OT: U of Maryland-College Park health scare / student death

[RUnTeX]

https://www.insidehighered.com/news...th-university-maryland-deep-cleans-dorm-rooms

Also noted at end of article:

"Campuses in the eastern U.S. recently have experienced outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease, which causes fever, sore throat and a rash. Johns Hopkins University had at least 120 cases of the viral infection in October, and Lehigh University reported more than 100."

 

[RU-ROCS]

https://www.insidehighered.com/news...th-university-maryland-deep-cleans-dorm-rooms

Also noted at end of article:

"Campuses in the eastern U.S. recently have experienced outbreaks of hand, foot and mouth disease, which causes fever, sore throat and a rash. Johns Hopkins University had at least 120 cases of the viral infection in October, and Lehigh University reported more than 100."

I’ve got a son in College Park now and one who graduated in 2015. The real, serious health problem at U of MD is a rampant black mold problem that is prevalent both in on-campus and off-campus apartments. The school has for many years failed to take the problem seriously and now it is an epidemic.

 

[mesa4234]

Related to the note at the end of the article...there were a few weeks in the middle of the fall semester when more than of a few of my students were out with hand foot and mouth. They are in the elementary ed grad program so it makes sense, but I wa surprised when I got the emails.