A farkon 2022, duka biyun Rachel Fulton Brown, mataimakiyar farfesa a tarihi a Jami'ar Chicago, da Donald J. Boudreaux, farfesa a fannin tattalin arziki a Jami'ar George Mason, sun gamsu da tsattsauran ra'ayi da cin zarafi na cibiyoyinsu, sun buga wasiƙu a fili suna kiran jami'o'insu don gazawarsu ta hankali da ɗabi'a game da cutar ta Covid.
Fulton Brown da wasika ga shugaban UChicago, Paul Alivisatos, da provost, Ka Yee C. Lee, sun koka da gazawar makarantarta na jagorantar tuhumar da ake yi wa manufofin rage yanayin Covid, yayin da suke gargadin cibiyar da ta canza hanya, bikin wadanda suka nuna karfin hali don "tsaya don neman KIMIYYA kan BABBAN SIYASA," da kuma ganin cewa suna da isasshen haske da kuma nuna tsoro ga dalibai. tambayoyin da ya kamata mu yi game da abin da ake nufi da zama babbar makaranta."
Boudreaux's memo ga shugaban GMU, Gregory Washington, ya ba da haske game da fatarar basira da rashin daidaituwa na ma'ana na GMU. sannan sabuwar sanarwar ƙarfafawa, musamman magance gazawar GMU don amincewa rigakafi na halitta, gaskiyar cewa Alurar rigakafi na Covid baya hana yaduwar kwayar cutar, da kuma cewa membobin al'ummar GMU har yanzu suna yin hulɗa tare da waɗanda ba a yi musu allurar rigakafi ba kuma ba a inganta su ba.
A lokacin da Fulton Brown da Boudreaux suka fitar da wasiƙunsu, duka Jami'ar Chicago da Jami'ar George Mason suna aiki tare da daidaitattun azuzuwan kan layi, ƙuntatawa na zamantakewa, umarnin rufe fuska, da buƙatun rigakafin kusan shekaru biyu. Dukan makarantun biyu sun ba da hujjar manufofinsu kamar yadda kimiyya ke jagoranta.
Koyarwa a Zamanin Cutar: laccoci masu rufe fuska a ƙarƙashin fitilu masu zafi a cikin dakunan da ba kowa
A cikin hirar waya daban-daban, Fulton Brown da Boudreaux sun ba da labarin wasu abubuwan da suka samu na koyarwa a ƙarƙashin waɗannan manufofin, da kuma yadda wasu lokuta sukan tsinci kawunansu tare da masu gudanarwa a cibiyoyinsu.
A Jami'ar Chicago, Fulton Brown, bayan yarda da koyar da mutum-mutumin semester ɗaya, da farko ya yi abin rufe fuska. Ta yi shakku kan tsarin rufe fuska na makarantar da za a fara. Ta sami wani abu na tsafi game da al'adar. Har ila yau, ya yi mata wuya ta iya yin magana da kyau a cikin ɗaya yayin koyarwa a cikin “katafaren zauren lacca” mai ɗauke da kusan mutane takwas a cikin wani ginin da ba kowa.
Bugu da ƙari, ɗalibai gabaɗaya sun sami wahalar fahimtar ta lokacin da ta yi lacca a cikin abin rufe fuska a wannan wurin.
A matsayin ɗalibi ɗaya, Declan Hurley, da kansa ya ba da shaida a cikin wani op-ed ga ɗaya daga cikin jaridun ɗaliban UChicago, Mai tunani na Chicago, wannan ya kasance gaskiya ne musamman ga waɗanda suke da nakasa.
Fulton Brown bai ga wani abu mai haɗari game da abin da take yi ba. Don dalilai masu ma'ana, shi ma yana da ma'ana. Amma, ba da daɗewa ba, an tsawatar da Fulton Brown. "Jami'ar Chicago tana da manufar da mutane za su iya ba da rahoton cin zarafi," in ji ta. "Wani ya gan ni daga falon gidan ya ba ni rahoto kuma na sami imel daga shugaban sashena da na kwaleji."
Tufafin da Fulton Brown ta saka wanda ba a rufe fuska ya sa ta kira ta zuwa ofis ɗin principal.
A Jami'ar George Mason, Boudreaux, wanda ya koyar da kan layi tun farkon barkewar cutar har zuwa karshen shekarar makaranta ta 2020-2021, ya koma koyarwa ta kai tsaye a lokacin bazara na 2021, wanda a lokacin makarantar ba ta bukaci ya sanya abin rufe fuska ba.
Koyaya, kafin farkon lokacin faɗuwa, GMU ta sanar da a mask mask ko da kuwa matsayin alurar riga kafi.
Ganin cewa yana koyar da manyan azuzuwan dakin taro da daddare a karkashin fitilu masu zafi na tsawon awanni uku kai tsaye, Boudreaux ya ce, "Tunanin koyarwa da abin rufe fuska abu ne mai wuyar jurewa." Ganin cewa shi ma yana da hawan jini, likitan Boudreaux kuma ya yi tunanin ba za a ba shi shawara ba.
