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kn95 n99, PLANE CARRYING AMERICAN CORONAVIRUS EVACUEES FROM CHINA LAND AT CALIFORNIA MILITARY BASE The student group added that the premise “that those of Asian descent represent an existential threat to Western societies” is “steeped in white supremacy.” Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine urged people to stop “racist fear mongering” that is powered by the media. “We must resist the impulse today to fan the flames of prejudice fueled by media sensationalism and misdirected fear. Even though Cornell may enthusiastically participate in this racist fear mongering, it doesn’t mean that we must do so as well,” the group wrote. “We encourage the Cornell and Ithaca community to reject this pathetic mass email and put our energies, instead, towards fighting these institutions that manufacture such crises in order to distract us from the ongoing crisis of capitalism.”
kn95 n99 - Cornell Law School professor William A. Jacobson told Fox News his university did the right thing by warning students about the coronavirus. The threat posed by a potential pandemic of Wuhan coronavirus is real, and being taken seriously by governments around the world, including in Asia. I applaud the Cornell administration for taking a proactive and caring approach, Jacobson said. To see the administration demonized with false accusations of racism, xenophobia and 'white supremacy' is despicable.
kn95 n99, Cornell University’s media relations department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine isn’t the only organization to link the coronavirus to xenophobia. On Tuesday, the Washington Post urged readers who have “seen or experienced discrimination, racism or xenophobia connected to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic” to contact the liberal newspaper. “As the coronavirus continues to spread, so do fears over rising prejudice,” Post community editor Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn wrote. “The Washington Post wants to hear your story.”
kn95 n99 - Foreign nationals who have traveled to China within the last 14 days will be temporarily denied entry into the U.S.; Jonathan Serrie reports from Atlanta. More than 14,000 people are calling for one California school district to temporarily close its doors amid the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus that’s killed nearly 500 people as of Wednesday. The Change.org petition calls on the Alhambra Unified School District, which is located east of Los Angeles and is comprised of 21 schools and some 16,500 students, to cancel classes as the virus continues to spread. To date, there are no cases of coronavirus in Alhambra. It’s not clear who created the call to action, though ABC7 reported it may have been penned by a student.
kn95 n99 - CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL WORKERS EXPOSED TO CORONAVIRUS, TOLD TO STAY HOME: OFFICIALS “The virus has already made a name for itself by killing many individuals in China as well as spreading to other countries at a rapid pace,” the petition reads in part. It also called for students to wear “protective face masks” to “protect students and others from receiving or transmitting the sickness.” However, there’s little evidence that such masks actually work. What's more, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) doesn't currently recommend the general public to wear surgical masks.