Fact and fiction blurred by pandemic jargon

As a Trade Union H&S rep I cannot but agree with anon, I'd go even further, most University 'management' have not been on campus since March, save for highly protected photo-op visits by VC's for P.R. use, and as such they have no idea of the day to day operations that are ongoing, relying solely on reports from sycophantic underlings. I'd even say some Universities have 'lied by omission', especially when they've claimed to be 'covid-secure' yet are unable, or unwilling, to share the detailed data on ventilation in teaching spaces with Trades Unions and staff. Many students seeing what was coming last week packed up and travelled home, more are escaping this week, with parents driving to halls to collect them and their possessions, the potential spread of covid in that way is a long way down their list of concerns, the spread within the University is much much higher. Though from local reports it's not the freshers in Halls who have caught/spread it mostly, it's the 2nd/3rd year undergrads and Post Grads partying in Hovels of Multiple Occupation, so now it's not 'just' the 300 local grannies that will die, but them and an even greater number in the communities the students return home to. What comes next? Something is afoot, our 'report and edict' H&S 'consultation' meeting due to be held with management on-line in early December has been put back until late January, the Universities senior management claiming a 'more urgent' meeting now needs to be done that means we mere Health & Safety Rep's have to wait until after the Christmas break and fuster cluck. BOHICA!