Daga baya, Boudreax ya bukaci masu gudanar da GMU su bar shi ya dauki kasadar a matsayinsa na babban wanda ke da cikakken rigakafin kuma ya koyar ba tare da abin rufe fuska ba. Ko da yake an ki amincewa da bukatarsa.
Har yanzu, Boudreaux ya sami kansa yana koyarwa akan layi.
Kewaya umarni na rigakafi da alluran rigakafi suna ba da umarnin koma baya
Kamar yawancin jami'o'i, duka biyun UChicago da GMU sun ba da umarnin allurar rigakafi a cikin 2021.
UChicago provost, Ka Yee C. Lee, da mataimakin shugaban kasa, Katie Callow-Wright, da'awa, "Jami'ar ta yanke shawarar bisa ga jagorar kwararru cewa yaduwar cutar ta COVID-19 ita ce hanya mafi kyau don ba da gudummawa ga mafi girman rigakafi, rage yuwuwar gungu na COVID-19 a harabar jami'a, rage haɗarin da sabbin bambance-bambancen ke sanyawa, da kuma taimakawa wajen kare membobin al'ummarmu waɗanda ke cikin haɗarin kamuwa da mummunar cuta daga ƙwayar cuta."
Shugaban GMU, Gregory Washington ya bayyana, "Saboda za mu taru yayin da COVID-19 ke ci gaba da yaduwa, muna da alhakin kiyaye muhalli mai aminci wanda za mu yi karatu, aiki, da rayuwa."
Dukansu UChicago da GMU suma sun fuskanci shari'a kan waɗannan dokokin.
An gurfanar da tsohon by Fulton Brown da wani mai kara tare da taimakon Asusun Kare 'Yancin Lafiya don tabbatar da keɓewar addini.
Kamar yadda Jamie Green, wakili daga HFDF, ya bayyana a cikin imel, "da zarar mun shigar da karar, jami'ar ta kasance a bude don tattaunawa.
Duk da haka, Green ya ce, UChicago "na buƙatar sa hannu ga maganganun da masu gabatar da kara ba su yarda da su ba. Abin da ake bukata shi ne, a zahiri, tilascin magana don samun keɓancewar addini."
Daga cikin wasu abubuwa, bayanan sun shafi aminci da ingancin alluran rigakafin, da kuma haɗarin Covid-19.
Daga ƙarshe ko da yake, Green ya ce, "[T] jami'ar ta ƙyale masu gabatar da kara su gyara bayanin yadda suke so kuma su sanya hannu akan hakan."
A karshen, GMU lauya farfesa Todd Zywicki da New Civil Liberties Alliance an yi nasara da kalubale Bukatar rigakafin GMU, tare da jami'a ta daidaita kafin gwaji, ta ba shi keɓe bisa tarihin likitancin sa. Matsalolin, duk da haka, bai kai ga kowa ba in ban da Todd Zywicki.
Duk jami'o'in biyu kuma a ƙarshe sun zo don ba da ƙarfafawa umarni.
UChicago da'awa, "[Muna] dogara ga shawarwari daga masana daga Jami'ar Chicago Medicine, City, da Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka (CDC)," don tabbatar da shawararsu.
GMU tabbas, "Masana kiwon lafiyar jama'a sun ba da shawarar cewa har yanzu alluran rigakafi sune kayan aiki mafi inganci don yaƙar COVID-19."
Dukansu a ƙarshe sun haifar da juriya mafi girma.
Ba da daɗewa ba, Fulton Brown da Boudreaux sun fitar da wasiƙunsu.
Ƙungiyar edita a Mai tunani na Chicago buga zazzage op-ed wanda ya tara hankalin kasa kamar yadda ya zazzage jami'a don tilasta wa ɗalibai samun "alurar rigakafin gwaji" duk da ƙarancin fa'idodi da haɗarin haɗari ga ɗalibai.
Boudreaux a GMU ya sami kansa ya kosa, yana cewa "Na rasa shi ne kawai. Ba a ƙarfafa ni ba. Ba ni da sha'awar samun haɓaka. Ba na son samun haɓaka a matsayin sharadi na ci gaba da aiki na."
Kamar Fulton Brown da abokin aikinsa na GMU, Todd Zywicki, Boudreaux a shirye yake ya kai jami'arsa kotu. "Na shirya duka don zama mai gabatar da kara don yin tsayayya da umarnin ƙarfafawa," in ji shi.
Lauyan da ke da NCLA ya ba da damar ya wakilce shi, in ji Boudreaux.
Duk da haka, kafin a kai karar Boudreaux a kotu, batun ya zama ruwan dare.
