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Alabama Professors Ordered Not to Warn Students of Exposure to Infected Classmates

HeadlineAug 28, 2020

The Daily Beast reports the University of Alabama ordered faculty members to remain silent about students who test positive for the virus, arguing that alerting their classmates would violate federal privacy laws. In an email, the professors were admonished, “Do not tell the rest of the class,” with the word “not” underlined.

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