More Than 6,600 Coronavirus Cases Have Been Linked to U.S. Colleges

[Anonymous]

As college students and professors decide whether to head back to class, and as universities weigh how and whether to reopen, the coronavirus is already on campus.

A New York Times survey of every public four-year college in the country, as well as every private institution that competes in Division I sports or is a member of an elite group of research universities, revealed at least 6,600 cases tied to about 270 colleges over the course of the pandemic. And the new academic year has not even begun at most schools.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/28/us/covid-19-colleges-universities.html?searchResultPosition=1

Well it will be very hard to reopen colleges/universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

As college students and professors decide whether to head back to class, and as universities weigh how and whether to reopen, the coronavirus is already on campus.

A New York Times survey of every public four-year college in the country, as well as every private institution that competes in Division I sports or is a member of an elite group of research universities, revealed at least 6,600 cases tied to about 270 colleges over the course of the pandemic. And the new academic year has not even begun at most schools.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/28/us/covid-19-colleges-universities.html?searchResultPosition=1

Well it will be very hard to reopen colleges/universities.

Considering that there are 20 million college students in the U.S. 6600 is a ridiculously small number of cases.

[Anonymous]

Still team open.

College kids can isolate from older populations. Even if they get sick, they will stay in their dorms and get immunity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

As college students and professors decide whether to head back to class, and as universities weigh how and whether to reopen, the coronavirus is already on campus.

A New York Times survey of every public four-year college in the country, as well as every private institution that competes in Division I sports or is a member of an elite group of research universities, revealed at least 6,600 cases tied to about 270 colleges over the course of the pandemic. And the new academic year has not even begun at most schools.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/28/us/covid-19-colleges-universities.html?searchResultPosition=1

Well it will be very hard to reopen colleges/universities.

Considering that there are 20 million college students in the U.S. 6600 is a ridiculously small number of cases.

Psst: school hasn't even started yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still team open.

College kids can isolate from older populations. Even if they get sick, they will stay in their dorms and get immunity.

I understand why campuses are opening and I’m not necessarily opposed, but thinking they can or will isolate from older populations is ridiculous. I live three blocks from a college campus. Many students live in my neighborhood and many of my neighbors work there. (As do I, but I will continue to WFH.) We used the same gas stations and grocery stores. Many parents desperate for childcare will hire college students as babysitters or tutors. I could go on and on, but you get the point. If cases among young people are already exploding now during the summer, just wait...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still team open.

College kids can isolate from older populations. Even if they get sick, they will stay in their dorms and get immunity.

And kill their professors...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

As college students and professors decide whether to head back to class, and as universities weigh how and whether to reopen, the coronavirus is already on campus.

A New York Times survey of every public four-year college in the country, as well as every private institution that competes in Division I sports or is a member of an elite group of research universities, revealed at least 6,600 cases tied to about 270 colleges over the course of the pandemic. And the new academic year has not even begun at most schools.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/28/us/covid-19-colleges-universities.html?searchResultPosition=1

Well it will be very hard to reopen colleges/universities.

Considering that there are 20 million college students in the U.S. 6600 is a ridiculously small number of cases.

Psst: school hasn't even started yet.

True, but citing the fact that .00000000000002 of college students have contracted COVID does not convince me that schools should all be online.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still team open.

College kids can isolate from older populations. Even if they get sick, they will stay in their dorms and get immunity.

And kill their professors...

Open up the ranks

[Anonymous]

Hold up.

This article is absolute garbage. The numbers are intentionally misleading. For example, Uconn is listed as 112 cases.

The cases in question are actually 90 cases among healthcare workers in Farmington, CT at the Uconn Hospital. The other 22 are Uconn employees that have been exclusively teleworking and have not set foot on campus or in any Uconn facility since March.

Not a single class is a student or employee that has had physical contact with the campus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still team open.

College kids can isolate from older populations. Even if they get sick, they will stay in their dorms and get immunity.

And kill their professors...

Why can’t colleges open the dorms and let the kids take classes online?
My kid doesn’t care if her classes are online. She wants to be around people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still team open.

College kids can isolate from older populations. Even if they get sick, they will stay in their dorms and get immunity.

Great plan, infect the entire dorm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

As college students and professors decide whether to head back to class, and as universities weigh how and whether to reopen, the coronavirus is already on campus.

A New York Times survey of every public four-year college in the country, as well as every private institution that competes in Division I sports or is a member of an elite group of research universities, revealed at least 6,600 cases tied to about 270 colleges over the course of the pandemic. And the new academic year has not even begun at most schools.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/28/us/covid-19-colleges-universities.html?searchResultPosition=1

Well it will be very hard to reopen colleges/universities.

Considering that there are 20 million college students in the U.S. 6600 is a ridiculously small number of cases.

Psst: school hasn't even started yet.

Does this go back to February when schools were still in session?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still team open.

College kids can isolate from older populations. Even if they get sick, they will stay in their dorms and get immunity.

And kill their professors...

Why can’t colleges open the dorms and let the kids take classes online?
My kid doesn’t care if her classes are online. She wants to be around people.

Maybe you both don’t grasp that “being around people” is a problem until the pandemic is under control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hold up.

This article is absolute garbage. The numbers are intentionally misleading. For example, Uconn is listed as 112 cases.

The cases in question are actually 90 cases among healthcare workers in Farmington, CT at the Uconn Hospital. The other 22 are Uconn employees that have been exclusively teleworking and have not set foot on campus or in any Uconn facility since March.

Not a single class is a student or employee that has had physical contact with the campus.

Thanks for adding this context, PP.
I think another thing to consider is that even in the instances in which the numbers *do* reflect students, the students that are back on campus are largely sports teams. Meaning folks engaging in sport--in close contact without a mask.
A "typical" college student in contrast will be able to wear a mask, and the classrooms can be set up with appropriate social distance.
I realize their might still be outbreaks, but I think the circumstances are different, so they can be limited and contained provided the colleges follow through with their stated plans of frequent testing and separate quarantine dorms for covid-positive students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still team open.

College kids can isolate from older populations. Even if they get sick, they will stay in their dorms and get immunity.

Same here. They have less side effects than having the flu. The media is going to be all over these numbers is a fear factoring way. None of them are even in a hospital. Almost all of them aren't even showing symptoms. Now they have it and will move on.