[magnus]

Online is going to happen.

Just imagine the risk with the alternative.   The students go all over the world over the summer and return to campus.   Inevitably some percentage will have COVID19 when they return.   The campus is set up so that everyone jumps into classes shortly after they arrive.   Therefore even if it is only 5 or 10 students they will each have long duration interactions with ~30-50+ students in their dorm and dining hall and a similar number of people in their classes.   The exponential growth potential over a week or two could leave a university in big trouble.  

If we're going to be opening states back up in the next couple months, we're going to have to have testing.  If we have testing, we can test every student who comes in to school.  That should hopefully reduce the chances of a breakout.  (at least, I'd guess that could be one argument used to reopen universities)

[magnus]

Online is going to happen.

Just imagine the risk with the alternative.   The students go all over the world over the summer and return to campus.   Inevitably some percentage will have COVID19 when they return.   The campus is set up so that everyone jumps into classes shortly after they arrive.   Therefore even if it is only 5 or 10 students they will each have long duration interactions with ~30-50+ students in their dorm and dining hall and a similar number of people in their classes.   The exponential growth potential over a week or two could leave a university in big trouble.  

If we're going to be opening states back up in the next couple months, we're going to have to have testing.  If we have testing, we can test every student who comes in to school.  That should hopefully reduce the chances of a breakout.  (at least, I'd guess that could be one argument used to reopen universities)