@Chico Escuela posted:It's a potential tragedy for staff and faculty, some of whom will not be able to avoid spending a good deal of time around students. Also a potential tragedy for other non-students in the community.
I hope that universities will be able to shield those employees who want or need shielding, by doing work online or remotely.
I am very concerned about staff who can't work remotely, i.e. dining hall staff. That often includes work-study students. However, if you keep all students off-campus, all those jobs are lost. Many students depend on those work-study jobs. Where are those people going to work? If they can find jobs at all, they are likely to be in less-secure places. Universities, in general, are more committed to virus safety than many other employers. Of course, this has a bigger impact on big universities in small towns, as opposed to smaller colleges in big cities. Many, many businesses either directly or indirectly dependent on the students.
It's just a mess. I hope that there is more data in July.