That is weird, because here is what I found on just the first page of Google results.

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/nc-parents-speak-out-after-healthy-college-son-dies-from-covid-19-complications/275-5e8caf6b-566c-4f73-a5a7-a38d37a2e6e0

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2021/08/02/Penn-State-Neil-Patel-COVID-19-death-student-vaccine-colleges-health/stories/202108020137

https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/University-of-New-Haven-student-dies-from-15938102.php

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/us/college-student-dies-covid.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/college-student-found-dead-her-dorm-after-testing-positive-coronavirus-n1246376

Get a grip. She's vaccinated. If the vaccines work, not a big deal. Of they don't, your daughter is a carrier to. All this fuss. College kids do not die.

Alternatively, they can ignore infection control until the disease situation progresses to more locked down situation and back to remote learning for everyone. We have all seen this movie at this point.

Well they are kids and immature and they are fatigued with the dam* pandemic like we all are. But masks are cheap and useful for infection control so they will have to understand and learn this and then use that education to grow up and start to become mature responsible adults.

DS school was the first to mandate vax for all back in March. They sent weekly emails about who, what, why, where. No one is allowed on campus unless vaxxed. Remote option for unvaxxed students. Teachers who submitted a waiver by the deadline receive paid leave for a set period of time. Those who didn't submit waiver by the deadline receive unpaid leave for a set time. Religious waivers are now rare. They set a high bar based on religious leadership urging all to vax, and won't tolerate resting on the laurels of secularism. Pope was quoted in email.

Fast forward this week - email that all vaxxed are required to wear masks indoors, including dorms! Unsure if this means dorm rooms too. According to DS group chats are bull§hit raging rants.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s face it. We’re sending our kids to live on a college campus. They are going to be around lots of other kids and not all interactions are going to be predetermined by vax status. If your kid is mature enough to live in a dorm under their own supervision, they can handle the whole vax thing all by themselves. Relax and let them figure it out.

I don't think putting a first year in the middle of a toxic vax, antivax conundrum is the smartest way to have a good start. Suggest your student request a roomie of the same vax status (I would actually assume many campuses would just do this) and then they can focus on other issues.

But you have no idea if the unvaxxed kid is "anti-vax". Maybe his parents have concerns about the possible side effects, maybe he's had a health issue in the past that leads his parents/physician to hold off. Maybe he's had one shot and not the second. Maybe he's going to get it as soon as his anti-vax parents drop him off. Just a lot of conclusions drawn from a kid not being COVID-vaccinated.

Either way...putting vaxxed together and unvaxxed together solves a lot of problems so just do it.

For what it is worth...I have eligible teens and every one of their friends and aquaintances that is unvaxxed is unvaxxed because of their fear of the vax based on the usual crap. Not a one objects because of any religious reason or because their doc advised against it for any medical issue whatsoever.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s face it. We’re sending our kids to live on a college campus. They are going to be around lots of other kids and not all interactions are going to be predetermined by vax status. If your kid is mature enough to live in a dorm under their own supervision, they can handle the whole vax thing all by themselves. Relax and let them figure it out.

I don't think putting a first year in the middle of a toxic vax, antivax conundrum is the smartest way to have a good start. Suggest your student request a roomie of the same vax status (I would actually assume many campuses would just do this) and then they can focus on other issues.

But you have no idea if the unvaxxed kid is "anti-vax". Maybe his parents have concerns about the possible side effects, maybe he's had a health issue in the past that leads his parents/physician to hold off. Maybe he's had one shot and not the second. Maybe he's going to get it as soon as his anti-vax parents drop him off. Just a lot of conclusions drawn from a kid not being COVID-vaccinated.

An article about this very issue...

https://news.yahoo.com/got-vaccine-didnt-college-roommate-090021937.html

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Anonymous wrote:Is the roommate an alcoholic, drug user, practice unsafe sex in room every weekend? I can think of so many things to worry about - COVID is one but not higher than anything else listed. Drugs and misuse of alcohol or date rape are bigger issues IMO.

Thank you for being the voice of reason. So many other issues at college than just COVID.

Sure but covid can be squashed pretty well with a simple vaccine of only asany students as possible would get it. If only addiction had such an effective weapon. That would be amazing.

Anonymous wrote:Is the roommate an alcoholic, drug user, practice unsafe sex in room every weekend? I can think of so many things to worry about - COVID is one but not higher than anything else listed. Drugs and misuse of alcohol or date rape are bigger issues IMO.

Thank you for being the voice of reason. So many other issues at college than just COVID.

Anonymous wrote:Let’s face it. We’re sending our kids to live on a college campus. They are going to be around lots of other kids and not all interactions are going to be predetermined by vax status. If your kid is mature enough to live in a dorm under their own supervision, they can handle the whole vax thing all by themselves. Relax and let them figure it out.

I don't think putting a first year in the middle of a toxic vax, antivax conundrum is the smartest way to have a good start. Suggest your student request a roomie of the same vax status (I would actually assume many campuses would just do this) and then they can focus on other issues.

Let’s face it. We’re sending our kids to live on a college campus. They are going to be around lots of other kids and not all interactions are going to be predetermined by vax status. If your kid is mature enough to live in a dorm under their own supervision, they can handle the whole vax thing all by themselves. Relax and let them figure it out.

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Anonymous wrote:Is the roommate an alcoholic, drug user, practice unsafe sex in room every weekend? I can think of so many things to worry about - COVID is one but not higher than anything else listed. Drugs and misuse of alcohol or date rape are bigger issues IMO.

If your kids isn't using or raping, why is it an issue if their roommate is?

If you kid is housed with an addict or a rapist or a smoker or some other incompatible behavior or attitude, request a switch. For some that might mean the want a vaccinated or an unvaccinated roomie so request that. Problem solved.

+1. Roommate incompatibility is stressful! The way the vaxxed and unvaxxed groups are arguing I would ask my child to request a match with someone that has the same vaccination status.

Anonymous wrote:If your kid is vaccinated, and the vaccines work, then who cares?

....where have you been? That was an adorable POV 6 months ago.

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid is vaccinated, and the vaccines work, then who cares?

The CDC and WHO recommends that unvaxxed people wear masks while indoors. If the unvaxxed roommate wants to wear a mask inside 24/7 when they have a vaxxed roommate, then that's cool. Am guessing, however, that most unvaxxed kids will not want to do that and the onus for wearing a mask should fall on the individual who chose not to take precautions. Understand the limits for those with medical reasons. Also think folks who do not get vaxxed due to religion should also follow the masking guidelines.

The CDC and WHO. Jesus Christ.

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