This is literally the first sentence under “Info For Students, Parents and Staff” of the VT Covid-19 Relocation Protocol:
** If you test positive, or if Schiffert Health Center deems it necessary for you to relocate to quarantine space while being evaluated for COVID-19, the first question to ask is if you are able to return home or not. If that’s possible, we highly recommend it, as you will likely be more comfortable at home with folks who can care for you.**
I only bolded it because VT did.
Honestly, just do the math. A student that tests positive goes to quarantine for 14 days. Those students exposed to Covid positive students go to isolation dorms. If there have been 247 positive test results in the last 14 days, but there are a total of only 82 students in both on campus quarantine and isolation combined, where did the all the other Covid positive and exposed students go?
JMU wasn’t prepared, that is an incontrovertible fact. That being said, VT is sending Covid positive students home, just not so publicly. Sadly, JMU has a better understanding of total Covid positives because they report the off campus cases, but they’re being chastised for their transparency.