@greenbutton
The University and the town would hemorrhage A LOT more money if those students don’t show up. To the tune of hundreds of millions of $$$ lost. There are already at least a half-dozen storefronts ‘for lease’ on College Avenue from spring/summer … without the students there this fall, many more would not make it. How many business were closed this summer and didn’t find it worthwhile to even bother to open because they couldn’t even cover fixed costs?
I disagree with your statement that the majority aren’t following rules. In fact, I see exactly the opposite. (For reference, the video linked at East Halls was less than 200 kids out of approx. 4,000 - 5,000 who live in East). I walk on campus and the vast majority are masked. In fact, in my sample on Saturday morning, I observed:
- 5 adults (clearly not kids - gray hair and all) WITHOUT masks (some alone, one pair, some walking, one biking)
- 12/14 students wearing masks. (the two without were sprinting/biking uphill alone).
So, by my observations, I saw:
100% of townspeople/professors NOT wearing masks
15% of students NOT wearing masks.
Of the kids testing positive, many are asymptomatic. I wish the COVID dashboard would reflect data points such as:
- percentage on campus vs. off campus
- severity of symptoms vs. asymptomatic
- hospitalizations