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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would absolutely cancel. [/quote]

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OP, the people making light of this and saying, “FFS, just go!” are probably the same people who called the McLean parents “racist” when they spoke up and insisted the Chinese student visits be canceled (in light of the virus).  And it turns out, the McLean parents were absolutely right to cancel.  Trust your gut, not anonymous posters trying to shame you.[/quote][/quote]

Thanks, pp.

I'm not familiar with visits being cancelled. These were exchange students? [/quote]

Yes.  Longfellow Middle School in McLean was preparing to host some students from China - same province as Wuhan.  The virus had just been reported there, and some of the parents at Longfellow thought it would be prudent to cancel the visit due to the possibility of contamination among the Chinese students.  Ultimately, the visit was cancelled, but not before these parents were called “racists.”  And the students were still allowed to stay in a hotel and go sightseeing here.   :shock:   Of course, if the situation had been reversed, our students would never have been allowed into China in the first place, if a virus was suspected.[/quote]

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