Yale Or Jail? Ivy League School Bans Students From Visiting Local Businesses And Restaurants, Even Outdoors, Due To COVID-19

It costs just shy of $80,000 to attend Yale University — a school once considered one of America’s finest places of higher education — while receiving room and board in New Haven, Connecticut. But, with COVID-19 cases rising again due to the Omicron variant, the Ivy League school recently told students that they will not be allowed to jaunt around New Haven’s numerous bars and dining options — like the world-famous Pepe’s Pizzeria — unless they get the food to go via curbside pick-up. University administrators even told students they cannot visit local businesses during this time either.

On Tuesday, the college’s newspaper Yale Daily News announced that school administrators announced a plethora of new COVID-19 restrictions for students returning for the 2022 spring semester.

“Students can return to campus anytime between Jan. 14 and Feb. 4,” the News stated. “They must quarantine in their residences (except to pick up food and test) until they receive results of an arrival test.”

“Yale instituted a campus-wide quarantine until Feb. 7 or (which may be extended depending on public health conditions),” the student outlet added.

“Students may not visit New Haven businesses or eat at local restaurants (even outdoors) except for curbside pickup,” it warned. “Dining is grab-and-go until public health conditions improve. Yale is currently set to resume in-person classes on Feb. 7 — after two weeks of remote instruction.”- READ MORE