Colleges are reporting dozens of cases: Oklahoma State University has 23, and Notre Dame confirmed 58.
After months of anticipation over what an in-person college semester in the midst of a global pandemic might look like, we’re starting to get a sense — and so far it’s not going well.
UNC Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz wrote in a university message that “the health and safety of our campus community are paramount,” and that the school would continue to adapt its plan as needed. “We all saw this coming,” the editorial board of the Daily Tar Heel wrote of the outbreak. “University leadership should have expected students, many of whom are now living on their own for the first time, to be reckless. Reports of parties throughout the weekend come as no surprise. Though these students are not faultless, it was the University’s responsibility to disincentivize such gatherings by reconsidering its plans to operate in-person earlier on.
Jenkins encouraged students to observe health protocols, avoid dangerous behavior and report unsafe behavior, noting that if the mitigation efforts outlined Tuesday are unsuccessful, students could be sent home. “We are beginning to see that schools that chose only to respond once symptoms have occurred are like fire departments that respond only to alarms after the house has been declared to be burnt to the ground,” said David Paltiel, a professor at the Yale School of Public Health. “We explored thousands of scenarios and failed to find even one plausible circumstance under which that strategy would be able to contain an outbreak.
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