UNC going full remote, sending kids home.

[Johnny2X2X]

Predictable. 130 cases in 1 week. They’re going full remote and encouraging students to leave campus.

Link to tweet

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[bottomofthehill]

1. Well. That did not take too long

Good choice to keep Covid from blasting through the dorms

[Sherman A1]

10. Precisely

I fail to understand the folks that have to have these kids back in classrooms.

[Paladin]

2. Smart move. Glad to hear it. (nt)

[ok_cpu]

3. I have one headed back to Ohio State

and, while the best choice given current circumstances, this is my nightmare. Bring them together, infect them, and send them back to parents and communities all over the state and country.

[LisaL]

8. Well, they are kind of infecting themselves.

The ones at UNC were having parties without social distancing or masks.
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/orange-county-news/unc-students-concerned-after-video-surfaces-of-crowded-sorority-rush-party/

[ok_cpu]

11. Agree. Didn't mean to imply it was the school

My inarticulate point was that putting college kids together to be college kids in places with community spread and then sending them home when the totally predictable happens seems like a bad idea.

Keep them home to begin with. That they are partying and getting infected can't come as a surprise to anyone.

[underpants]

4. Chapel Hill. Any word on the rest of the system?

Just wondering

[dsc]

12. ECU has had several huge parties that have had police break them up

[underpants]

15. No, not ECU

[dsc]

16. yeah pretty on brand

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Isn't 130 About 0.4% Of Student Population?

At that rate of infection, the US would have had 5 million cases in 4 weeks, instead of 4 months. Extrapolating this rate to the 4.5 months, the US would have 23 million confirmed cases.
130 cases in a week? Wow!

[Crunchy Frog]

6. Gosh. I didn't see that coming. n/t

[LisaL]

7. Not surprising, considering...

"Some people in the UNC-Chapel Hill community are concerned after a video surfaced online of students not properly social distancing at a sorority rush party off campus."
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/orange-county-news/unc-students-concerned-after-video-surfaces-of-crowded-sorority-rush-party/

[renate]

9. a friend with a dry sense of humor says they've been looking forward to an empty nest for 10 years

That sounds kind of harsh but they're a single, very involved parent with a stressful job, so I get it (plus it's tongue in cheek).

It was going to finally happen this week... not any more, I'm guessing.

[greenjar_01]

13. What a shitshow

[tanyev]

14. Saw a local news story a couple weeks ago about UT Austin's start up plan.

They were asking all students to not have any parties and to quarantine themselves for 14 days before returning to class. Over 50,000 students. Over 80% live off campus. Absolutely ludicrous.