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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I question the cost vs benefit, although there are so many unknowns.  What happens when, two weeks from now, some other person with a connection to the university tests positive?  This could go on for months.

Intuitively, my guess is that the horse is very far out of the barn at this point.  Colleges calling off in-person classes doesn't seem likely to make a difference, especially since the students are living on campus anyway.[/quote]

The idea is that mass quarantines can stop the spread. If we believe the Chinese (not sure) what they did succeeded in halting the spread and emergence of new cases. So, if everything shut down and people actually followed the quarantine guidelines here, it might minimize the spread and rate of COVID19 infection. [/quote]
But the campus is not under quarantine.  Students are living their lives, just without going to class.  Surely they're going to the library and the dining hall and the gym...  The public and private schools near the university are still open.

Cleaning should happen, especially at locations that the known individual would frequent.[/quote]

Stanford is doing this for 2 weeks and then there is spring break. If the spread gets worse they may not come back as scheduled. [/quote]

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