Brink of Disaster......?

[SCarolinaCy]

Cedar Rapids paper posts article about virus concerns on ISU campus.

Iowa State is on the brink of disaster

It's day six in quarantine for me. I had been to a total of seven classes before I was told …

www.thegazette.com

 

[JM4CY]

High quality journalism right there.

 

[SECyclone]

Thought they would rename that the hawkgazette by now.

 

[JM4CY]

Thought they would rename that the hawkballwashinggazette by now.

FIFY

 

[Clonehomer]

Gotta make the Iowa fans feel better about that football decision.

 

[knowlesjam]

For every negative story on the U of Iowa...in this case, the female student that was treated terribly by the U when she tested positive, the Gazette has a quota of 10 negative Iowa State stories. Gotta make the U look good.

 

[mj4cy]

Someone should remind them their football program has silenced minorities for over two decades....

 

[2020cy]

They couldn’t possibly find a similar situation at the U. Which would be in their area and pertinent to their readers. Nope.

 

[knowlesjam]

One school went into this with eyes wide open, testing all that came into the dorms...the other school...not so much.

 

[heitclone]

I wanna hear more about these party gyms the article mentions.

 

[mj4cy]

One school went into this with eyes wide open, testing all that came into the dorms...the other school...not so much.

I think that's the difference between ISU and Iowa.

ISU: understands there could be an issue and would rather be transparent up front, admit issues, and explain plan to fix/mitigate issue.

Iowa: Sweep under the rug and act like they are above ever having issues.

 

[Showtimeljs]

High quality journalism right there.

My first reaction exactly. Obviously I'm not a talented writer, but this whiny letter home was really poorly done. Also, the suggestion of sending everyone home at this point is a terrible idea, we should deal with the issues we have in Ames, in Ames. Not spread them to mom, dad, and grandma back at home.

 

[ruxCYtable]

Look man, I'm not one of these crazies who thinks it's a hoax or anything. But college age kids are at pretty damn low risk for complications. A lot of people are gonna feel pretty ****** for a few days, then they'll get over it and be immune. I fail to see the "disaster."

 

[Gunnerclone]

Look man, I'm not one of these crazies who thinks it's a hoax or anything. But college age kids are at pretty damn low risk for complications. A lot of people are gonna feel pretty ****** for a few days, then they'll get over it and be immune. I fail to see the "disaster."

Tou just need to take it out a couple more steps, you’re getting there.

 

[cycloneG]

Look man, I'm not one of these crazies who thinks it's a hoax or anything. But college age kids are at pretty damn low risk for complications. A lot of people are gonna feel pretty ****** for a few days, then they'll get over it and be immune. I fail to see the "disaster."

Community spread?

 

[Stormin]

Look man, I'm not one of these crazies who thinks it's a hoax or anything. But college age kids are at pretty damn low risk for complications. A lot of people are gonna feel pretty ****** for a few days, then they'll get over it and be immune. I fail to see the "disaster."

If people are immune, how come we have some people getting Covid19 a second time? We have only had Covid19 around for a few months and people are getting a second time. That does not sound like immunity.

 

[madguy30]

Just getting that 'Iowa cares about the students' health' snowball packed up a bit.

It will be full bore as the game gets closer.

 

[BCClone]

If people are immune, how come we have some people getting Covid19 a second time? We have only had Covid19 around for a few months and people are getting a second time. That does not sound like immunity.

Kinda like people getting the chickenpox more than once. There have been reports of less than a handful of having it twice. Let's focus on the main picture of the first time and let the medical world work on the very rare instances.

 

[madguy30]

If people are immune, how come we have some people getting Covid19 a second time? We have only had Covid19 around for a few months and people are getting a second time. That does not sound like immunity.

There's been like 3 confirmed of that actually happening and last I checked they didn't experience any symptoms.

There was some story just this last week talking about a 2nd case in the U.S. but it was from back in May? Weird they ran it now...jealousy?

From what I can tell the 'immunity' for these viruses is basically the T-cells keeping it from doing much a 2nd time. Even with a flu shot, you might get infected, but just not badly. The big question imo is how contagious someone may be if they get it again.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Look man, I'm not one of these crazies who thinks it's a hoax or anything. But college age kids are at pretty damn low risk for complications. A lot of people are gonna feel pretty ****** for a few days, then they'll get over it and be immune. I fail to see the "disaster."

I imagine a good amount of these tests are because *gasps* people are showing symptoms.... People aren't just getting tested for fun, they are either not feeling well or had direct contact. Community spread is the biggest issue with the colleges and now that the cancellation period is over it will just be a matter of time before Iowa and Iowa State both go online.