It concerns me that we have travel bans from Covid areas of concern such as India and the EU, as well as China, yet students are exempt. This is the same thinking that left the borders basically wide open all last year even though numerous countries were on travel ban lists. Travel spreads the virus. Period. And then people complained that we didn’t act like New Zealand and crush the virus. They closed their borders to everyone, including citizens. Not saying we should have done it but you can’t have it both ways.
Are students less likely to bring variants? If so why? How will the universities handle students who aren’t vaccinated? Will they all quarantine together for a month or more before rejoining campus life? What if the universities aren’t offering remote learning?
In the end colleges are a business and there’s no higher calling than making a buck.