Bambance-bambance a cikin manufofin: GMU cikin jinkirin inci kusa da al'ada yayin da UChicago ke tsayawa kan hanya
Dalilin da ya sa shari'ar Boudreaux ta zama ba daidai ba shine saboda sabon zababben gwamnan Virginia Glenn Youngkin ya sanya hannu kan takardar Tsarin tsari hana buƙatun rigakafin Covid ga ma'aikatan jihar.
Ba da daɗewa ba, babban lauyan Virginia, Jason S. Miyares, ya ba da wata doka da ba ta dauri ra'ayi yana mai cewa, "Cibiyoyin ilimi na jama'a a Virginia na iya ba su buƙatar allurar rigakafin cutar ta Covid-19 a matsayin babban yanayin shigar ɗalibai ko halartan mutum."
Ko da yake ba mai ɗaurewa ba, ya warware yadda ya kamata ra'ayi na tsohon babban lauyan gwamnati, Mark R. Herring, wanda ya goyi bayan irin wannan umarni. Don haka ya isa a sami jami'o'in jihohi da yawa a Virginia, gami da GMU, zuwa soke buƙatun rigakafin ga ɗalibai.
Duk abin da jami'an GMU suka yi imani da gaske game da kimiyyar da ke tallafawa ayyukansu da alluran rigakafin kasancewa "kayan aikin da suka fi dacewa don yaƙar COVID-19", da alama siyasar shugabancin jaha ta maye gurbin komai.
UChicago, dake cikin Illinois inda Gwamna JB Pritzker ya ba da sanarwar Tsarin tsari a cikin Satumba 2021 yana buƙatar malamai da ɗalibai a jami'o'i don a yi musu allurar rigakafin Covid ko yin gwajin mako-mako, har yanzu suna kiyaye rigakafinta da ƙa'idodin ƙarfafawa.
Ko ci gaba da manufofin ya kasance saboda jagorar ƙwararru ko tsarin zartarwa ya kasance ba a sani ba. Abin da UChicago zai yi idan kuma lokacin da aka yi watsi da wannan odar ya kasance mara tabbas.
Dangane da sakon imel da aka aika wa Shugaba Paul Alivisatos na Jami'ar Chicago game da ko makarantar tana da niyyar kiyaye rigakafinta da buƙatun haɓakawa a cikin faɗuwar 2022 da kuma bayanta, Gerald McSwiggan, mataimakin darektan harkokin jama'a na makarantar, ya amsa a ranar 8 ga Maris, "Jami'ar ba ta ba da sanarwa kan manufofin COVID-19 na shekarar karatu ta 2022-23."
Duk abin da UChicago ya yanke shawarar yin, sunansa a matsayin jami'ar masu tunani masu 'yanci ya sake daukar wani abu.
Kamar yadda Hurley daga Mai tunani na Chicago ya kasance a baya ayyana tare da kanun labarai, "A cikin Dokokin Ƙarshen, Jami'ar George Mason ta ɗauki Kambin Ƙarshe na UChicago."
Jami'o'i suna bin siyasa ne ba kimiyya ba
Hoton da kanun labarai na Hurley ya fitar, ko da yake ba tare da roko ba, na iya ba da yabo mai yawa ga masu gudanarwa a GMU, duk da haka.
Hanyoyin manufofin Covid a Jami'ar Chicago da Jami'ar George Mason sun fi kama da yadda suke. Bugu da ƙari, hanyoyin da suka bi suna da alama ma suna wakiltar yadda yawancin jami'o'i suka amsa ga Covid.
Sunyi saurin rufewa. Sun sanya manufofin mulki a kan malamai da ɗalibai lokacin da suka sake buɗewa. Sun ƙara ƙarin hane-hane a lokacin da ake yin salo ko umarni daga shugabannin siyasa na cikin gida ko na jiha, tare da kaɗan waɗanda ke nuna ƙarfin hali don "tsaya don TAMBAYA TA KIMIYYA game da SIYASA," ko kuma sun yarda cewa suna da "dalibi masu basira don ganin ta hanyar hasashe da tsoro ga ainihin tambayoyin da ya kamata mu yi."
Lokacin da aka ɗage hane-hane, yawanci kawai saboda ’yan siyasa ne suka ƙulla su (ko buƙatar su) don yin hakan - ko kuma lokacin da aka ce ’yan siyasa sun ɗaga nasu umarnin kan sanin manufofinsu na iya zama. kashe su a siyasance, kamar yadda aka yi da masks a makarantu da dama, ciki har da UChicago da kuma GMU.
A cikin bala'in cutar, jami'o'i da yawa sun yi iƙirarin wani matsayi na ɗabi'a ko na hankali yayin da suke tattara hukunce-hukuncen su da ayyukansu cikin harshen kimiyya da aminci.
Duk da haka, a zahiri, a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata yawancin waɗannan jami'o'in sun bayyana kansu a matsayin 'yan wasan siyasa kamar masu rugujewar hankali kamar yadda suke lalata ɗabi'a.
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