St Cuthbert’s Society JCR has received condemnation after a comment was posted from its official Facebook account that has been described as “Sinophobic” and “outdated and malicious”. The comment was posted under a Facebook status about the cancellation of St Cuthbert’s Society summer ball. Responding to a question of why it had been cancelled, the JCR account claimed that it was “because somebody in Wuhan ate a bat in late 2019”. The ball was cancelled by the University, in consultation with local health bodies, four hours before the first buses were due to leave for the venue. St Cuthbert’s Society JCR has apologised for and taken “full responsibility” for the comment, which was posted by a member of its JCR Executive Committee. An investigation has been launched by the college’s board of trustees into the incident. St. Cuthbert’s Society JCR President, Saskia Wootton-Cane, told