Cutting face-to-face teaching ‘best way’ to control Covid spread

Study that uses data from a UK university to model typical campus scenario warns fifth of students could catch virus within term one without interventions

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#1 Submitted by inuk on September 17, 2020 - 10:19am

And yet, we reopen campuses and tell students not to socialise. Because... let me guess: fees?

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