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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 />Chapman said. <br />A spokesperson for Orange County wrote in an email <br />that the health department is looking to gather more <br />details about campus living before students return to <br />campus again. <br />"I think that what needs to be considered is what is <br />realistic about the progress of the disease. We kept <br />assuming that it was going to get better in the spring. <br />That was sort of the assumption it would be a decline <br />in the fall, that assumption was not correct so I think <br />what we have to think about as we plan for the spring <br />is whatever predictions we might make are likely to be <br />inaccurate in some way because the situation always <br />goes beyond what we can expect," Kramer said. <br />While decisions about the semester are being made, <br />the university announced last week the semester will <br />be delayed two weeks and there will not be a <br />traditional Spring Break. <br />UNC-Chapel Hill officials declined an on-camera <br />interview and did not directly answer all of the I- <br />Team's questions but did provide links to past <br />announcements and videos to various planning <br />meetings. <br />The I-Team has requested emails between UNC <br />System Board of Governors over this same time period. <br />These emails have still not been released nearly two <br />months after the request. <br />Report a correction or typo <br />RELATED TOPICS: <br />education chapel hill unc coronavirus college i team