How will your child's university handle sick and exposed kids?

[Anonymous]

If the student is asymptomatic or presymptomatic and they are wearing a mask, and everyone they come in contact with, at least in class, the spread will be minimal to none. College kids can wipe their desks down. I think we are expecting too little of them.

The dorms will certainly be a challenge, but the in- class time should be safe.

Essential workers have been in contact with asymptomatic, presymptomatic and symptomatic folks since this started. Masks work. They can do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the student is asymptomatic or presymptomatic and they are wearing a mask, and everyone they come in contact with, at least in class, the spread will be minimal to none. College kids can wipe their desks down. I think we are expecting too little of them.

The dorms will certainly be a challenge, but the in- class time should be safe.

Essential workers have been in contact with asymptomatic, presymptomatic and symptomatic folks since this started. Masks work. They can do this.

But so much of a college kid’s life is outside of class. They’re only in class like 15 hours a week! Do you really see 18 year olds wearing masks to a frat party?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the student is asymptomatic or presymptomatic and they are wearing a mask, and everyone they come in contact with, at least in class, the spread will be minimal to none. College kids can wipe their desks down. I think we are expecting too little of them.

The dorms will certainly be a challenge, but the in- class time should be safe.

Essential workers have been in contact with asymptomatic, presymptomatic and symptomatic folks since this started. Masks work. They can do this.

But so much of a college kid’s life is outside of class. They’re only in class like 15 hours a week! Do you really see 18 year olds wearing masks to a frat party?

This. Students do more than just go to class. It doesn’t matter if they’re wearing masks in class. A contact tracer is still going to identify everyone on that class as someone who was potentially exposed, and direct them to get tested and quarantine until results are back. It’s going to be a mess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^^ You better keep your child home in your bubble.

Send your child to Community College and you can helicopter him/her.

NP. You're an idiot and most likely anti-mask. There is nothing wrong with being concerned about your child's welfare in a situation where it will be difficult to social distance and some, like you, won't adhere to wearing a mask.

Sounds like it's you who needs a babysitter to protect others from you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid’s college is still working out their residential plan. However, if my child was symptomatic, I would likely make the trip to pick him up. Yes, that would expose all of us, but we did it with the flu last year and we were fortunate that no one else got it. I would be willing to take that risk to make sure that he had the care he needed.

You picked up your kid for the flu? Really?

I did, and thank God I did. He ended up being admitted to the hospital overnight for observation because he was severely dehydrated from the fever and his heart was out of rhythm.

And now you're going to send him back to campus where he could catch COVID, which wreaks much more havoc on the body than the flu? I pray he doesn't get it.

Good grief people, stop worrying so much about other people’s adult children.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the student is asymptomatic or presymptomatic and they are wearing a mask, and everyone they come in contact with, at least in class, the spread will be minimal to none. College kids can wipe their desks down. I think we are expecting too little of them.

The dorms will certainly be a challenge, but the in- class time should be safe.

Essential workers have been in contact with asymptomatic, presymptomatic and symptomatic folks since this started. Masks work. They can do this.

But so much of a college kid’s life is outside of class. They’re only in class like 15 hours a week! Do you really see 18 year olds wearing masks to a frat party?

This. Students do more than just go to class. It doesn’t matter if they’re wearing masks in class. A contact tracer is still going to identify everyone on that class as someone who was potentially exposed, and direct them to get tested and quarantine until results are back. It’s going to be a mess.

Adolescents will, overwhelmingly, be fine. The students need to keep the faculty and university staff safe. They can do that. They can also learn to wear masks. They really can.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the student is asymptomatic or presymptomatic and they are wearing a mask, and everyone they come in contact with, at least in class, the spread will be minimal to none. College kids can wipe their desks down. I think we are expecting too little of them.

The dorms will certainly be a challenge, but the in- class time should be safe.

Essential workers have been in contact with asymptomatic, presymptomatic and symptomatic folks since this started. Masks work. They can do this.

But so much of a college kid’s life is outside of class. They’re only in class like 15 hours a week! Do you really see 18 year olds wearing masks to a frat party?

This. Students do more than just go to class. It doesn’t matter if they’re wearing masks in class. A contact tracer is still going to identify everyone on that class as someone who was potentially exposed, and direct them to get tested and quarantine until results are back. It’s going to be a mess.

Adolescents will, overwhelmingly, be fine. The students need to keep the faculty and university staff safe. They can do that. They can also learn to wear masks. They really can.

You still are not understanding my point. Safety is one thing, but probably the bigger concern is the repeated disruptions that are inevitable when students test positive and everyone they attended class with and otherwise come into contact with has to isolate until they get tests results back. Masks are important but they are not going to prevent these scenarios because students have lives outside of class.

[Anonymous]

How can colleges plan now when each day is an unknown. The rate of the current infection could stop any schools from reopening in August. My prediction is they won’t.

[Anonymous]

They won't reopen in California, Texas or Arizone because it would be too expensive to attempt a "reopening with precautions" when cases are spiking in the community.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the student is asymptomatic or presymptomatic and they are wearing a mask, and everyone they come in contact with, at least in class, the spread will be minimal to none. College kids can wipe their desks down. I think we are expecting too little of them.

The dorms will certainly be a challenge, but the in- class time should be safe.

Essential workers have been in contact with asymptomatic, presymptomatic and symptomatic folks since this started. Masks work. They can do this.

But so much of a college kid’s life is outside of class. They’re only in class like 15 hours a week! Do you really see 18 year olds wearing masks to a frat party?

