Amid Backlash over Collin College's Mask Policy, COVID Kills Student and Dean
When a Collin College student and nursing professor died of COVID-19 last year, it sparked outrage among faculty and staff. Then, reports began circulating last week that another student and the dean of nursing had succumbed to the disease.
For nearly a year, Collin College has repeatedly made headlines over a culture war raging behind the scenes. After criticizing the school’s coronavirus policies, several female professors claimed they were let go in violation of their rights to free speech and due process.
Now, as the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant spreads across North Texas, Collin College is preventing its faculty from promoting masks.
Last Thursday, KERA reporter Bill Zeeble said in a tweet that the college had confirmed that Collin College’s dean of nursing, Jane Leach, died from COVID-19 complications. In response, former Collin College history professor Lora Burnett wrote that the school’s president had recently announced another coronavirus death — this time, of a student.
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