As college campuses struggle with coronavirus outbreaks, videos show what appear to be students attending large parties — with no social distancing and few masks — coinciding with the return of football.
It’s unclear whether either of the parties were held at student housing or associated with student organizations.
Both universities were among the schools who chose to resume their football programs this fall and both had their first home games Saturday. The University of Kansas played Coastal Carolina University and Florida State faced off against Georgia Tech. The U.S. has seen more than 6.5 million coronavirus cases and more than 194,000 people have died of the disease this year,The fall semester has only just begun, but colleges and universities have struggled to control coronavirus outbreaks on campus and to keep students from disregarding social distancing guidelines to prevent community spread.
Some have criticized colleges for the decision to resume in-person learning, knowing that the young adults may choose to engage in risky behavior by disregarding social distancing guidelines.
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