My kid is working at an internship and they are not even letting them work remotely. I am worried.

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Anonymous wrote:Here is what I would do. Drive down and pick her up. Also give money and supplies to her roommates, so that they do not have to bear the burden of not having a paying roommate.

Wut? The DD has presumably paid the rent and will keep paying it. There is no need for DD to pay for utilities that she will not use. Her roomies should buy their own food and supplies.

Yes. When you are a roommate you continue to pay utilities.

Anonymous wrote:OP, I'm in a college town. Virtually all of the college kids that live in apartments are staying in town.

Why not, their friends are here, their apartment is set up,
we have hospitals here, grocery store across the street.

I would call it very rare for a college kid with an apartment to go back with parents. Understand their college town is their town now and they have flown the nest.

The kids that are in dorms don't have a choice but to go home but I'm thinking some of them are couch surfing with their apartment friends.

My kid is in Boston and everybody is going home.

I have another kid in the South and everybody is staying.

My college town has the best hospital in the state. It also has a student health center. We also have 2 other hospitals and about 10 walk in clinics. There is plenty of care available.

Anonymous wrote:Here is what I would do. Drive down and pick her up. Also give money and supplies to her roommates, so that they do not have to bear the burden of not having a paying roommate.

Wut? The DD has presumably paid the rent and will keep paying it. There is no need for DD to pay for utilities that she will not use. Her roomies should buy their own food and supplies.

OP, I'm in a college town. Virtually all of the college kids that live in apartments are staying in town.

Why not, their friends are here, their apartment is set up,
we have hospitals here, grocery store across the street.

I would call it very rare for a college kid with an apartment to go back with parents. Understand their college town is their town now and they have flown the nest.

The kids that are in dorms don't have a choice but to go home but I'm thinking some of them are couch surfing with their apartment friends.

Op, either decision is reasonable. I'm sorry you posted and brought out the crazies on this board. Maybe take it day by day .. well really every few days

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Anonymous wrote:Virus is 10 times more deadly than common flu folks (per CDC). Take it seriously. Don't be the one with dead child weeks down the road.

Only to those in certain age groups and underlying conditions

No, not necessarily. Young folks are not immune to it.

OP, if I were you, I'd bring her home. Why F- around with this? You are betting her youth will save her. While I can understand the logic, I just don't see why you want to take the chance.

Good luck.

I don’t get this. Take the chance with what? Why would she be more safe at in Washington, DC than she is in her apartment in wherever?

Truthfully, if she get sick her roommates will not take care of her, she will ride it out in a room by herself and not logical thinking person around to decide if she needs to go to the hospital.

My kid is in Wisconsin in an off-campus apartment and it never occurred to us that she should come home.

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Anonymous wrote:Virus is 10 times more deadly than common flu folks (per CDC). Take it seriously. Don't be the one with dead child weeks down the road.

Only to those in certain age groups and underlying conditions

No, not necessarily. Young folks are not immune to it.

OP, if I were you, I'd bring her home. Why F- around with this? You are betting her youth will save her. While I can understand the logic, I just don't see why you want to take the chance.

Good luck.

I don’t get this. Take the chance with what? Why would she be more safe at in Washington, DC than she is in her apartment in wherever?

I would lean towards letting her stay IF she is the type to pay attention to her health. I remember being a college kid (years ago) and not going to student health for a month until I woke up coughing so hard I coughed up blood. I had bronchitis. I’m not sure why I kept downplaying it and convinced myself it would go away on its own without me going to a medical professional but I was lucky it didn’t turn more serious and I haven’t made that mistake since.

If it were my child and I knew they would take their health seriously and not assume they are invincible, my only other request would be that the roommates could reach each other’s parents if it was serious I.e. emergency contact information was exchanged.

I would let my kid stay in an apt off campus. I can't think of a reason not to.

Instead, my kid is getting on an airplane tomorrow at Logan, kicked out of the dorms. Not thrilled about the airport, as I'm guessing that airports are among the most germy public places. And coming home to.... siblings with more germs. It's never dull around here.

Here is what I would do. Drive down and pick her up. Also give money and supplies to her roommates, so that they do not have to bear the burden of not having a paying roommate.

My kid is in California and is staying in her off-campus apartment. She has several evening classes and does not relish the thought of logging in from 10 pm -1am.

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Anonymous wrote:Virus is 10 times more deadly than common flu folks (per CDC). Take it seriously. Don't be the one with dead child weeks down the road.

Only to those in certain age groups and underlying conditions

Exactly. But those with mild or no symptoms can spread it to others.

I'd let OP's kid stay and hope that they are wise enough to social distance themselves. This is a good article from the Atlantic that is aimed toward younger people https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-what-does-social-distancing-mean/607927/