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Or, there will be parties & drinking & dating & ....
with a total disregard of the risks of COVID-19.
You know how some kids act once they finally get away from the controls of home.

After all, Stanford won't be in a position to enforce social distancing.
Is Stanford going to be able to indemnify itself from lawsuits over any health damage from a wildfire of COVID-19 among the students?  Will Stanford simply say they are 18 (well, most) and we can't be their parents -- their parents chose to send them here.

The students have the option to attend classes remotely (e.g., by living at home) rather than living on campus during their assigned quarters and I'm sure if they choose to live on campus, they will be signing waivers and taking a pledge to not engage in risky behavior as defined by the university. If the housing situation is approved by the county, the living rules are reasonable, and the students sign waivers and forswear engaging in restricted behavior, I'm sure the university is taking a reasonable risk relative to the hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Of course, the university will have to have a backup plan to pull the trigger to send everybody if their testing and isolation strategy breaks down. They will also have to be strong in sending students home if they are found breaking the rules.

[chrisk]

Or, there will be parties & drinking & dating & ....
with a total disregard of the risks of COVID-19.
You know how some kids act once they finally get away from the controls of home.

After all, Stanford won't be in a position to enforce social distancing.
Is Stanford going to be able to indemnify itself from lawsuits over any health damage from a wildfire of COVID-19 among the students?  Will Stanford simply say they are 18 (well, most) and we can't be their parents -- their parents chose to send them here.

The students have the option to attend classes remotely (e.g., by living at home) rather than living on campus during their assigned quarters and I'm sure if they choose to live on campus, they will be signing waivers and taking a pledge to not engage in risky behavior as defined by the university. If the housing situation is approved by the county, the living rules are reasonable, and the students sign waivers and forswear engaging in restricted behavior, I'm sure the university is taking a reasonable risk relative to the hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Of course, the university will have to have a backup plan to pull the trigger to send everybody if their testing and isolation strategy breaks down. They will also have to be strong in sending students home if they are found breaking the rules.