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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 24, 2020 16:52:42 GMT -5
These numbers from UNC are not getting better
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Post by bison137 on Aug 25, 2020 12:28:44 GMT -5
Fwiw, in the first week of testing students who had recently arrived on campus (plus staff members), Bucknell had one positive result out of 4375 persons tested. Note that all of those 4375 had also tested negative in the two weeks prior to arrival on campus, so it was not a totally random sample. I know that the rate won't stay that low, but am hoping it stays reasonable enough to continue in-person classes for the semester. Bucknell's second full week of testing: 4 positives out of 2760 tested. The stats from the next few weeks should be more telling since - not surprisingly - they have busted a few "illegal" parties. Cumulatively there have been 7 positives (including one from the last two days, which belongs in next week's totals) out of 11,286 tests. www.bucknell.edu/life-bucknell/fall-reopening/covid-19-dashboard
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Post by crusader12 on Aug 25, 2020 12:43:44 GMT -5
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Post by Crucis#1 on Aug 25, 2020 12:59:19 GMT -5
ND has now reported 471 cases since 8/03/20.
30 cases reported yesterday.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Aug 25, 2020 14:47:08 GMT -5
ND has now reported 471 cases since 8/23/20. 30 cases reported yesterday. Very strange--I thought many here were saying that ND had made all the right decisions??
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Post by rf1 on Aug 25, 2020 15:05:18 GMT -5
WPI has reopened with students already moving back onto campus. It will be interesting to watch what happens there. My guess is that even with all the precautions being taken, there will be an outbreak of cases at some point. Keep in mind that WPI can only accommodate half its students in school operated housing so it cannot fully control things in an on campus bubble. Many of its other students live in the surrounding neighborhood in independent Greek housing (13 frats and 6 sororities) and apartments.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Aug 25, 2020 15:42:46 GMT -5
ND has now reported 471 cases since 8/23/20. 30 cases reported yesterday. Very strange--I thought many here were saying that ND had made all the right decisions?? Typo on my part. ND has now reported 471 cases since 8/03/20. 30 cases reported yesterday.
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Post by hcpride on Aug 25, 2020 16:35:56 GMT -5
Today the kids started showing up at Yale. Of course there is no expectation by Yale that all the kids will magically avoid Covid because they are at Yale. But they are testing at least two times a week (having tested the undergrads two weeks ago and again upon their arrival) in an attempt to mitigate the spread . They’re also doing a 2-week mass quarantine (oxymoron?) like Colgate.
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Post by hc6774 on Aug 26, 2020 6:33:26 GMT -5
Headline in today's Globe
Biogen conference likely led to 20,000 COVID-19 cases in Boston area, researchers say
A new study shows the Biogen conference held at Boston’s Marriott Long Wharf hotel in February played a far greater role in spreading the coronavirus than previously thought.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Aug 26, 2020 7:04:24 GMT -5
The NY Times has begun a database of infections at four year colleges and universities that are members of the NCAA, with a few others. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-college-cases-tracker.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=HomepageHC is reporting none, either because the school didn't reply, or is not counting cases that occur before students officially return to school. The leader is University of Alabama at Birmingham, with nearly a thousand cases. Yale has 126. One can query the database, but it is slow, possibly because the number of queries is overwhelming the search function.
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Post by hcpride on Aug 26, 2020 7:51:48 GMT -5
/\ Is there an expectation that HC will know how many of its 3,000 students test positive? (Will they even know if/when the kids test?)
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Post by Tom on Aug 26, 2020 7:52:25 GMT -5
WPI has reopened with students already moving back onto campus. It will be interesting to watch what happens there. My guess is that even with all the precautions being taken, there will be an outbreak of cases at some point. Keep in mind that WPI can only accommodate half its students in school operated housing so it cannot fully control things in an on campus bubble. Many of its other students live in the surrounding neighborhood in independent Greek housing (13 frats and 6 sororities) and apartments. The WPI education model would be very difficult to pull off remotely.
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Post by Tom on Aug 26, 2020 8:10:26 GMT -5
I would be surprised if anyone is counting anything before students return to school. If it is a database of infections at the school, I would not be surprised if the number is zero. If little Johnny Murphy from Covidville tests positive 2000 miles away from the campus and never sets foot in New England while sick, I wouldn't expect HC to list that as an infection at the school. In all fairness, that logic also applies to HC students who live in Worcester. There are currently zero students at the school. I'm assuming that the skeleton summer staff and outside contractors aren't going through extra testing until the kids come back. Zero is probably an accurate figure of people at the school who have tested positive. In a week or so, there will be a small number of students back. When there are actual people at HC to get tested, there will likely be some positive test results. We can just hope that through aggressive testing these cases are caught quickly so the infected aren't spending a week unknowingly infecting others.
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 26, 2020 8:25:25 GMT -5
Tom, might depend on your definition of “student” is.
While there are no classes until Sept 1, there are no “students” yet I have read repeatedly that the international students who were barred from traveling home were allowed to remain on campus all along.
I could be wrong but pretty sure there are kids there. Not many, but some.
