After being home for 6 months my DD is going back to college. I am really scared for her but we are working to minimize the risk as much as possible. As a sophomore, she is living off campus in a 2 bedroom/2 bath apartment. It is one the 2nd floor so she can avoid the elevators.

My DD did complete spring and summer semesters while she was home so there is that.

She (I really hope/believe) will do the best she can to be safe. She has Cough Variant Asthma and maybe Bronchomalacia (sp?) so would likely not fare well if she got the virus.

I have to let her go and hope for the best. It is not easy. At all but I believe in my heart it is the right thing to do.

Be honest...what do you think? When will these ridiculous questions end? I don’t have crystal ball.

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Anonymous wrote:I know people on here are obsessed with the “college experience” and don’t care about, uh, the value of money, but dd is saving $7k by doing virtual from home this semester.

That's sad.

Different poster. Not sad at all! My son is the same. We are saving $6000 this semester so he doesn't need to take out a $5500 loan. If he also lives at home spring semester he won't need to take a loan sophomore year either.

I'm not sad about that at all. Money is a concern for us. I'd rather he get the campus experience but this year is not going to be normal at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Explain how they will “lose the tuition dollars.” Is her likelihood of contracting COVID high? Sure, given her behaviors. But there’s also a really high probability that she will weather it just fine without being hospitalized.

I was going to ask this question as well...why would they lose money if their kid got covid...unless she got deathly ill and ended up in the hospital for the entire semester. Either way, there's always tuition insurance (which I got). We paid like $200, but for a tuition bill of $75K, it is worth it!

Yes, my son might get it, but that would solve a multitude of problems when he gets home. He has been keeping a low profile to protect us, so it would be nice if he acquired some antibodies while on campus lol.

Please research the newest information from valid sources we have and see how long those "antibodies" last and then try again. "LOL!"

LOL. Can you please stop? You’re just as stupid and wrong as anti-maskers. Yes, antibodies naturally decrease, but T Cells take over and provide you immunity. If you don’t understand what you read, please don’t try to repeat it.

At 1 crowded college bar in Michigan in June it is thought that 1 person had covid. The bar had spaced tables and many persons though far from all were wearing masks. 102 persons at the bar that night caught covid. One person who caught it that night then further spread it to another 60 or so while attending an outdoor gathering the next night.

The thing is -- this disease spreads very, very easily. This is not HIV. This is like the the common cold in terms of how easy it spreads. Now -- not as many overall are dying from it though still large numbers -- 980 yesterday alone.
And, not as many younger people are dying from it. We are better at treating advanced serious cases now than we were in March and April. Still -- every case is potentially serious. I know 18 year olds with permanent lung lesions that will prevent them from participating in sports ever again. Lung lesions are pretty common for serious cases. They will always have to carry inhalers and avoid polluted areas/smog for the rest of their lives.

Possibly. God’s will. And it is a sacrifice we are willing to make to reopen the economy to help the president get re-elected.

Anonymous wrote:Your question has SUCH a victim blaming tone (the type of kid who will get COVID).

As a public health practitioner, that is really offensive to me.

If the kid breathes, he could get COVID.

Are some people less cautious, yes. But when you live in close quarters with hundreds/thousands of young people (some % of which are spreading an infectious disease without knowing they are even sick), you could well contract the virus THROUGH NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN.

Stop stigmatizing this illness, it is not helpful. Have compassion and humility. More than 4 million people have gotten COVID in six months in the US alone. That is because it is an organism that is very effective at spreading between humans.

What is "your fault" is knowing *choosing* to go into "close quarters with hundreds of thousands of young people" during a pandemic, when you had options not to do so, and when your school even gave you the option not to skip the year and wait it out, but to keep studying and working towards your degree.

So there's that.

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Anonymous wrote:Explain how they will “lose the tuition dollars.” Is her likelihood of contracting COVID high? Sure, given her behaviors. But there’s also a really high probability that she will weather it just fine without being hospitalized.

I was going to ask this question as well...why would they lose money if their kid got covid...unless she got deathly ill and ended up in the hospital for the entire semester. Either way, there's always tuition insurance (which I got). We paid like $200, but for a tuition bill of $75K, it is worth it!

Yes, my son might get it, but that would solve a multitude of problems when he gets home. He has been keeping a low profile to protect us, so it would be nice if he acquired some antibodies while on campus lol.

Please research the newest information from valid sources we have and see how long those "antibodies" last and then try again. "LOL!"

Before you buy insurance, make sure that it explicitly includes Covid related claims.

Anonymous wrote:I love how zero parents here care is their kids get all their professors sick. “My kid’s not infecting me! All good!”

Further proof that parents view college as a commoditized product rather than an education.

Professors are merely front line employees. Especially when parents demand to “speak with the manager” (aka dean)

I love how zero parents here care is their kids get all their professors sick. “My kid’s not infecting me! All good!”

I think my DD will be fine because she's a germaphobe and will be careful. She has a small, secluded campus that normally would have been quite insular. What I worry about are all the kids now commuting to campus bringing all the effects of their outside interactions with them.

Anonymous wrote:I assume they won't but I know in reality they might. They are pretty low partiers but all it takes is one roommate.

+1

Buy tuition insurance.

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Anonymous wrote:Your question has SUCH a victim blaming tone (the type of kid who will get COVID).

As a public health practitioner, that is really offensive to me.

If the kid breathes, he could get COVID.

Are some people less cautious, yes. But when you live in close quarters with hundreds/thousands of young people (some % of which are spreading an infectious disease without knowing they are even sick), you could well contract the virus THROUGH NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN.

Stop stigmatizing this illness, it is not helpful. Have compassion and humility. More than 4 million people have gotten COVID in six months in the US alone. That is because it is an organism that is very effective at spreading between humans.

It’s not “stigmatizing” to state that certain behaviors correlate more highly with contracting the virus - lack of mask, more socialization, more careless attitudes, etc. I’d venture to say that kids who return to campus in the midst of 2nd uncontrolled peak are de facto at higher risk. Especially if they have a completely safe option to stay at home.

I objected to : "the type of kid who will get COVID"

since is suggests a stereotype that will be imposed on people the the poster has NO knowledge of. It smacks of an assumption that there is the good type and bad type, and the latter get the disease.

That is highly oversimplified. Environment is more important than individual choices, when you are living/eating and learning with large numbers of people indoors. Masks are great, but they reduce risk by around 82% (not 100). So, referring to the "type of people" who will get sick is actually not helpful. I can also lead to a false of security (which has been shown with other health risks. People think safety advice is for those "other" at risk people).

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I assume my nephew will get ill. Really involved in Greek life, very extroverted.

But I'd rather have him get ill on campus than infect his parents at home.

My son is more introverted, but I agree about better he doesn’t infect me. Hospital down the street from his apartment.