COVID-19 pandemic.He’s in the final term of a computer science degree but has a first-year class with more than 350 people enrolled.
In-class learning paused at universities of Regina and Saskatchewan “Shoving us all into one room where we’re not going to be able to social distance isn’t going to go over well,” Storring said in an interview.Storring has Type1 diabetes, which is an underlying risk factor for COVID-19.
Though he considers himself relatively healthy otherwise, he remains concerned about the virus spreading in his classes.The prospect of developing long COVID is particularly worrying, he said.“I don’t need to add that to my own plate,” Storring said.A return to in-person learning should at least be delayed until after the mid-term break at the end of the month, Storring said, but the end of term would be preferred.
USask researchers’ projects aim to tackle COVID-19 pandemic issues Second-year Indigenous studies student Desiree Couillonneur told Global News she needs in-person instruction because it’s easy to get distracted during online lessons.