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[quote=Anonymous]Now that we're in the mitigation stage, the public health goal is to slow down infection and illness among the high-risk, not to stop it. There is no way to keep students from spreading the virus among themselves whether they are in dorms are traveling home. But, they should stay away from the high-risk. On campus, it's the faculty and administrators who are at high risk. If they go home, they shouldn't visit their grandparents. If they conduct all their interactions with the elderly tenured faculty via Zoom, then there is a chance the old folks won't get sick all at once and overwhelm the hospitals.

Another really important reason to keep the dorms open is that many students are better off in them than returning to their parent's home. Some families live in crowded homes not conducive to online classes. There are students from rural areas with no broadband. Others can't afford to eat without the college dining plan. Some students have parents who will see their hours get cut in this crisis and need the student's part-time income.  And some students need college health and counseling services to attend to their well-being. [/quote]

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