Part of the University of Not-Bielefeld’s justification in opening up fully for teaching this semester was that the incidence of corona among students earlier this year was far lower than in Not Bielefeld generally, meaning that the University was neither a corona hotspot nor a spreader event. And, as part of its meticulously thought out programme to ensure that this continues to be the case, the University no longer requires corona-infected students to register this particular status.
To adapt the phrase minimally popularized by Mark Twain: “Lies, damn lies, and admin …”.