Is Notre Dame screwing up?

[Anonymous]

There is a steady rise in cases but the chatter on campus is one of extremely limited testing, conflicting advice, and still instances of “kids being kids” and not social distancing or overlying guidelines. Starting to wonder if ND is going to make an abrupt about face soon like UNC.

[Anonymous]

Overlying = obeying (typo)

[Anonymous]

100%
They are not far behind UNC and had a very strict plan in place that is proving worthless.

[Anonymous]

Yes. In so many ways.

[Anonymous]

We tried to open. The kids partied. We sent them home. We will not try again until next fall.

[Anonymous]

No - did we give up after taking a few casualties at Omaha Beach? We have to be willing to sacrifice to open our country back up and support the president.

[Anonymous]

I admire them for trying, but it seems not everyone who wants to be tested can get tested, including kids with known contact with positive cases. Lack of testing access could be their downfall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We tried to open. The kids partied. We sent them home. We will not try again until next fall.

Honestly, what did people think a bunch of college kids would do?

[Anonymous]

ND isn’t screwing up and students aren’t either — our country has screwed up. There should endless amounts of tests now. Blaming people because we can’t do surveillance testing is insane.

The only campus that I have seen open with enough rapid testing is UIUC which is using a rapid saliva test they make and analyze on campus. If colleges are not testing every single person 2x a week there will be outbreaks. How many is too many is the only unknown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I admire them for trying, but it seems not everyone who wants to be tested can get tested, including kids with known contact with positive cases. Lack of testing access could be their downfall.

Colleges don’t want to test widely and they especially don’t want to be responsible for off campus students so they don’t have to count them in their numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ND isn’t screwing up and students aren’t either — our country has screwed up. There should endless amounts of tests now. Blaming people because we can’t do surveillance testing is insane.

The only campus that I have seen open with enough rapid testing is UIUC which is using a rapid saliva test they make and analyze on campus. If colleges are not testing every single person 2x a week there will be outbreaks. How many is too many is the only unknown.

Cornell is also testing 2x per week both on and off campus students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ND isn’t screwing up and students aren’t either — our country has screwed up. There should endless amounts of tests now. Blaming people because we can’t do surveillance testing is insane.

The only campus that I have seen open with enough rapid testing is UIUC which is using a rapid saliva test they make and analyze on campus. If colleges are not testing every single person 2x a week there will be outbreaks. How many is too many is the only unknown.

Testing will only inform. If kids are having large unmasked indoor events, on campus classes can not continue. testing just tells us when to close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No - did we give up after taking a few casualties at Omaha Beach? We have to be willing to sacrifice to open our country back up and support the president.

Sarcasm?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ND isn’t screwing up and students aren’t either — our country has screwed up. There should endless amounts of tests now. Blaming people because we can’t do surveillance testing is insane.

The only campus that I have seen open with enough rapid testing is UIUC which is using a rapid saliva test they make and analyze on campus. If colleges are not testing every single person 2x a week there will be outbreaks. How many is too many is the only unknown.

Testing will only inform. If kids are having large unmasked indoor events, on campus classes can not continue. testing just tells us when to close.

Not if it is surveillance testing which drives contact tracing and isolation. Colleges are trying to do the latter 2 with insufficient tests. It won’t work.

The NBA has figured this out. MLB seems to be close. But both test constantly, isolate the players and staff from others, and have a hotline to report people who break the rules. That’s only solution for now.

[Anonymous]

Without the $500 instant test people are getting to attend parties - says the NYT - the students cant socialize. So what do you think will happen.