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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And how is it safer at home? Parents of college age children are older and may even have a grandparent at home.

My neighbor is 54 with a 56 year old husband and she has an 88 year old dad living with them.

She is sending her junior back even if school is 100 percent on line as she is going to rent an apt in fall.

My daughters boyfriend is doing door dash, Uber eats and instacart and playing soccer with friends. He is going back.

I know folks go OMH how can little suzie have a roommate but bottom line kids don’t live alone when college is not in session.
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Living in an apartment, where you pay rent 24/7 and isolate 100% from your parents?  I can see that, but colleges aren't set up that way, kids go home over breaks.  They travel through airports, and then they go stay with their parents.  So, if you have a college of 10K, where 60% have the virus, that's 6K household, and tons of travelers who are now exposed.  Maybe the complication rate among the students is low, but the rate among the people they infect won't be.  [/quote]

My daughters college nearly all juniors and seniors live off campus. They rent by bed off campus. Realtors track it by Heads on Beds. You price it not by unit but by bed. So 1/2 the school lives off campus. My daughters college then Amherst, there are more college students then residents. I was shocked but all my daughters friends are coming back and off campus housing is nearly sold out. Leases are non refundable. 1/2 the college is going back even if all on line. Kids who are upperclassmen will have been gone six months by then.

My daughter plans on staying till Xmas break this year so don’t see how she will come home with something. Same for most kids

There was a farm recently that all 200 workers got it. No one died. A lot are sick, the asymtomatic ones are still working while rest recover in bunk house. Guess what in two weeks it is fine. Assuming they all live.  [/quote]

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