> That seems more like the best response would be to quarantine dorm residents at the first positive test This assumes that reliable testing kits are widely av

> That seems more like the best response would be to quarantine dorm residents at the first positive test This assumes that reliable testing kits are widely available, which in the United States they most certainly are not. > Kicking the students out just risks making a larger pool of uncontrolled carriers. We've seen from the experiences of the cruise ships where coronavirus cases have emerged that the virus transmits through densely packed groups of people at disproportionately high rates. Whereas the experiences of China and South Korea indicate that putting distance between people can significantly retard transmission. In this context, a dorm is effectively a cruise ship made of cinderblocks. The solution isn't to lock the passengers in together, it's to get them off the ship and spread them out as far as possible.