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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Biggest joke of the college closures - Grinnell.  Have you been to Grinnell?  Literally nothing nearby.  Those kids and professors would have been much safer if they had just banned Spring Break travel, kept the kids on campus to do some fun activities and finished the semester.  All cases in Iowa are cruise passengers between 60 and 83 who had been to Egypt.  All are self-quarantined.  This is bizarre.  Disruptive to the kids and very disruptive to the town.[/quote]

The problem is eventually the virus will be everywhere, even Grinnell. And what if a food service worker gets it? Or a professor? Or a kid in a dormitory? Then what does the college do? It's essentially like a cruise ship - a closed environment conducive to spread of the virus. And if you send everyone home, then you may be sending the virus home with them. A college is taking a huge risk by staying open.

Williams, in a similarly isolated location, hasn't closed yet. I'm curious how that will work out for them.[/quote]

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