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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If they quarantine a student to a Covid dorm then the university is responsible for checking on them. A student can’t be isolated alone in a room with no one checking on them. All these people saying nasty things are not medical professionals and don’t understand that anyone can take a turn for the worse rapidly. If a student is isolated by themselves then someone is responsible for their welfare.[/quote]

This. And the college plans so far don't seem to detail what would happen day to day inside quarantine dorms other than making food delivery available and someone will "check on" them, whatever that means.

You can't expect people who are infected to always know they are getting sick, or sick people to realize fully that they are getting worse. Taking your own temperature isn't the only way to monitor for illness. And a student alone in quarantine isn't necessarily going to be as careful about things like accurate temp checks etc. as you'd think, especially if the student is starting to get sick. If infection turns to illness with Covid, it can move fast.

But PP here would say that's the student's problem to deal with on their own, because, "adults."

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As I understanding it, Notre Dame will provide "monitoring supplies."  Considering the word supplies is plural, it will include measurement devices beyond a thermometer, including, perhaps, pulse oximeters.  [/quote]

Yes, they are adults and should know if they go from having discomfort breathing and a moderate temperature to gasping for breath and chills and hot flashes from a spiking fever.

I am, however, sending my adult son to college with his own thermometer and pulse ox.[/quote]

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