JMU Sending Students Home

[Anonymous]

I think testing is a requirement - 3/4x per week.

[Anonymous]

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To be clear, they are sending on campus kids home. But rec centers and dining halls will remain open for off campus kids. How does this make any sense at all??????

Exactly - all off-campus students staying in Harrisonburg. This makes no sense. Word on the street is that many college freshman are planning to move off-campus rather than go home.

Friends kid applied for an exception to stay at JMU and it was granted. No real reason. No hardship at home, all online classes, etc.

MYOB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-30/colleges-with-covid-outbreaks-advised-to-keep-students-on-campus

They should keep students on campus and try to keep infection rate down; not send them home to infect the community

yeah, isn't that how Notre Dame flattened their curve?

Notre Dame will continue to do well until they open back up, then cases will slowly begin to rise again.
Have they learned nothing since March?

I am still waiting on your prediction to come true. Not yet. Are you still hoping?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-30/colleges-with-covid-outbreaks-advised-to-keep-students-on-campus

They should keep students on campus and try to keep infection rate down; not send them home to infect the community

yeah, isn't that how Notre Dame flattened their curve?

Notre Dame will continue to do well until they open back up, then cases will slowly begin to rise again.
Have they learned nothing since March?

I am still waiting on your prediction to come true. Not yet. Are you still hoping?

Not the PP you're waiting for, but the cases might be slowly rising again after several days of <3 following lockdown they are back to >5 on multiple days. This might not sound as bad as their outbreak, but other similar colleges try to control things again after those numbers to prevent further spread. W&M (which is a similar size as ND) had <10 cases total since they started and they are doing a complete re-testing of everyone as a precaution post Labor day to due a rise in the local community which of course will put their numbers up once they do, but that's a pretty significant commitment when there are currently so few positive cases comparatively.

[Anonymous]

My JMU kid who lives off-campus got sick on this week after he and his housemates tried their best to avoid it. DS is the sickest of the 3, exhaustion, body aches, chills and night sweats, and now he's sounding congested. I told him to get tested but the waits are hours long and he wasn't feeling up to that. He says everyone they know off campus either has gotten sick or lives with someone who's sick so they assume they have it.

[Anonymous]

Sincerely wondering, did you not see this coming?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My JMU kid who lives off-campus got sick on this week after he and his housemates tried their best to avoid it. DS is the sickest of the 3, exhaustion, body aches, chills and night sweats, and now he's sounding congested. I told him to get tested but the waits are hours long and he wasn't feeling up to that. He says everyone they know off campus either has gotten sick or lives with someone who's sick so they assume they have it.

I am so sorry to hear this. I hope he gets better soon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My JMU kid who lives off-campus got sick on this week after he and his housemates tried their best to avoid it. DS is the sickest of the 3, exhaustion, body aches, chills and night sweats, and now he's sounding congested. I told him to get tested but the waits are hours long and he wasn't feeling up to that. He says everyone they know off campus either has gotten sick or lives with someone who's sick so they assume they have it.

This sounds like my son’s roommate! Four of them share a house and one got really sick last week - same exact symptoms. He was the only sick one, but they all went to get tests and ALL were negative - even the boy who had been so sick (he’s fine now). We thought for sure they would all be positive, but nope. So now we’re wondering what he had! Strange.

[Anonymous]

I think the JMU leadership needs to be replaced. The concept of bringing the students back without testing was flawed. Because the disease spreads for several days without symptoms....

Now, it is spreading into the broader community. President of JMU needs to answer for this. People in the Harrisonburg community will die. (maybe not students).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-30/colleges-with-covid-outbreaks-advised-to-keep-students-on-campus

They should keep students on campus and try to keep infection rate down; not send them home to infect the community

yeah, isn't that how Notre Dame flattened their curve?

Notre Dame will continue to do well until they open back up, then cases will slowly begin to rise again.
Have they learned nothing since March?

I am still waiting on your prediction to come true. Not yet. Are you still hoping?

Not the PP you're waiting for, but the cases might be slowly rising again after several days of <3 following lockdown they are back to >5 on multiple days. This might not sound as bad as their outbreak, but other similar colleges try to control things again after those numbers to prevent further spread. W&M (which is a similar size as ND) had <10 cases total since they started and they are doing a complete re-testing of everyone as a precaution post Labor day to due a rise in the local community which of course will put their numbers up once they do, but that's a pretty significant commitment when there are currently so few positive cases comparatively.

The past few days at ND have had 10, 7, 7, and 8 cases after multiple days below 3, right on cue for when the opening would translate to a slow rise in cases as the that pp predicted. I can't imagine anyone is *hoping* for this but we can't pretend it's not happening. ND will decide what level of rise they are okay with but many places think >5/day is too much and can lead to too much spread and thus increase testing and social distancing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My JMU kid who lives off-campus got sick on this week after he and his housemates tried their best to avoid it. DS is the sickest of the 3, exhaustion, body aches, chills and night sweats, and now he's sounding congested. I told him to get tested but the waits are hours long and he wasn't feeling up to that. He says everyone they know off campus either has gotten sick or lives with someone who's sick so they assume they have it.

This sounds like my son’s roommate! Four of them share a house and one got really sick last week - same exact symptoms. He was the only sick one, but they all went to get tests and ALL were negative - even the boy who had been so sick (he’s fine now). We thought for sure they would all be positive, but nope. So now we’re wondering what he had! Strange.

Did they get tested in Harrisonburg? Maybe they had false negatives?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the JMU leadership needs to be replaced. The concept of bringing the students back without testing was flawed. Because the disease spreads for several days without symptoms....

Now, it is spreading into the broader community. President of JMU needs to answer for this. People in the Harrisonburg community will die. (maybe not students).

At any university where there are 2/3-3/4 off students who live off campus under their own private leases, kids were going to go back regardless of university decisions. Though admin at colleges can educate, discourage gatherings, and issue some consequences, it's simply not entirely in their control. It's disappointing some (not ALL) students have utter disregard for compliance, but in the multiple college towns I've been in during covid, there have been plenty of non-students disregarding precautions too. The responsibility is on all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My JMU kid who lives off-campus got sick on this week after he and his housemates tried their best to avoid it. DS is the sickest of the 3, exhaustion, body aches, chills and night sweats, and now he's sounding congested. I told him to get tested but the waits are hours long and he wasn't feeling up to that. He says everyone they know off campus either has gotten sick or lives with someone who's sick so they assume they have it.

This sounds like my son’s roommate! Four of them share a house and one got really sick last week - same exact symptoms. He was the only sick one, but they all went to get tests and ALL were negative - even the boy who had been so sick (he’s fine now). We thought for sure they would all be positive, but nope. So now we’re wondering what he had! Strange.

Did they get tested in Harrisonburg? Maybe they had false negatives?

There's definitely a second bug going around H'burg. I had a student with high fever who tested negative and went home. She was sick for almost a week and they retested her for covid once she was home but it was negative again.

[Anonymous]

That’s interesting! And of course a lot of confusion potential.

[Anonymous]

My doctor does Covid tress a day only around 3 percent of people who think they had it tests positive.