Indiana University seeing 'uncontrolled spread of COVID-19' among Greek life

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/515151-indiana-university-seeing-uncontrolled-spread-of

Indiana University (IU) at Bloomington officials are asking students to seriously evaluate whether they want to continue living in communal housing environments as more COVID-19 infections are emerging among the student body, particularly within the school’s Greek system.

The school announced that positivity testing rates in certain Greek and communal student homes are now above 50 percent in what school public health experts are calling an “uncontrolled spread of COVID-19.”

About 2,600 Indiana University students live within Greek housing or other communal situations. Given the highly communicable nature of the virus, which travels mainly through aerosol particles, it renders the other 42,000 students at risk, as well as the 12,000 faculty and staff that work on the campus.

“Due to the nature of communal living (Greek housing), in which there is a high density of residents, shared bathrooms, and a number of common living, sleeping and dining spaces, viruses like COVID-19 easily spread,” the school wrote. “Greek houses at IU Bloomington are seeing this type of spread at quickly increasing rates.”

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[rzemanfl]

1. My grandson is in a fraternity there. n/t

[Nevilledog]

3. Yikes!

[SWBTATTReg]

4. I hope that he's safe (I'm sure that he is, being that he's got you in his corner!).

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Ah, lets open our schools, we can control any outbreaks etc. (sarcasm is dripping here)...

Another republican crying point thoroughly dismissed, hey, w/ appropriate safeguards, we can reopen everything!

Am I missing something that these 'open everything immediately' idiots and trump wants?

I feel for these kid's families and friends now, as well as all of those who come in contact w/ these kids...does anyone (I don't) think that these kids will self isolate themselves for the required 14 days?

I'm surprised that they allowed the frat houses to reopen under such uncontrolled conditions, you would though that perhaps people in the know or their medical experts at the school would have said something...I guess not.