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A professor at a Michigan university was seen in an introductory video for one of his classes repeatedly using profanities, saying that he randomly assigns grades before the first day of class and calling students "vectors of disease."

In the 14-minute video, which was posted on the professor's YouTube channel and had garnered more than 216,000 views as of Friday morning, Mehler initially appeared on camera wearing an astronaut helmet with a face mask underneath.

He removed the mask and helmet and began to comment on the dangers and impact of the coronavirus.

"I don't know whether you people have noticed it's dangerous to breathe the air. Many of your experts are advising wearing masks because there's a deadly virus spreading around the planet. Your civilization is collapsing, and life on your planet is going extinct. Maybe you just didn't notice, but the level of suffering on this planet is going through the roof," he said.

Mehler then explained that he planned to wear the helmet when in-person classes commence to protect himself from COVID-19, and said that he doesn't "want to be anywhere near" his students.

"You people are just vectors of disease to me," Mehler said, adding that if students want to talk with him they should do so over Zoom.

He goes on to talk about how he grades his class.

"Well, let me set your mind at ease about that. You don't have a thing to worry about because there's absolutely nothing you can do. You have no control over your grade," he said.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD5VM0j2lps&source=patrick.net