Why even use door handles at all? We're still using 3000 year old technology to enter buildings and rooms. Replace them with automatic doors keyed to voice or RFID.
To the Crux of the matter "Four common coronaviruses are in current circulation and cause millions of cases worldwide. This article compares the incidence and mortality rates of these four common coronaviruses with those of SARS-COV-2 in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. It is concluded that the problem of SARS-CoV-2 is probably being overestimated, as 2.6 million people die of respiratory infections each year compared with less than 4000 deaths for SARS-CoV-2 at the time of writing."
The landlord does have a valid health concern. Healthcare professionals have a astronomical risk associated with their job during this pandemic. It's not really the fault of any party it's just s* suck sometimes.
"But Georgia Tech said it first needed an official request from someone overseeing coronavirus efforts — even though it already had the email from Lapitan"
Yeah; just let me call God here, permission restored.