UR needs to do better on reporting COVID-19 cases Courtesy Henry Litsky October 05, 2020 COVID-19 news is dominated by numbers. Number of active cases, number of total cases, number of deaths. So you’d think that the University would want to communicate these vital statistics to us. The University spent so much money on their URCommitment social media campaign, and generally did a great job bombarding our campus with visual reminders to stand here in Starbucks, sit here in iZone, social distance when walking through Hillside Market. But they really dropped the ball with the biggest incentive to adhere to COVID-19 rules: the numbers. As students who risked catching COVID-19 to attend school in person this year, the last thing we want is for cases to climb, especially because New York Governor Andrew Cuomo requires that schools with 100 cases switch to remote learning for at least two weeks. The biggest weapon at UR’s disposal right now is accurately and loudly reporting cases to the student body.