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BumRushDaShow

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23. Temple U has almost 40,000 (grad/undergrad) and they spiked the first couple weeks and shut down
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 11:19 AM
Sep 2020

after their hybrid model failed. The rest of the other large universities in the city knew better and had already opted for virtual (like Drexel with 26,000 and Penn with 25,000). Only Temple took the risk and blew it. And since many of those at Temple who contracted the virus were not "permanent" residents of the city, they got counted elsewhere.

They started spiking the last week of August and had gotten up to over 400 by last week (forcing them to close the campus for the semester and go virtual with some exceptions). St. Joe's opted for hybrid and are up to 76 cases. Villanova, which also went hybrid was up to 70 as of yesterday.

Kenney and Farley (Health Dir.) are no fools and we are carefully calibrating any reopening here to keep our case counts down. We did NOT expand our indoor restaurant capacity allowances with the state nor are any bars open AT ALL unless food is served. We did expand the outdoor gatherings to 150. We are waiting to see if there is any fallout from Labor Day but fortunately we are finding that the mask usage indoors/at public transit locations (averaging 60% - 80% week to week) has definitely helped here.

Yesterday at the weekly presser, the city had referenced a study done on outdoors mask use, where although almost at 60%, a large percent were not worn correctly (below nose or as chin guards and whatnot), which will be a focus of new educational outreach efforts.

This virus usually dies down with drastic measures and can be reduced to small pockets of barely-simmering embers. But those embers are still hot and are waiting to re-spark wildfires when people get careless.

And science be damned. We need $$'s Ferrets are Cool Sep 2020 #1
can any governors stop them? pstokely Sep 2020 #5
Yes, but only for the schools in their state. Angleae Sep 2020 #9
what about alumni or student groups? pstokely Sep 2020 #10
Money, money, money. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #2
Interesting if the classes have to go remotely but the football doesn't. dem4decades Sep 2020 #3
This country has gone mad. madaboutharry Sep 2020 #4
Speaking as someone from a family of SPARTYS... maddogesq Sep 2020 #6
Huddle Up? czarjak Sep 2020 #7
Not to be morbid, but does Las Vegas have a betting line on the over/under for player deaths RockRaven Sep 2020 #8
You can bet on whether the Big10 plays SCantiGOP Sep 2020 #11
It wont last long as we see that many teams are now dealing with covid... Acornsouth Sep 2020 #12
I visited a Buckeyes forum a few minutes ago... Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2020 #13
Pretty sure that KovidKimmy is all for it. justgamma Sep 2020 #14
Long time Ohio State fan and this is madness Botany Sep 2020 #15
In many places, youth sports went on all DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #16
Meanwhile Penn State (Big 10 East) COVID cases keep piling up BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #17
There are 47,000 students at University Park, DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #20
Temple U has almost 40,000 (grad/undergrad) and they spiked the first couple weeks and shut down BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #23
Aside from when Penn State is open, Centre county is DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #25
Oh I know it's rural. BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #28
Lots of people aren't co-operating with contact tracers in PA, DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #30
Right BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #31
If true DonaldsRump Sep 2020 #18
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2020 #19
If you live anyplace near a Big 10 university be afraid. davsand Sep 2020 #21
No fans pstokely Sep 2020 #29
Initially the plan was to limit the number of tailagaits and allowed in the stadium. davsand Sep 2020 #32
For what it's worth, new COVID infections are steadily declining, down from a peak in July. Calista241 Sep 2020 #22
I think your last paragraph is generally true DeminPennswoods Sep 2020 #26
No One Should Be Surprised modrepub Sep 2020 #24
they only added MD and Rutgers for the DC and NYC cable subscribers pstokely Sep 2020 #33
the show must go on! stillcool Sep 2020 #27
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