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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look what happened on the Teddy Roosevelt:  one death and less than 10 hospitalizations.  There is a big difference between nursing homes and colleges.  In New Jersey, over one half of the deaths occurred in nursing homes.  I know math is hard, but get some perspective.[/quote]

Of course the population in nursing homes is different from that in colleges.

But in retirement and nursing homes at least residents could be kept inside their rooms and brought food. Do you think that would work on college campuses? So we should send students to campus and if there's an outbreak, confine them all to their dorm rooms and they study online there? Got it.

On the Roosevelt the population was, one figures, relatively fitter than the average population because, military. Do you think the vastly wide range of college students is going to be at that level of fitness? Should college students with underlying conditions stay home, then?

I know it's hard to see how campuses are not like a naval ship but try to get some perspective.

Oh, and good to know that the math for the closed environment that is the Roosevelt is directly comparable to the as yet unknown math for every college campus. Thanks!

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The Roosevelt is an excellent comparison, because it is the worse case scenario for a college.  People are spaced closer, so an infection will be more widespread.
It's true the military is fitter than the average college student.  You ask whether the students with underlying conditions should stay home.  The answer is yes.  Life sucks, but they are part of the vulnerable population.
Sure, practice whatever low-cost social distancing you can do, but don't expect that you can actually stop the spread of the virus forever.  It won't happen.[/quote]

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