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August 28, 2020

Alabama Professors Ordered Not to Warn Students of Exposure to Infected Classmates
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The Daily Beast reports the University of Alabama ordered faculty
members to remain silent about students who test positive for the virus,
arguing that alerting their classmates would violate federal privacy
laws. In an email the professors were admonished, "Do not tell the rest
of the class," with the word "not" underlined.


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