Hundreds of students at the University of Iowa are not pleased with the school's response to Covid-19.
Hundreds of students at the University of Iowa are not pleased with the school's response to Covid-19.
From rochester pride./// the white house coronavirus task force is concerned about a surge in iowa covid?
"*19 cases.
The hawkeye state has the highest rate of cases in the u?
"* s.
?
"* ?
"* increas percent in a weeks time.
In one of the hardest hit counties ?
"* students are calling for action.
Kimt news 3's annalise johnson joins us live in studio.
Annalise?
Katie ?
"* george ?
"* the task force's report says iowa is in the red zone for covid?
"*19 transmission.
The counties with the highest case counts ?*- polk ?
"* story ?
"* and johnso counties ?
"* also have high student populations.
In johnson county ?
"* home of university of iowa ?
"* hundreds of students are not pleased with the school's response to covid?
"*19.
To be honest it feels like living in an episode of the twilight zone i spoke to one of the organizers of u?
"*iowa sickout.
The person i spoke to wants to remain annonymous.
More than 800 students and faculty signed u?
"*iowa sickout's pledge to call in sick to class today.
Classes began just over a week ago.
These people feel in?
"*person the university likes to tell us that we're a vocal few, that there aren't very many people who don't want in?
"* person classes.
I hope this sickout proves to them that they're wrong.
We're not a vocal few.
We're a vocal many currently ?
"* 935 covid?
"*19 have been self reported at the university of iowa.
U?
"*iowa sickout tells me they have not yet received a direct response from school administration regarding thank you annalise.
We reached out to the university of iowa for comment... it sent kimt news 3 a copy of a letter sent to university faculty yesterday.
It says ?
"* in par*- while the university acknowledges individuals' concerns about in?
"* person instruction, i strongly disagree with the planned manner of expressing those concerns.
I respectfully remind you that as role models, you have an obligation to deliver instruction as assigned, and to provide appropriate notice of