A Syracuse University professor was reportedly placed on administrative leave for referring to the novel coronavirus as🧸 the “Wuhan flu” on hi🍃s course syllabus.
The unidentified professor also called the virus the “Chinese Communist Party Virus,” , citing a photo of the syllabus posted by soc🌱ial media account The Tab Syracuse.
“Syracuse University unequivocally condemns racism and xenophobia and rejects bigotry, hate and intolerance of any kind,” the university said in a Tuesday statement announcing t♈he move.
“The derogatory language used by a professor on his course syllabus is damaging to the learning environment for our students and offensive to Chinese, international and Asian-Americans everywhere who have experienced hate speech, rhetoric and actions sin♈ce the pandemic began,” the school added.
The professor will be on leave pending an investigation by the Office of Equal Opportunity, Inclusion and Resolut𝓡ion Service🌌s, the school said.
COVID-19, which has infected over 23 million people globally and ki🧸lled over 815,000, is believed to have first emerged last year at a wet market in Wuhan, China.