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dawg day

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6. In the USA, it's about 1 in 50, and that's over 5 months.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 31, 2020, 09:42 PM

Aug 2020

So 1 in 30 students (and we don't know about staff) in 3 weeks...

Well, at least that indicates that young people transmit it freely, even if fortunately it doesn't usually cause as bad a case as with older people.

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Profs 'Terrified' by Order to Keep Quiet About Outbreak at The University of Alabama [View all] Demovictory9 Aug 2020 OP

All hail Alabama football Tribetime Aug 2020 #1

If a student is known to the admin to have tested positive, House of Roberts Aug 2020 #2

+1000000 crickets Aug 2020 #8

Sounds like a recipe for disaster. Can you tell a tenured professor what to do? dem4decades Aug 2020 #3

it's a huge outbreak dawg day Aug 2020 #4

By Comparison... ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #5

In the USA, it's about 1 in 50, and that's over 5 months. dawg day Aug 2020 #6

When are people going to learn that 'ignore it and it'll go away' doesn't work? crickets Aug 2020 #7

"If I thought you had not been exposed by an unknown classmate, I would say so." Then - silence. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #9

It's never a good sign when you tell your staff that they have to be muzzled. TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #10

They need to find a way to pass the news. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2020 #11

trumpworld. spanone Aug 2020 #12

Oh, that's going to work well. TomSlick Aug 2020 #13

Simlar issue here. Ms. Toad Aug 2020 #14