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First, CDC links pandemic spread with f2f campuses:
"university counties with in-person instruction (n = 79) experienced a 56% increase in incidence, comparing the 21-day periods before and after classes started."
56%!
"university counties with in-person instruction (n = 79) experienced a 56% increase in incidence, comparing the 21-day periods before and after classes started."
56%!
Second, CDC links teaching online to *lower* pandemic spread:
"U.S. counties with large colleges or universities with remote instruction (n = 22) experienced a 17.9% decrease in incidence"
"U.S. counties with large colleges or universities with remote instruction (n = 22) experienced a 17.9% decrease in incidence"
Third, counties did a bit better wrt COVID if they didn't have a campus there.
"Counties without large colleges or universities (n = 3,009) experienced a 6% decrease in incidence during similar time frames."
"Counties without large colleges or universities (n = 3,009) experienced a 6% decrease in incidence during similar time frames."
Did you hear that?
"In-person instruction at colleges and universities was associated with increased county-level COVID-19 incidence and percentage test positivity."
"In-person instruction at colleges and universities was associated with increased county-level COVID-19 incidence and percentage test positivity."
As I've asked before, what happens to #highered reputation if people see campuses as implementing actions *that spread the pandemic*?
How do we feel about this?
"university counties with in-person instruction experienced a 56% increase in incidence and 30% increase in hotspot occurrence as well as increases in COVID-19-related testing and test percentage positivity."
"university counties with in-person instruction experienced a 56% increase in incidence and 30% increase in hotspot occurrence as well as increases in COVID-19-related testing and test percentage positivity."
It wasn't teaching as such, says the CDC, but residential living that seems to be the real problem:
"Congregate living settings at colleges and universities were linked to transmissions "
"Congregate living settings at colleges and universities were linked to transmissions "
