Iowa students protest in-person classes

Hundreds of students at the University of Iowa are not pleased with the school's response to Covid-19.

From rochester pride./// the white house coronavirus task force is concerned about a surge in iowa covid?

"*19 cases.

The hawkeye state has the highest rate of cases in the u?

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"* increas percent in a weeks time.

In one of the hardest hit counties ?

"* students are calling for action.

Kimt news 3's annalise johnson joins us live in studio.

Annalise?

Katie ?

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"* the task force's report says iowa is in the red zone for covid?

"*19 transmission.

The counties with the highest case counts ?*- polk ?

"* story ?

"* and johnso counties ?

"* also have high student populations.

In johnson county ?

"* home of university of iowa ?

"* hundreds of students are not pleased with the school's response to covid?

"*19.

To be honest it feels like living in an episode of the twilight zone i spoke to one of the organizers of u?

"*iowa sickout.

The person i spoke to wants to remain annonymous.

More than 800 students and faculty signed u?

"*iowa sickout's pledge to call in sick to class today.

Classes began just over a week ago.

These people feel in?

"*person the university likes to tell us that we're a vocal few, that there aren't very many people who don't want in?

"* person classes.

I hope this sickout proves to them that they're wrong.

We're not a vocal few.

We're a vocal many currently ?

"* 935 covid?

"*19 have been self reported at the university of iowa.

U?

"*iowa sickout tells me they have not yet received a direct response from school administration regarding thank you annalise.

We reached out to the university of iowa for comment... it sent kimt news 3 a copy of a letter sent to university faculty yesterday.

It says ?

"* in par*- while the university acknowledges individuals' concerns about in?

"* person instruction, i strongly disagree with the planned manner of expressing those concerns.

I respectfully remind you that as role models, you have an obligation to deliver instruction as assigned, and to provide appropriate notice of