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To parents of college students everywhere: Are you ready for the upcoming potential #COVID19 Super-spreader event of the year? Do you have a plan? Here is a thread
Both Drs. Fauci and Birx have warned colleges to have a plan for Thanksgiving: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/09/04/fauci-urges-colleges-not-send-students-home
But given how poorly many colleges have handled the fall, I am guessing that not many will actually adhere to a rational testing/isolation plan prior to dismissal.
But given how poorly many colleges have handled the fall, I am guessing that not many will actually adhere to a rational testing/isolation plan prior to dismissal.
Here is the scenario:
1. We are 2 weeks away from millions of college students crisscrossing the country to come home.
2. Many students will be coming from communities with high incidence rates of #COVID19 - check here for community and college rates: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-college-cases-tracker.html
1. We are 2 weeks away from millions of college students crisscrossing the country to come home.
2. Many students will be coming from communities with high incidence rates of #COVID19 - check here for community and college rates: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/covid-college-cases-tracker.html
3. Many students will attend high risk gatherings prior to leaving.
4. When students return home, they will want to attend high risk gatherings with their friends from high school.
5. Many Thanksgiving get-togethers will include grandparents and other high risk individuals.
4. When students return home, they will want to attend high risk gatherings with their friends from high school.
5. Many Thanksgiving get-togethers will include grandparents and other high risk individuals.
This is a recipe for disaster. But what can you do as a parent?
1. If you are planning a gathering make sure your college student understands that they need to quarantine NOW and not engage in risky gatherings prior to coming home.
2. Encourage your student to always wear a mask.
1. If you are planning a gathering make sure your college student understands that they need to quarantine NOW and not engage in risky gatherings prior to coming home.
2. Encourage your student to always wear a mask.
3. Find out if your college has a testing/depart policy (Notre Dame came up with one right after the football field storming Saturday night)
4. Consider isolating your young adult when they get home (good luck with that).
4. Consider isolating your young adult when they get home (good luck with that).
5. Make sure they safely gather with HS friends (outside, wearing masks).
6. Communicate. Young adults are smart, they have been living through a difficult time. You cannot treat them like toddlers. Work out a plan to keep them, your family, and your community safe.
Good luck.
6. Communicate. Young adults are smart, they have been living through a difficult time. You cannot treat them like toddlers. Work out a plan to keep them, your family, and your community safe.
Good luck.
I will just add a shout out to @Middlebury and @StLawrenceU where there have been ZERO cases this fall and my children will be coming home safely - but unfortunately into a hot-bed of increasing cases in Baltimore.....
