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global1

(25,253 posts)
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 01:41 AM Aug 2020

Was Talking With A Friend Today About UNC Going Back To On-Line Classes....

and the friend said to me - 'can't they control the students so that they stay-safe; wear masks and social distance'?

My answer to her was - 'Just think about the movie 'Animal House'. Now think of the movie Animal House - on Covid.'

She immediately got the message.

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Was Talking With A Friend Today About UNC Going Back To On-Line Classes.... (Original Post) global1 Aug 2020 OP
Great analogy, my dear global1! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2020 #1
Exactly! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #2
I was saying the same to my wife underpants Aug 2020 #3
And even if all the students were as well behaved as PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #4
Yeah, like crowded dorm rooms. Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #5
K-12 and university scape-goats imo lunasun Aug 2020 #6
How are they supposed to live together safely? Renew Deal Aug 2020 #7

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,862 posts)
4. And even if all the students were as well behaved as
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 02:07 AM
Aug 2020

we'd wish, there is simply far too many person-to-person interactions likely to spread the virus. It's as simple as that.

I am honestly beginning to think that this won't end until at least 80 to 90 percent of us all have been infected. Maybe even a lot closer to 100%.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)
5. Yeah, like crowded dorm rooms.
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 02:12 AM
Aug 2020

It's just asking for trouble.

It's been hard enough to control in prisons where the inhabitants don't have so many privacy rights.

Renew Deal

(81,866 posts)
7. How are they supposed to live together safely?
Tue Aug 18, 2020, 07:55 AM
Aug 2020

The school doesn’t want to be responsible for them, nor do they have the capacity for isolation, testing and tracing.

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