Study abroad virus discussion

[Anonymous]

My college student is scheduled to do a study abroad spring break program. She’s been looking forward to this all year. I haven’t heard anything from her school about if the covid virus will impact the trip. I was curious what other schools are doing.

[Anonymous]

Our middle school's Chinese class Spring Break trip to China was cancelled. Obviously.

[Anonymous]

Summer Programs in China were cancelled, and kids who were there called back

[Anonymous]

Italy just cancelled all classes for atleast a week, probably longer. Current study abroad students are not allowed to travel and are wearing masks there. Daughter has several friends there now and they are nervous/scared.

[Anonymous]

Canceling abroad programs in China is a given right now, but what about the rest over spring break and summer? My junior has one planned for a month in Paris and Rome this summer. It's time to start paying deposits and making reservations. My guess is insurance plans may not cover the expenses if the situation worsens and the program is pulled. The college hasn't said a thing about the potential issue to my knowledge. Has anyone heard of colleges starting to address these plans yet?

[Anonymous]

They don't want to see their programs fall through unnecessarily. If asking for deposits, it seems they would somehow acknowledge the risk though.

[Anonymous]

My DD’s spring break program has a dozen kids and one professor. I’m wondering what the students do if the professor gets sick or quarantined along the way. She is buying all of their tickets and even supplying some local currency/meal funds. As if having your kid go overseas wasn’t already expensive and stressful!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My college student is scheduled to do a study abroad spring break program. She’s been looking forward to this all year. I haven’t heard anything from her school about if the covid virus will impact the trip. I was curious what other schools are doing.

My DC is supposed to be going on a spring break study tour also. I have no idea how the school will handle this. I wouldn't want to be the one making that decision.

[Anonymous]

My DS is currently in Denmark and will be heartbroken if they send him home early. He is having such an amazing time.

[Anonymous]

There are more confirmed cases of Covington outside of a China than in China. It is also very possible there are more cases here - the testing protocol has been both very limited AND the test kids CDC has sent are not accurate. You aren’t finding what you don’t look for.

However young people have been the least affected, barring a compromised immune system. If your child is mature enough to practice significant hand hygiene practices, clean their living spaces (kitchen, bath, door handles) then I’d let them go. The colleges may cancel due to liability concerns.

[Anonymous]

My DCs school said they will be canceling study abroad for any program located in a country designated as a Warning Level 3 by the CDC. So as of today that is China and S. Korea:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/index.html

[Anonymous]

Are you guys talking to your students about this? I don’t want to stress her out but also want to make sure she travels knowing the risks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are more confirmed cases of Covington outside of a China than in China. It is also very possible there are more cases here - the testing protocol has been both very limited AND the test kids CDC has sent are not accurate. You aren’t finding what you don’t look for.

However young people have been the least affected, barring a compromised immune system. If your child is mature enough to practice significant hand hygiene practices, clean their living spaces (kitchen, bath, door handles) then I’d let them go. The colleges may cancel due to liability concerns.

You can't really trust any information coming out of China.

[Anonymous]

v. the Trump White House?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:v. the Trump White House?

. Stop. Take it to Politics.