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Colleges Surprises ?


From the Daily Caller:

A private Illinois university announced on Tuesday that it is quarantining all of its nearly 6,000 person student body after a COVID-19 outbreak on campus.

Officials at Bradley University, in Peoria, Illinois, said they have linked the 50-case viral outbreak to off-campus parties, according to CBS. Students will continue taking classes online during the two-week quarantine period.

Bradley’s response mirrors that of other universities pausing in-person instruction while linking outbreaks to students violating social distancing policies.

There have been over 51,000 reported cases at 1,000 universities nationwide, according to The New York Times.

San Diego State has approximately 7000 students living on/ off campus, and presently at SDSU about 444 students have tested positive. Of the 444 students who tested positive and 4 who are symptomatic, only one has required hospitalization (0.2%). This means that these 18-22 year olds are, in fact, tolerating their infections quite well.

The response of many of these universities is to blame the students for partying, although not all cases are related to partying. Many of these 1000 universities are now acting vindictive. (we will be spying on you, and if you are caught going to a party, you can be expelled). This sort of punitive response by many of these universities, including SDSU, can predictably be expected to fail, as the parties will not cease, but will just move further away from campus. The other thing that new infections are going to continue to occur in drips and drabs. There will continue to be cases, and these individuals will continue to spread the virus around the campus and the dorms.

I drove through the SDSU campus twice today. The sidewalks and the streets were virtually empty (I figured that all of these rebel students were either studying, or asleep recovering from a night of partying!) I saw only two young mask-less students, one jogging, and another sipping on a soda. I wonder if either of them are going to be reported to the campus gestapo?

Finally, it seems to me that one university, Bradley, is using a modicum of common sense in dealing with this expected problem by quarantining the entire student body. This is a step in the right direction. At least Bradley University has a reasonable approach.

My basic question for SDSU is what’s going to happen to those 444 students who have tested positive thus far. Will they still be restricted from gathering with other Covid positive students? If this number rises to 1000, will those 1000 students then be able to attend Covid+ parties. Will these 1000 students still have to wear face masks? Perhaps after one gets the virus (positive test),he/she should get an identifiable special tattoo.

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