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Emails show faculty, health officials expressed concern over UNC-Chapel Hill's COVID-19 plan before August reopening - ABC11 Raleigh-Durham <br />https://abc11.com/unc-covid-nc-coronavirus/7029408/[10/19/20, 3:46:34 PM] <br />and actionable response to the thousands of students, <br />facilities workers, and faculty members that have <br />expressed grave life-threatening concerns regarding an <br />in-person return," one of the commission's resolution <br />letter said. <br />Over the summer, the group made a number of <br />recommendations to leaders, including all courses be <br />offered virtually and limiting on-campus housing to <br />those with the greatest need. <br />"As we dialogue with undergraduate students <br />throughout our most marginalized Carolina <br />communities, there is a consistent consensus from <br />both our peers and residents of the town of Chapel <br />Hill-they are scared, fearful, and distrustful," one of <br />the commission's resolution letters said. <br />Greear Webb, a UNC sophomore and member on the <br />commission said he felt the university was responsive <br />to input but frustration came over a lack of acting on <br />the input. <br />"They seemed like they were listening, but they didn't <br />implement it and now look where we are," Webb said. <br />"It was disappointing." <br />Kramer said the faculty committee did conduct surveys <br />between faculty on comfort level coming back to <br />campus and those responses were fairly evenly <br />divided. <br />"The problem was there was no way to mitigate those <br />concerns without abandoning in-person teaching <br />entirely. There was going to be that problem if we <br />taught in person. That's why in some sense, the <br />communication could only go so far. We just couldn't