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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to believe that by the fall, this country will come to its senses. Hopefully the federal government takes some command of the situation and enough governors get on board to create social distancing that involves primarily isolation the sick and vulnerable communities so the rest of us can get on with life and our children in particular don't continue suffer the gravest consequences. Colleges should open and run almost as normal--with at risk students, faculty, and staff, taking the precautions they need to--and when they do, yes, my student will be back.[/quote]

I hate to break it to you, but many students and professors are vulnerable.  How do we handle that?[/quote]

We do have elderly professors on campus but I've never seen an obese professor at the University in my town.  I think there is too much walking involved to get from your car to your office on campus.  We do have a few overweight  janitorial staff on campus but again the janitorial staff has to do pretty significant walking each day to get from their cars to the buildings that they clean.  It is very rare to see overweight college students in my town.

Janitorial staff over 60 is at some risk and the elderly professors (we have some in their 80"s) would be at some risk.  Risk to the 17-21 year olds is pretty negligible.
A college student might catch covid in a packed bar but they could get it at a bar at home too.  The college students will survive covid, the janitorial staff over 60 and professors are the ones at risk.[/quote]

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