Coronavirus updates: Dozens of fraternity members test positive for COVID-19, officials say

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

At least 45 fraternity members at the University of Southern California have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed the cases while investigating a coronavirus outbreak at three fraternities associated with the private university in Los Angeles. The names of the fraternities involved were not released.

"The outbreak may be linked to a large social gathering on July 4," the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a statement Thursday night. "As a reminder, gatherings of people from different households are prohibited under the Health Officer Order in place. These are high-risk situations where COVID-19 can spread quickly to many people. Those people, even if they are asymptomatic, can then spread it to their household, which may include someone who becomes seriously ill or who may die."

ABC News has reached out to the University of Southern California for comment.

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[underpants]

1. No. Not USC.

Imagine that happening.

[mjvpi]

2. Three fraternities at USC and there aren't enough guys excelling in ......

...... science based classes to understand what the hell is happening after four months of a pandemic? Even history majors should get it. No aspiring physicians? They must be MBA types.

[babydollhead]

3. maybe they are statistics majors. or nihilist philosophy students.

[greenjar_01]

6. Not a big Venn diagram overlap between the philosophy majors and the fraternity dudes

Some overlap, sure, but more a sliver.

The reason they don't understand biology is because they're business majors.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Guarantee you that those parties were not all male either

and I expect the contact tracers will have a doozy of a time linking everyone who attended any of those events.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. The frat must of had a COVID-19 party...