COVID-19 is a threat to the health of the Georgia Tech student body and faculty members. With the newly identified positive cases in Fulton County, the well-being of Georgia Tech family is threatened. If the Georgia Tech campus hesitates and does not shut down immediately, COVID-19 will spread throughout the campus before it can be stopped, thereby endangering the lives of all 24,150 students and over 7000 faculty members. 

An infected individual may take up to 14 days to show symptoms of COVID-19, therefore the newly identified cases may have already started spreading in the community. Georgia Tech needs to close the campus for at least two weeks and use online teaching tools to protect the students and faculty members.