"At that point, I said that whereas I had risked my life to defend my country while in the Air Force, I was not willing to risk my life to teach a class with an unmasked student during this pandemic," said the college professor.
You ever be such an asshole your professor resigns in the middle of class.
The problem is it’s “get in trouble and nothing else happens” vs “quit and get headlines and good PR”
Sometimes your best move is to be a martyr
Also he's 88, dude might literally not be able to take the health risk and finally got fed up and left.