This. Students do more than just go to class. It doesn’t matter if they’re wearing masks in class. A contact tracer is still going to identify everyone on that class as someone who was potentially exposed, and direct them to get tested and quarantine until results are back. It’s going to be a mess.

Adolescents will, overwhelmingly, be fine. The students need to keep the faculty and university staff safe. They can do that. They can also learn to wear masks. They really can.

You still are not understanding my point. Safety is one thing, but probably the bigger concern is the repeated disruptions that are inevitable when students test positive and everyone they attended class with and otherwise come into contact with has to isolate until they get tests results back. Masks are important but they are not going to prevent these scenarios because students have lives outside of class.[/quote]

NP. Those "lives outside of class" now need to be lived like they're responsible adults, then. So many times on this college board there are posters who go on and on about how "your college student is an adult now so you cannot hover" etc. Well, if that's the case, those students need to ACT like the adults so many parents here insist they are and behave as part of the larger community, for the greater good. That means partying is done. If they need "the college experience" that includes partying, they need to take a year off.

The success of this also depends greatly on each college's unique campus layout, location, the surrounding community's layout, how much the college students go out into that community socially in normal times, and the college's, for lack of a better term, culture. DC's small college is self-contained on its campus and 100 percet of students live on campus. It's going to be much easier to monitor things and deal with students who do not wear masks as required, who won't distance, or who go off-campus. Yep, they are not allowed to leave the campus next semester once they're there and part of the extensive, ongoing testing regime which will include regular testing on a schedule, not by whether you think you've been exposed or have symptoms. Will it be heaps of fun? No. Will they be with their friends, all in the same boat and expected to pull together, and expecting each other to pull together? The administration thinks so, but this can happen only because it's not a sprawling campus with a ton of off-campus students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the student is asymptomatic or presymptomatic and they are wearing a mask, and everyone they come in contact with, at least in class, the spread will be minimal to none. College kids can wipe their desks down. I think we are expecting too little of them.

The dorms will certainly be a challenge, but the in- class time should be safe.

Essential workers have been in contact with asymptomatic, presymptomatic and symptomatic folks since this started. Masks work. They can do this.

But so much of a college kid’s life is outside of class. They’re only in class like 15 hours a week! Do you really see 18 year olds wearing masks to a frat party?

This. Students do more than just go to class. It doesn’t matter if they’re wearing masks in class. A contact tracer is still going to identify everyone on that class as someone who was potentially exposed, and direct them to get tested and quarantine until results are back. It’s going to be a mess.

Adolescents will, overwhelmingly, be fine. The students need to keep the faculty and university staff safe. They can do that. They can also learn to wear masks. They really can.

You still are not understanding my point. Safety is one thing, but probably the bigger concern is the repeated disruptions that are inevitable when students test positive and everyone they attended class with and otherwise come into contact with has to isolate until they get tests results back. Masks are important but they are not going to prevent these scenarios because students have lives outside of class.

I am not misunderstanding... I have high expectations of what college kids can manage. With masks, students will not have to quarantine if they take a class with someone who comes up positive...again- masks work. The people who will need to quarantine are those who the positive person was in close contact with without masks. Again- they can do this. My kid would much rather deal with the disruption of being in quarantine for a while than living with us for another semester.

[Anonymous]

As of now, a California univ does have plans to reopen in August

[Anonymous]

USC has not revealed student housing assignments yet. DD is not sure if this is a bad sign...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If the student is asymptomatic or presymptomatic and they are wearing a mask, and everyone they come in contact with, at least in class, the spread will be minimal to none. College kids can wipe their desks down. I think we are expecting too little of them.

The dorms will certainly be a challenge, but the in- class time should be safe.

Essential workers have been in contact with asymptomatic, presymptomatic and symptomatic folks since this started. Masks work. They can do this.

But so much of a college kid’s life is outside of class. They’re only in class like 15 hours a week! Do you really see 18 year olds wearing masks to a frat party?

This. Students do more than just go to class. It doesn’t matter if they’re wearing masks in class. A contact tracer is still going to identify everyone on that class as someone who was potentially exposed, and direct them to get tested and quarantine until results are back. It’s going to be a mess.

Adolescents will, overwhelmingly, be fine. The students need to keep the faculty and university staff safe. They can do that. They can also learn to wear masks. They really can.

You still are not understanding my point. Safety is one thing, but probably the bigger concern is the repeated disruptions that are inevitable when students test positive and everyone they attended class with and otherwise come into contact with has to isolate until they get tests results back. Masks are important but they are not going to prevent these scenarios because students have lives outside of class.

I am not misunderstanding... I have high expectations of what college kids can manage. With masks, students will not have to quarantine if they take a class with someone who comes up positive...again- masks work. The people who will need to quarantine are those who the positive person was in close contact with without masks. Again- they can do this. My kid would much rather deal with the disruption of being in quarantine for a while than living with us for another semester.

?? What makes you think a student who has been in a class with someone who tests positive will not have to quarantine? What you think should happen doesn't matter -- what the health department says matters. Where have you read that anyone wearing a mask that shared indoor space with a person who tests positive will not be asked to quarantine? (Not counting medical personnel who work with COVID patients and have full PPE -- that is apples to oranges.)

[Anonymous]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/patch.com/washington/seattle/amp/28828694/coronavirus-cluster-at-university-of-washingtons-greek-row

Outbreak from a University of Washington fraternity house