The Chronicle of Higher Education (Washington, D.C., Dec. 3) – Off-campus social gatherings are the top drivers of coronavirus spread at colleges. At the U. of I., contact tracers heard about students who had tested positive and then hosted parties, says Rebecca L. Smith, a professor of epidemiology who works on the university’s pandemic response. Some Illinois students deliberately hung out with infected friends to catch the virus and “get it over with,” she says.
COVID Lessons Learned from College Campuses
