I live in a college town and as a community we were not thrilled when the college opted for in person. 30k more people coming into town this week.. If we have huge outbreaks, I’d rather they all be sent home then stay here and spread it in our community. It’s a lose lose situation. Colleges should not be trying to open to begin with, IMO.
And I agree that the classes aren’t the problem, it’s the partying and social gatherings off campus. We’ve been avoiding all recreational areas of town all week because the influx of students was so overwhelming. We live by a lake that’s popular to kayak and all weekend college students were having big beach parties and it’s just like
Unfortunately, that age demographic is just more prone to risk taking behaviors. I was an idiot at that age, I wouldn’t have listened to all these lame grown ups either and gotten my party on.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/opinion/coronavirus-college-safe.html