Covid on campus? Anyone testing positive now? How are they handling it?

[Anonymous]

I convinced my freshman to take a test today after he said he was exhausted all week with an upset stomach. It’s positive. He’s going to urgent care now to confirm and get documentation. Student health center is closed over the weekend.

The parent group FB page has several posts about positive cases.

This is a huge university where nobody masks. He’s been at countless parties, bars, etc. all week. Plus classes.

The school website basically says: report it to the health center, stay in your room or mask if you must go out, tell your teachers. It also says teachers aren’t responsible for helping; they have discretion even with documentation.

Given that my kid was sick this last week and going to class since he didn’t know he had covid, I bet he will feel better by Monday or Tuesday. There’s nothing preventing him from going to class. He started feeling sick on Wednesday.

Urgent care is filled with students btw.

[Anonymous]

I forgot to mention that the school website also says going home/traveling home (while sick) is an option.

[Anonymous]

My son is at a big 10. Lots of posts on parents page about kids turning pos. They isolate you in a special dorm room if they can unless you live less than 4 hours away you have to go home. You are isolated for 5 days. Last week the dorm filled up and parents are now paying for hotels out of pocket.

If my son felt sick I would tell him not to test. Missing a week of classes is a lot and we all already had delta and omnicrom.

I think schools need to stop this nonsense with isolation. Ever since Delta passed its been like the flu. It was more like a cold with Omnicron for us.

[Anonymous]

The parents on our FB page are not happy that there is no longer a quarantine dorm...says "but the roommate" when we all know the roommate has already been exposed for two days. Some of them also were very disappointed that no one at move in was wearing masks but them. I think i saw maybe two masks that day.

At ours you are supposed to report to the school and order meals via an app. Supposed to wear an N95 when you return to class on day 6-10. Not sure my kid has ever worn an N95 and I certainly didn't send any. When he had covid in May he totally felt fine with a "weird feeling throat" so I am going to guess that he probably wouldn't test like the post above if felt similar...we just had it going thru our house so that's why he tested before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I convinced my freshman to take a test today after he said he was exhausted all week with an upset stomach. It’s positive. He’s going to urgent care now to confirm and get documentation. Student health center is closed over the weekend.

The parent group FB page has several posts about positive cases.

This is a huge university where nobody masks. He’s been at countless parties, bars, etc. all week. Plus classes.

The school website basically says: report it to the health center, stay in your room or mask if you must go out, tell your teachers. It also says teachers aren’t responsible for helping; they have discretion even with documentation.

Given that my kid was sick this last week and going to class since he didn’t know he had covid, I bet he will feel better by Monday or Tuesday. There’s nothing preventing him from going to class. He started feeling sick on Wednesday.

Urgent care is filled with students btw.

That's normal at the start of college. My kid was sick almost the entire first semester with one thing or another (never covid). Same with most of the kids in her dorm. College is a petri dish of germs. Mono, flu, strep were constantly going around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is at a big 10. Lots of posts on parents page about kids turning pos. They isolate you in a special dorm room if they can unless you live less than 4 hours away you have to go home. You are isolated for 5 days. Last week the dorm filled up and parents are now paying for hotels out of pocket.

If my son felt sick I would tell him not to test. Missing a week of classes is a lot and we all already had delta and omnicrom.

I think schools need to stop this nonsense with isolation. Ever since Delta passed its been like the flu. It was more like a cold with Omnicron for us.

You’re so damn pathetic. He should be expelled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I convinced my freshman to take a test today after he said he was exhausted all week with an upset stomach. It’s positive. He’s going to urgent care now to confirm and get documentation. Student health center is closed over the weekend.

The parent group FB page has several posts about positive cases.

This is a huge university where nobody masks. He’s been at countless parties, bars, etc. all week. Plus classes.

The school website basically says: report it to the health center, stay in your room or mask if you must go out, tell your teachers. It also says teachers aren’t responsible for helping; they have discretion even with documentation.

Given that my kid was sick this last week and going to class since he didn’t know he had covid, I bet he will feel better by Monday or Tuesday. There’s nothing preventing him from going to class. He started feeling sick on Wednesday.

Urgent care is filled with students btw.

That's normal at the start of college. My kid was sick almost the entire first semester with one thing or another (never covid). Same with most of the kids in her dorm. College is a petri dish of germs. Mono, flu, strep were constantly going around.

