The Chronicle of Higher Education

Students Are Spreading Covid-19 Off Campus. Here’s How Colleges Can Stop It.

July 27, 2020

In recent weeks, Covid-19 cases have exploded among people in their 20s and 30s. Public-health officials say that’s partly because of so-called superspreader events, including gatherings of college students in off-campus houses, fraternities, and bars. Confronted with social-media posts showing crowds of students dancing and drinking together in defiance of local orders, colleges have been forced to zero in on what’s happening just outside their borders.
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