"NTNU strongly recommends that all NTNU students who are outside Norway return home. This applies especially if you are staying in a country with poorly developed health services and infrastructure and/or collective infrastructure, for example the USA."
In one way, it is stating the obvious, since HN submissions about the US health care have been aplenty; in another way, this seems to be a genuine show of care for the students stuck in the US; in yet another, political shots have been fired, and USA starts being perceived as the third world country that it is with regard to its public health care services. (Unless you happen to be rich, which you likely don't.)
They're not just concerned about health care, they're concerned about the whole infrastructure in the US. They just formulated the wording a bit strange. Collective infrastructure for instance is probably "public transportation" since "kollektivtransport" in Norwegian is public transportation.
I'm not taking any sides here but personally I know where I'd like to be if I become sick. I might actually be already, I've started to have chest pains and slime balls and a slight fever last few days.
Maybe a lesson learned from all of this is that being rich can't buy you herd immunity, and the health of millions of uninsured people will affect your life. And when overwhelmed hospitals are triaging in the moment based on who has the highest chance of survival, it's unclear that a credit score is going to factor in to the decision.
Do you know who I am?! I'm J Paul Getty....
Age? 80. (hypothetical I know he died in 70s...).
And you?
I'm 40 with two kids.. Wife's a homemaker, I'm sole breadwinner.
Dr... 2nd one is stronger, and has young kids to watch for...move him to top of list...
Getty: But I'm J. Paul Getty.
Dr: Sorry, your chances are less of survival, you're more of a strain on the system, it's just survival of the fittest, kind of like how capitalism works, you get it right?
In one way, it is stating the obvious, since HN submissions about the US health care have been aplenty; in another way, this seems to be a genuine show of care for the students stuck in the US; in yet another, political shots have been fired, and USA starts being perceived as the third world country that it is with regard to its public health care services. (Unless you happen to be rich, which you likely don't.)