JMU Sending Students Home

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I didn’t know any better, I’d say we don’t know what the f*ck we’re doing.

Universities are responding to incentives. The federal government has done nothing to help universities. Actually, our government has taken action to harm universities, because Republicans hate universities because scientists at universities screw up oil and gas CEO's ability to cash in while destroying the planet.

So university leadership has ZERO options. They have to try to bring kids back. They have to try to get local gov't to tell the students to leave. Then they can act like their hands were forced and they have legal leverage to break contracts.

What should be happening: Fed gov't should be setting clear standards and have a nationwide plan, with financial support for all companies and for all universities, not just for companies that are cronies of the president and his party.

But we don't have that. Because Republicans want to enrich themselves and harm universities and they don't care who gets harmed or if our economy is destroyed and American kids are at a disadvantage because of decreased education. The GOP just. doesn't. care. about you. Universities are trying their best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I didn’t know any better, I’d say we don’t know what the f*ck we’re doing.

Universities are responding to incentives. The federal government has done nothing to help universities. Actually, our government has taken action to harm universities, because Republicans hate universities because scientists at universities screw up oil and gas CEO's ability to cash in while destroying the planet.

So university leadership has ZERO options. They have to try to bring kids back. They have to try to get local gov't to tell the students to leave. Then they can act like their hands were forced and they have legal leverage to break contracts.

What should be happening: Fed gov't should be setting clear standards and have a nationwide plan, with financial support for all companies and for all universities, not just for companies that are cronies of the president and his party.

But we don't have that. Because Republicans want to enrich themselves and harm universities and they don't care who gets harmed or if our economy is destroyed and American kids are at a disadvantage because of decreased education. The GOP just. doesn't. care. about you. Universities are trying their best.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, let’s go ahead and scatter those new infections far and wide. Great idea!

Do you expect them to build a few $100M dorms overnight to house everyone who needs to quarantine?

Motels.

[Anonymous]

Get real, people.
The only reason any college even attempted to open is to keep their freshmen admits from deferring or choosing a different school that promised to open.
They all got what they wanted. Their students arrived, and now they can send them home, knowing they’ll continue online because it’s too late to change their minds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I didn’t know any better, I’d say we don’t know what the f*ck we’re doing.

Well, yeah. Universities, especially large public universities, are controlled by idiot backwater crony paper pushers who spend decades in an Ivory Tower bubble. Recent case study would be Michigan State University's handling of the Larry Nassar pedophile scandal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are these cases counted in the VA daily numbers of positive cases?

Yes, because the test was administered in VA and the testing company has to report it to public health authorities in their (testing company's) local jurisdiction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am guessing local authorities want to stop the spread fast by getting rid of all the students -- Hopefully, students will get tested when they return home

Don’t have any recent data, but years ago the town was know for being very adversarial towards the students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is it being suggested to students that live in off-campus apartments to go home too?

No. If they are already living off-campus, they can stay there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I didn’t know any better, I’d say we don’t know what the f*ck we’re doing.

Universities are responding to incentives. The federal government has done nothing to help universities. Actually, our government has taken action to harm universities, because Republicans hate universities because scientists at universities screw up oil and gas CEO's ability to cash in while destroying the planet.

So university leadership has ZERO options. They have to try to bring kids back. They have to try to get local gov't to tell the students to leave. Then they can act like their hands were forced and they have legal leverage to break contracts.

What should be happening: Fed gov't should be setting clear standards and have a nationwide plan, with financial support for all companies and for all universities, not just for companies that are cronies of the president and his party.

But we don't have that. Because Republicans want to enrich themselves and harm universities and they don't care who gets harmed or if our economy is destroyed and American kids are at a disadvantage because of decreased education. The GOP just. doesn't. care. about you. Universities are trying their best.

Wow, are you unhinges. Trust a liberal to try blaming everyone else for something that’s happening all over the country.

[Anonymous]

*Unhinged

[Anonymous]

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 is an elite filthy rich private school; JMU is a broke public degree mill

Wow, you sound charming.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I didn’t know any better, I’d say we don’t know what the f*ck we’re doing.

Universities are responding to incentives. The federal government has done nothing to help universities. Actually, our government has taken action to harm universities, because Republicans hate universities because scientists at universities screw up oil and gas CEO's ability to cash in while destroying the planet.

So university leadership has ZERO options. They have to try to bring kids back. They have to try to get local gov't to tell the students to leave. Then they can act like their hands were forced and they have legal leverage to break contracts.

What should be happening: Fed gov't should be setting clear standards and have a nationwide plan, with financial support for all companies and for all universities, not just for companies that are cronies of the president and his party.

But we don't have that. Because Republicans want to enrich themselves and harm universities and they don't care who gets harmed or if our economy is destroyed and American kids are at a disadvantage because of decreased education. The GOP just. doesn't. care. about you. Universities are trying their best.

Wow, are you unhinges. Trust a liberal to try blaming everyone else for something that’s happening all over the country.

NP. What's "unhinged" is a country with NO national comprehensive national strategy to handle a pandemic either medically or socioeconomically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, let’s go ahead and scatter those new infections far and wide. Great idea!

Do you expect them to build a few $100M dorms overnight to house everyone who needs to quarantine?

Motels.

Who pays for that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get real, people.
The only reason any college even attempted to open is to keep their freshmen admits from deferring or choosing a different school that promised to open.
They all got what they wanted. Their students arrived, and now they can send them home, knowing they’ll continue online because it’s too late to change their minds.

Notre Dame's deadline to enroll had already passed when they announced they would open and the were fully enrolled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are these cases counted in the VA daily numbers of positive cases?

yes