Except it was covid. Everyone who came in asked for a covid test and said they tested positive with an at-home test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is at a big 10. Lots of posts on parents page about kids turning pos. They isolate you in a special dorm room if they can unless you live less than 4 hours away you have to go home. You are isolated for 5 days. Last week the dorm filled up and parents are now paying for hotels out of pocket.

If my son felt sick I would tell him not to test. Missing a week of classes is a lot and we all already had delta and omnicrom.

I think schools need to stop this nonsense with isolation. Ever since Delta passed its been like the flu. It was more like a cold with Omnicron for us.

You’re so damn pathetic. He should be expelled.

At this point we need to end testing and end any isolation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is at a big 10. Lots of posts on parents page about kids turning pos. They isolate you in a special dorm room if they can unless you live less than 4 hours away you have to go home. You are isolated for 5 days. Last week the dorm filled up and parents are now paying for hotels out of pocket.

If my son felt sick I would tell him not to test. Missing a week of classes is a lot and we all already had delta and omnicrom.

I think schools need to stop this nonsense with isolation. Ever since Delta passed its been like the flu. It was more like a cold with Omnicron for us.

You’re so damn pathetic. He should be expelled.

At this point we need to end testing and end any isolation.

Why?

[Anonymous]

He does not need to go to urgent care!! That’s so selfish. It just means he will spread COVID to everyone there and unless he’s immunocompromised, he’s not going to qualify for any treatments.

If for some reason he needs an extra test, tell him to go thru a cvs drive thru or do a labcorp pixel thru the mail

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is at a big 10. Lots of posts on parents page about kids turning pos. They isolate you in a special dorm room if they can unless you live less than 4 hours away you have to go home. You are isolated for 5 days. Last week the dorm filled up and parents are now paying for hotels out of pocket.

If my son felt sick I would tell him not to test. Missing a week of classes is a lot and we all already had delta and omnicrom.

I think schools need to stop this nonsense with isolation. Ever since Delta passed its been like the flu. It was more like a cold with Omnicron for us.

You’re so damn pathetic. He should be expelled.

At this point we need to end testing and end any isolation.

Why?

Because it is meaningless. So many do not. The value in doing this for others at a macro level does not exist anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He does not need to go to urgent care!! That’s so selfish. It just means he will spread COVID to everyone there and unless he’s immunocompromised, he’s not going to qualify for any treatments.

If for some reason he needs an extra test, tell him to go thru a cvs drive thru or do a labcorp pixel thru the mail

Calm down. It is not selfish. Home tests don’t work and I wouldn’t trust cvs. Same as home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is at a big 10. Lots of posts on parents page about kids turning pos. They isolate you in a special dorm room if they can unless you live less than 4 hours away you have to go home. You are isolated for 5 days. Last week the dorm filled up and parents are now paying for hotels out of pocket.

If my son felt sick I would tell him not to test. Missing a week of classes is a lot and we all already had delta and omnicrom.

I think schools need to stop this nonsense with isolation. Ever since Delta passed its been like the flu. It was more like a cold with Omnicron for us.

You’re so damn pathetic. He should be expelled.

At this point we need to end testing and end any isolation.

NP. I agree. What, exactly, is the point? The person has already been spreading germs (like everyone else), days before testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is at a big 10. Lots of posts on parents page about kids turning pos. They isolate you in a special dorm room if they can unless you live less than 4 hours away you have to go home. You are isolated for 5 days. Last week the dorm filled up and parents are now paying for hotels out of pocket.

If my son felt sick I would tell him not to test. Missing a week of classes is a lot and we all already had delta and omnicrom.

I think schools need to stop this nonsense with isolation. Ever since Delta passed its been like the flu. It was more like a cold with Omnicron for us.

Wow, you're cavalier with everyone else's health. You really don't get this disease or even how to spell its variant! Having omicron does not necessarily build not sufficient antibodies to prevent reinfection, esp w/ additional variants. Yes, there is some spreading before getting a positive test, but ignoring testing and isolating is just going to reignite the pandemic and result in more variants. Just try to be responsible.

[Anonymous]

My freshman’s school has no isolation dorm and no virtual class options, and positive kids are told to go home if they’re in a dorm. I heard kids who bothered to test went home on Amtrak. Most kids realize it’s a don’t ask don’t tell type policy.