<\/p>\n<p>Transmission-primacy has no coherent endpoint. None. And yet our institutions are incapable of pivoting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aWqq3gmNNz\">pic.twitter.com\/aWqq3gmNNz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gen\u00e8ve CampbeII (@bergerbell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bergerbell\/status\/1470463713551347712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The university also mandated harsh rules for slowing the spread of coronavirus on campus:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masks must be worn indoors at all times, unless in a private, non-shared space (e.g., dorm room or office); we strongly recommend masking outdoors when physical distancing is not possible.<\/li>\n<li>Use grab and go food options if available. Otherwise, try to spread out from others and do not linger. Put your mask back on as soon as you are done eating or drinking.<\/li>\n<li>When studying with others, keep group sizes small, wear masks and maintain your distance.<\/li>\n<li>Adhere to your surveillance testing schedule and take advantage of supplemental testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>News of Cornell\u2019s&nbsp;blaming maskless gatherings, despite vaccination status, drew mockery of the cancellations Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTelling students they\u2019re prohibited from gathering violates their human right to peacefully assemble,&nbsp;<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@Cornell,\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">Tom Elliott <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1470742267711344644?s=20\">tweeted<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine paying ~$60K a year for this,\u201d Sen. Josh Howley\u2019s (R-MO) press secretary&nbsp;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Abigail Marone <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abigailmarone\/status\/1470739998710325256?s=20\">said<\/a>&nbsp;on her personal Twitter account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile it\u2019s hard to even find parking near Florida State at night because there are so many college students going to huge parties on frat row,\u201d Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) spokeswoman&nbsp;Christina Pushaw <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1470736675693219843?s=20\">stated<\/a>&nbsp;on her personal Twitter account. \u201cAlmost everyday there\u2019s something here. But I\u2019m not mad. I\u2019m happy the students in Florida get to have a social life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cornell University on Saturday blamed off-campus maskless gatherings for\u00a0the\u00a0cancellation of all in-person student activities, both formal and informal, on the Ithaca campus. 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