UVA sticking with Hybrid.. Welcoming first years to Campus next week

[Anonymous]

Smarter kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In Virginia, several schools have welcomed students back. Only William and Mary is not seeing a surge in cases. Radford is a disaster -- they can't test more than 60 people a day...JMU seems to be about to explode. VCU had to find more quarantine dorms.

VT is rising, but it is not more than you would expect based on the campus size (10 at Tech compared to 50 or so at Radford). W & M had one in the last week.

What’s William and Mary doing differently that’s making its return to school plan work?

William and Mary draws a quieter crowd that doesn’t party as much. Their greek life is homely compared to a lot of other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia, several schools have welcomed students back. Only William and Mary is not seeing a surge in cases. Radford is a disaster -- they can't test more than 60 people a day...JMU seems to be about to explode. VCU had to find more quarantine dorms.

VT is rising, but it is not more than you would expect based on the campus size (10 at Tech compared to 50 or so at Radford). W & M had one in the last week.

Wow, freak out much. Let me know when hospitalizations and deaths spike in Harrisonburg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia, several schools have welcomed students back. Only William and Mary is not seeing a surge in cases. Radford is a disaster -- they can't test more than 60 people a day...JMU seems to be about to explode. VCU had to find more quarantine dorms.

VT is rising, but it is not more than you would expect based on the campus size (10 at Tech compared to 50 or so at Radford). W & M had one in the last week.

Wow, freak out much. Let me know when hospitalizations and deaths spike in Harrisonburg.

You again? It is not all about deaths...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia, several schools have welcomed students back. Only William and Mary is not seeing a surge in cases. Radford is a disaster -- they can't test more than 60 people a day...JMU seems to be about to explode. VCU had to find more quarantine dorms.

VT is rising, but it is not more than you would expect based on the campus size (10 at Tech compared to 50 or so at Radford). W & M had one in the last week.

What’s William and Mary doing differently that’s making its return to school plan work?

William and Mary is testing every student prior to being allowed on campus. That may include student preferring to distance learn, and does include students living off campus. So, initially, at least, everyone on campus is covid negative. They are also doing a phased move in -- freshman and RA's first (plus OA's). Of course, they can not restrict when off campus students return.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia, several schools have welcomed students back. Only William and Mary is not seeing a surge in cases. Radford is a disaster -- they can't test more than 60 people a day...JMU seems to be about to explode. VCU had to find more quarantine dorms.

VT is rising, but it is not more than you would expect based on the campus size (10 at Tech compared to 50 or so at Radford). W & M had one in the last week.

What’s William and Mary doing differently that’s making its return to school plan work?

William and Mary draws a quieter crowd that doesn’t party as much. Their greek life is homely compared to a lot of other schools.

Or, another interpretation is it tends attracts kids that can follow medical advice and recognize they share responsibility in the Covid response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia, several schools have welcomed students back. Only William and Mary is not seeing a surge in cases. Radford is a disaster -- they can't test more than 60 people a day...JMU seems to be about to explode. VCU had to find more quarantine dorms.

VT is rising, but it is not more than you would expect based on the campus size (10 at Tech compared to 50 or so at Radford). W & M had one in the last week.

What’s William and Mary doing differently that’s making its return to school plan work?

William and Mary is testing every student prior to being allowed on campus. That may include student preferring to distance learn, and does include students living off campus. So, initially, at least, everyone on campus is covid negative. They are also doing a phased move in -- freshman and RA's first (plus OA's). Of course, they can not restrict when off campus students return.

William and Mary also has a higher percentage of students living on campus. It is probably easier to have more control than at schools with a higher percentage off campus. Still, the big test will come at these schools when a higher percentage of the enrollment has returned.

[Anonymous]

William and Mary hasn’t had students return to campus yet. Radford has has students on campus since Aug 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary hasn’t had students return to campus yet. Radford has has students on campus since Aug 1.

That's news to my kid, who has been living at W&M since August 12.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary hasn’t had students return to campus yet. Radford has has students on campus since Aug 1.

You mean my daughter has been lying to me about her location? Freshman are on campus

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-confirms-plans-welcome-students-back-grounds-fall

After 6 weeks, there's no chance of housing refunds (?)

I agree with their reasoning for reopening. From the link:

"Fourth, we’ve learned from what has happened at other schools. Over the last few weeks, we’ve developed more ambitious testing plans, created additional spaces for isolation and quarantine, and focused on communicating behavioral expectations. We’ve also learned that most outbreaks have been tied to off-campus gatherings, not to on-campus housing and not to classrooms. Indeed, our public health experts believe that classrooms are very low-risk environments.If we were to go all online and close our dorms, we would not be addressing the challenges that we have seen on other campuses."

This is exactly what happened with Towson and makes zero sense to kick a bunch of students out of dorms when the biggest problem are the off-campus students who are going to stay in town anyway.

Yes. The students who live in dorms never come in contact with students who live off campus. Even the classroom. It simply does not happen, they are mutually-exclusive groups.

Not sure what your issue is. It is the amount of time exposed to people who have not been following guidelines that will be the critical factor. Off campus students can't be monitored as closely.

[Anonymous]

It will be interesting to see where all this stands in 6 weeks.

[Anonymous]

https://www.jmu.edu/stop-the-spread/dashboard.shtml

[Anonymous]

UVA tested students before arrival to campus and has some other measures in place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In Virginia, several schools have welcomed students back. Only William and Mary is not seeing a surge in cases. Radford is a disaster -- they can't test more than 60 people a day...JMU seems to be about to explode. VCU had to find more quarantine dorms.

VT is rising, but it is not more than you would expect based on the campus size (10 at Tech compared to 50 or so at Radford). W & M had one in the last week.

Wow, freak out much. Let me know when hospitalizations and deaths spike in Harrisonburg.

You again? It is not all about deaths...

You again? Read much? It said hospitalizations and deaths. If those things aren't spiking, or "exploding" to use the hyperbole from the prior post, then there's no reason to freak out. And certainly no reason to shut down an entire college campus.