Last semester, when someone in Natalie GaNunâs in-person class tested positive for COVID-19, her professor notified the entire class and switched to an online format for two weeks, an action professors at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia are not explicitly allowed to do.
GaNun, a senior chemical and biomolecular engineering major at Georgia Tech, said this protocol seemed necessary because her in-person class reached a high positivity rate for COVID-19 during the fall semester.
GaNun said many freshmen were in her class, which could have led to the high positivity rate. She said she received an email from the Department of Housing at Tech notifying her of a high positivity rate for students living in double-occupancy residences â typical freshman dorms.