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[quote=Anonymous]I have a rising freshman and definitely want him to start on campus. But I understand the concerns.  Kids in dorms and dining halls and secretly getting together to party and socialize, even if off campus create great conditions for viral spread. Nobody rationale disputes that. There is a risk.  Especially when kids come to school from all over the country and bring the virus from hotspots to a remote area that previously had no infections. With food service workers, janitorial staff, teachers, coming from the surrounding community, it can import the virus.

In one sense, healthy young people being astmptomatkc or mildly ill and the long quarantine period makes the issue worse. Kids can wander around infected for 10 days and not know they are exposing people.

The issue is whether colleges can mitigate the risk.  Testing, masks, social distancing, streaming large lectures.  And that parents, students, teachers need to make informed decisions on the relative risk-reward.  Which won’t the the same for every college.

I would drop my kid off early August, not have him come home until Thanksgiving to get his first semester on campus. He is 18 and healthy, so I would be okay with the risk *to my kid*. But it’s not just my kid. It’s other kids, teachers, staff, the community. So I understand the caution. [/quote]

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