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Colleges are having a hard time keeping COVID in control. While most schools had “special dormitories,” off-campus housing, and hotel rooms serving as “quarantine units” ready to handle students who have been exposed or tested positive, containment is proving difficult. Because of slow testing, delayed quarantines, and “unruly undergraduate” and Greek life parties, transmission of the virus is increasing. Some students are even taking matters into their own hands by policing each other and turning their campuses into “a place of paranoia,” and making it more difficult for institutions to keep up. Since late August, 24,000 new confirmed COVID cases have been reported at colleges and universities—and students are getting into social media battles about social distancing infractions. (NYTimes, The Cut) |
