The last few years have revealed that the people running academia are not the best and the brightest:
October 2020
Students self-isolating in halls of residence were ordered to wait in their room if there was a fire so others could leave first.
Health and safety officials at the University of York told those with suspected coronavirus to wait “for a minute” if a blaze broke out so social distancing could be maintained during any evacuation.
The instruction – sent out in an email this week – has now been changed after North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service contacted the university to point out it risked lives.
Coronavirus: Students self-isolating in halls told ‘wait behind if there’s a fire’ | The Independent
But students escaping a burning building still had to maintain “social distancing” while they did that. Good grief.
