Vax Optional Colleges with Outstanding Art Programs

ucbalumnus
Sun, 04 Jul 2021 03:24:20 +0000

MissingThe90s:

You seem to not realize or forget that (knowing the vaccine only became available this spring) there were many schools that indeed held successful in-person classes the entire school year …. with positive cases yes but not outbreaks resulting in reported widespread hospitalizations or deaths at those schools. I am not sure why, at this point in the pandemic with what we know, vaccines which appear to be effective, prior infection immunity and therapeutics, you think it will be so much worse this year ?

Decreased risk of outbreaks:

Some people are immune from vaccination. Varies by region.

Some people are immune from prior infection. Varies by region.

Increased risk of outbreaks:

The B.1.617.2 / Delta variant that is rapidly becoming the dominant variant in the US is more transmissible than other variants (probably why it is becoming dominant, since increase transmissibility is an advantage in natural selection).

Colleges and schools are likely to have closer-to-pre-COVID-19-normal in-person school, unlike the highly restricted in-person school that many of those which did do in-person school in 2020-2021 did.

Regions of low vaccination rates are likely to be less receptive to COVID-19 mitigation measures against outbreaks.