Many years ago I learned that for the most part, do not volunteer for certain things. For instance, in the military if one volunteered to take a course in tropical medicine, then it would be an interesting vacation of sorts for a week or so in Panama. However, from then on if trouble broke out in some godforsaken tropical country, guess who would be tapped to be deployed to that godforsaken tropical country.
I thought about this piece of common sense when I just read about the latest from the University of Michigan.
From the Epoch Times:
“The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor confirmed in several recent statements that it will require students who test positive for COVID-19 to leave campus dorms and isolate in other locations, including hotels.
University health officer Robert D. Ernst said in a message on Sept. 1 that the school’s COVID-19 guidance ‘could include relocating to [one’s] permanent residence, staying with a nearby relative or friend, or finding a hotel space’ after one tests positive for the virus, according to reports.
‘Students in Michigan Housing must leave their residence halls during isolation, even if they are in a single room.’”
After reading this I asked myself, “What planet is Robert Ernst living on?”
Is he an example of Peter’s Principle?
Picture yourself as a University of Michigan college student … mostare not from Ann Arbor and so cannot just easily pop home; most have little spare money with which to pay for a hotel room; since the dorm oftentimes will provide access to meals that have already been paid for, how do they eat when not living in the dorm? … and the list goes on!
So let’s assume that one is a student at U Michigan and gets a cold. What would be last thing you would do? Hmmm! The last thing I would do is volunteer get a Covid test! Take that mister all-knowing Robert Ernst!
9/22/23