In college towns and neighborhoods, permanent residents brace for students’ return

[JacksinPA]

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After a quiet summer spent in the seclusion of her College Park, Md., home, Dollymore is getting more neighbors. They’re students, enrolled at the University of Maryland’s flagship campus half a mile away, and they’re moving into the apartments and group homes that surround the school.

Dollymore, a 61-year-old retired critical care technician, lives on a tree-lined street in the suburbs. It’s not abnormal for her to have college-aged neighbors, but she has a compromised immune system. Her husband nearly died of influenza A, a type of flu, last year, and her 36-year-old daughter is recovering from malignant melanoma, she said.

“We have three highly compromised people in my house,” Dollymore said. “Where am I supposed to go to the grocery store?”

Although most — and in many cases, all — of their classes will be held online, students at District-area universities are still flocking to neighborhoods in and around the city, stoking fears — and questions — of permanent residents who are anxious about young people spreading the novel coronavirus.
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And what about the younger students forced to go in person to school, bringing back the virus to infect their families?

 

[Thom Paine]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...ner-main_collegevirus337pm:homepage/story-ans

After a quiet summer spent in the seclusion of her College Park, Md., home, Dollymore is getting more neighbors. They’re students, enrolled at the University of Maryland’s flagship campus half a mile away, and they’re moving into the apartments and group homes that surround the school.

Dollymore, a 61-year-old retired critical care technician, lives on a tree-lined street in the suburbs. It’s not abnormal for her to have college-aged neighbors, but she has a compromised immune system. Her husband nearly died of influenza A, a type of flu, last year, and her 36-year-old daughter is recovering from malignant melanoma, she said.

“We have three highly compromised people in my house,” Dollymore said. “Where am I supposed to go to the grocery store?”

Although most — and in many cases, all — of their classes will be held online, students at District-area universities are still flocking to neighborhoods in and around the city, stoking fears — and questions — of permanent residents who are anxious about young people spreading the novel coronavirus.
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And what about the younger students forced to go in person to school, bringing back the virus to infect their families?

media funny stuff... overblown emotion of fear for another... "SQUAT"
at only 61 the woman possesses the abilities to get along in a grand way.

 

[Crovax]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...ner-main_collegevirus337pm:homepage/story-ans

After a quiet summer spent in the seclusion of her College Park, Md., home, Dollymore is getting more neighbors. They’re students, enrolled at the University of Maryland’s flagship campus half a mile away, and they’re moving into the apartments and group homes that surround the school.

Dollymore, a 61-year-old retired critical care technician, lives on a tree-lined street in the suburbs. It’s not abnormal for her to have college-aged neighbors, but she has a compromised immune system. Her husband nearly died of influenza A, a type of flu, last year, and her 36-year-old daughter is recovering from malignant melanoma, she said.

“We have three highly compromised people in my house,” Dollymore said. “Where am I supposed to go to the grocery store?”

Although most — and in many cases, all — of their classes will be held online, students at District-area universities are still flocking to neighborhoods in and around the city, stoking fears — and questions — of permanent residents who are anxious about young people spreading the novel coronavirus.
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And what about the younger students forced to go in person to school, bringing back the virus to infect their families?

Delivery or curbside pick up. For living in a town of higher learning this woman is pretty ignorant

 

[Chomsky]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...ner-main_collegevirus337pm:homepage/story-ans

After a quiet summer spent in the seclusion of her College Park, Md., home, Dollymore is getting more neighbors. They’re students, enrolled at the University of Maryland’s flagship campus half a mile away, and they’re moving into the apartments and group homes that surround the school.

Dollymore, a 61-year-old retired critical care technician, lives on a tree-lined street in the suburbs. It’s not abnormal for her to have college-aged neighbors, but she has a compromised immune system. Her husband nearly died of influenza A, a type of flu, last year, and her 36-year-old daughter is recovering from malignant melanoma, she said.

“We have three highly compromised people in my house,” Dollymore said. “Where am I supposed to go to the grocery store?”

Although most — and in many cases, all — of their classes will be held online, students at District-area universities are still flocking to neighborhoods in and around the city, stoking fears — and questions — of permanent residents who are anxious about young people spreading the novel coronavirus.
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And what about the younger students forced to go in person to school, bringing back the virus to infect their families?

I surely wouldn't want to live in a college town at this juncture! :doh

 

[Metric Mouse]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...ner-main_collegevirus337pm:homepage/story-ans

After a quiet summer spent in the seclusion of her College Park, Md., home, Dollymore is getting more neighbors. They’re students, enrolled at the University of Maryland’s flagship campus half a mile away, and they’re moving into the apartments and group homes that surround the school.

Dollymore, a 61-year-old retired critical care technician, lives on a tree-lined street in the suburbs. It’s not abnormal for her to have college-aged neighbors, but she has a compromised immune system. Her husband nearly died of influenza A, a type of flu, last year, and her 36-year-old daughter is recovering from malignant melanoma, she said.

“We have three highly compromised people in my house,” Dollymore said. “Where am I supposed to go to the grocery store?”

Although most — and in many cases, all — of their classes will be held online, students at District-area universities are still flocking to neighborhoods in and around the city, stoking fears — and questions — of permanent residents who are anxious about young people spreading the novel coronavirus.
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And what about the younger students forced to go in person to school, bringing back the virus to infect their families?

I don't know about you, but a few years ago when I was in college, I didn't interact with many at risk people. Heck, even my professors were safe from me, considering my attendance record for the classes that posted notes and lectures online.

As long as the people at the gas stations and liqour stores wear masks, they'll be fine.