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 26, 2020 9:12:53 GMT -5
Tom, might depend on your definition of “student” is. While there are no classes until Sept 1, there are no “students” yet I have read repeatedly that the international students who were barred from traveling home were allowed to remain on campus all along. I could be wrong but pretty sure there are kids there. Not many, but some. I hope one of those international students is related to Jack Ma, who has a net worth of $48.7 Billion.
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Post by Tom on Aug 26, 2020 9:31:55 GMT -5
Tom, might depend on your definition of “student” is. While there are no classes until Sept 1, there are no “students” yet I have read repeatedly that the international students who were barred from traveling home were allowed to remain on campus all along. I could be wrong but pretty sure there are kids there. Not many, but some. That was definitely true through the end of the semester. I don't know if they stayed all summer as things were much different in July than mid-May Even so, I'm guessing the number that stayed on campus all summer long is pretty low and the aggressive testing is probably just beginning to kick in. This isn't UAB with thousands of kids back on campus. This might not be a case of HC choosing not to report at all or radically choosing not to report cases of kids at home. Given the vast majority of students not on campus, maybe the number really is zero
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 26, 2020 9:46:32 GMT -5
How about the off campus student party on College St. that made the T&G? I thought that generated some infections. If not, it was a lucky break for HC.
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Post by Tom on Aug 26, 2020 10:26:16 GMT -5
How about the off campus student party on College St. that made the T&G? I thought that generated some infections. If not, it was a lucky break for HC. The initial report was that one person at that party had tested positive. We don't know if anyone got infected from contact with that person Assuming that there are still some foreign students on campus from last Spring, we have no clue whether any of them were at the party. Regarding the 25+ kids who were at the party - If the New York Times is making a database of infections at colleges, I would be surprised if any school was including numbers for students who test positive while away on summer break - and that doesn't matter if "away" is in Worcester MA or Nome Alaska. If the kids at the party are among the very few returning to campus, they will be tested and positives might show up. If these kids are fully remote from across the street (and theoretically no access to campus) they probably aren't getting tested at all. Even if every kid at the party tests positive, I don't think that kind of information would show up in this database. Maybe if they make a database of fully remote students testing positive from their remote location
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Post by WorcesterGray on Aug 26, 2020 16:14:34 GMT -5
...because they're 18-22 and thinking anyone that age wouldn't be a threat to the safety of others if returning to college was absurd. Maybe 90% of the students take it seriously. Maybe a higher percentage at HC that other schools. But there were always going to be some complete #$@&^*!ing morons who would take actions that would put the health and lives of others at HC and in Worcester at risk. HC should expel the lot of them.
Well, BU will start suspending them.
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Post by Tom on Aug 26, 2020 17:52:25 GMT -5
Interesting response
From a practical standpoint, in terms of off campus parties, BU will need to rely on the stupidity of kids to post photos and videos. Not an unreasonable stretch.
It will be interesting to see if this is a deterrent. You are potentially talking about a 30K fine. I'm guessing that it will shut down on campus parties. Off campus, I predict kids will gamble no party goers post video
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 26, 2020 20:08:59 GMT -5
How about the off campus student party on College St. that made the T&G? I thought that generated some infections. If not, it was a lucky break for HC. The initial report was that one person at that party had tested positive. We don't know if anyone got infected from contact with that person Assuming that there are still some foreign students on campus from last Spring, we have no clue whether any of them were at the party. Regarding the 25+ kids who were at the party - If the New York Times is making a database of infections at colleges, I would be surprised if any school was including numbers for students who test positive while away on summer break - and that doesn't matter if "away" is in Worcester MA or Nome Alaska. If the kids at the party are among the very few returning to campus, they will be tested and positives might show up. If these kids are fully remote from across the street (and theoretically no access to campus) they probably aren't getting tested at all. Even if every kid at the party tests positive, I don't think that kind of information would show up in this database. Maybe if they make a database of fully remote students testing positive from their remote location Coincidentally Fr. B. has reassigned those 25 students to the new Holy Cross distance learning igloo outside of Nome, Alaska.
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Post by Tom on Aug 27, 2020 7:06:51 GMT -5
Not HC plan for fall, but does anyone know if the BU hockey team is doing split squad practices? There are more than 25 players on the team. One practice as a unit and the whole crew could get suspended
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 28, 2020 0:24:56 GMT -5
Not HC plan for fall, but does anyone know if the BU hockey team is doing split squad practices? There are more than 25 players on the team. One practice as a unit and the whole crew could get suspended NCAA Men's Hockey practice doesn't officially start until late September. It is usually just captain's practices until then.
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Post by bison137 on Aug 28, 2020 8:24:38 GMT -5
The start date for official hockey practices is determined by counting back from the date of the NCAA championships. This year they are allowed to start on October 3. Prior to that, however, they are allowed a certain number of conditioning sessions and skills practice.
With the possibility of a shortened or delayed season due to Covid, it is possible the start date for practice may be delayed.
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Post by rgs318 on Aug 28, 2020 8:49:46 GMT -5
Thanks, bison.
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