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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC was already planning to be off campus and had signed a lease through Dec 2020.  I think there is a strong possibility he will go back in the Aug/Sept time frame if his friends also go back.  Of course, it is dependent on what happens.  I don't think of it as hiding out at our house, but that he is missing his friends. This is the first time he has had a core group of really good friends.

On Friday his school revealed part of their plan.  They are in NY and university "opening" is in Phase 4.  Phase 1 has not started in their region yet.  "Opening" in Phase 4 means, larger classes online, classes 24 and smaller will meet in the larger classrooms.  Every student tested before they comeback and then every two weeks (I am hoping the spit or finger prick ones and not the swab up the nose ones).  Medical masks in the classrooms, cloth masks everywhere else on campus except their dorm room.  Separate quarantine accommodations with academic help to keep up with classes. They have hired 3 people to do contact tracing.  No more than 2 students per dorm room (they had quite a few triples).  I don't know about the dining options- last year they started a take out option, so I suspect that would be expanded and made less individualized.

They had a HUGE (like 5x the normal) flu problem this past year 2019/2020 and I just wonder if it has already gone through part of the population.

I am hoping, at some point soon, that the antibody testing gets more accurate and becomes easily accessible too. [/quote]

PP, I note your son's college is in NY -- is it in NYC or NY state? Would you mind identifying it? My DC goes to a college in NY state that is in a region with high numbers of covid cases (but isn't NYC). I'm sure your son is not at my DC's school, as we would have heard these details already; I just would be interested to know what other colleges in the state are doing and it sounds like yours has some very specific plans in place. [/quote]

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