Norwegian University Shades U.S. Healthcare System in Message to Students Who Are Abroad

The university urged its students to come home, especially if they're in America.

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Over the weekend, a Norwegian university called out the United States healthcare system in a message that was intended for their students who had traveled abroad. In a message strongly recommending those students come home due to the coronavirus' global spread, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology wrote: "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."

The university reportedly backtracked by editing the same message on its Facebook page to simply say "This applies especially if you are staying in a country with poorly developed health services and infrastructure and/or collective infrastructure."

The original message is still on its website. You can click here if you have trust issues. 

Some people found this hilarious or deep or...I don't know. Without sports to fill Twitter trends this is what you get:

Folks this is funny diss from Norway but it’s also true! We are one of the least prepared countries for this #CoronavirusPandemic, we can’t even test anyone & we won’t treat people unless they’re rich enough - recipe for disaster. Countries with single-payer think we’re barbaric. https://t.co/kXIEtrCYKl

— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) March 15, 2020

What Norway is telling its students. If you're in a 3rd world country like the US, return home :-)#coronavirus pic.twitter.com/hIGPvjv78x

— Mahesh Murthy (@maheshmurthy) March 15, 2020

Sweet fucking Lucifer. Aside from being an international pariah, America now officially stands as the Crowned Jewel of ass backwards. Norway just called us out for having health care infrastructure weaker than Melania’s gag reflex. We are the West fucking Virginia of the world.

— 🔥Reverend Dr. Aiden (@SweetFnLucifer) March 15, 2020

Norway with the shade. Accurate, though. pic.twitter.com/xG4QRHki1U

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 15, 2020

Damn, Norway. pic.twitter.com/IwHskXGkB0

— Jeremy Klemin (@JeremyKlemin) March 15, 2020

Norway came out swinging https://t.co/tTUZUloX1j

— kevin daniels (@kevinddaniels) March 15, 2020

PLEASE STOP ROASTING US, NORWAY. WE CANNOT AFFORD THE COPAY FOR THE BURN WARD. 😭😭😭😩😩😩

— Katelyn (@katelynanne) March 15, 2020

Norway has zero fucks left https://t.co/uayy0GJSsa

— Petra Newman (@merlinslaugh) March 15, 2020

Today was supposed to be Selection Sunday.

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