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University of Wisconsin-Madison
they’ve managed to stay out of the news but they have a raging outbreak. they’re claiming it’s confined to some sororities off campus & are quarantining those houses, but it’s a MASSIVE number of positive cases—420!! https://keyt.com/news/national-world/2020/09/05/university-of-wisconsin-madison-directs-9-sororities-and-fraternities-to-quarantine-due-to-covid-19/
they’ve managed to stay out of the news but they have a raging outbreak. they’re claiming it’s confined to some sororities off campus & are quarantining those houses, but it’s a MASSIVE number of positive cases—420!! https://keyt.com/news/national-world/2020/09/05/university-of-wisconsin-madison-directs-9-sororities-and-fraternities-to-quarantine-due-to-covid-19/
to put that in perspective: only 1,500 students ~total~ live in Greek housing at UW-Madison 
“‘Violation of isolation and quarantine orders may result in a court order for involuntary quarantine and/or a fine of up to $10,000 [...]. Failure to comply also will result in university sanctions against students who violate a quarantine directive,’ says the release.” 
ok, another story says 38 residents of those 9 houses have tested positive—38 out of 400ish total residents, which is still dreadful, but it makes more sense https://www.channel3000.com/positive-percentage-of-new-covid-19-tests-jumps-to-nearly-13-as-wisconsin-sees-largest-single-day-case-count-to-date/
I was trying to figure out “how does Madison have an outbreak the size of one of the Disaster Schools but they haven’t been in the news?”
and the answer is, b/c they aren’t up there quite yet. but it definitely looks like they’re headed in that direction.
and the answer is, b/c they aren’t up there quite yet. but it definitely looks like they’re headed in that direction.
I can’t tell from this article how many people had tested positive on Sept 3rd, but it seems clear that just a few days ago, they probably had 1/5th or 1/2 the cases they have today, which means their sorority cluster is bad news https://madison.com/ct/news/local/education/back-on-campus-uw-students-make-up-a-quarter-of-dane-county-covid-cases/article_9f6f7f66-b1cf-5b36-829b-28ebe197f7ae.html
oh dear
they’re trying to hide how bad it is by not updating their dashboard after Sept 3rd, but it actually isn’t so great even up to that point https://smartrestart.wisc.edu/dashboard/
they’re trying to hide how bad it is by not updating their dashboard after Sept 3rd, but it actually isn’t so great even up to that point https://smartrestart.wisc.edu/dashboard/
i dunno, UW-Madison, is there a reason you were steady updating daily and then for some reason you just stopped doing that on Sept 3rd? cuz your numbers were trending in The Bad Direction at that point already...
University of Wisconsin-Madison is quarantining its undergrads for 14 days, tho in-person classes will continue
their outbreak is definitely out of control but not yet a crisis. headed in that direction. https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-restricts-student-movement-activities-for-14-days-as-covid-19-spreads/article_05ed3b59-2c60-5419-a569-d13559abea49.html
their outbreak is definitely out of control but not yet a crisis. headed in that direction. https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-restricts-student-movement-activities-for-14-days-as-covid-19-spreads/article_05ed3b59-2c60-5419-a569-d13559abea49.html
p.s. it didn’t take UW-Madison long to get into truly dangerous territory, w/ over 100 students testing positive each day for several days now.
p.s. here is the official announcement https://news.wisc.edu/chancellor-directs-14-day-student-restrictions-for-health-safety/
At this point, local leaders are begging the University of Wisconsin-Madison to send their undergrad students home—in order to save the town.
Town-gown relations are not going to recover from 2020 university pig-headedness. https://www.channel3000.com/parisi-raises-alarm-in-letter-to-university-asking-for-undergrads-to-be-sent-home-amid-covid-19-spike-on-campus/
Town-gown relations are not going to recover from 2020 university pig-headedness. https://www.channel3000.com/parisi-raises-alarm-in-letter-to-university-asking-for-undergrads-to-be-sent-home-amid-covid-19-spike-on-campus/
i have bad news for this guy if he’s appealing to the basic humanity of university administrators
University of Wisconsin-Madison administrators are a JOKE https://wkow.com/2020/09/14/uw-madison-officials-defend-covid-19-response/
University of Wisconsin-Madison is doing such a bad job managing its outbreak AND its relationship with the town it lives in, it has attracted the notice of the higher ed press. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/09/17/town-gown-connections-strained-amid-university-wisconsin-reopening-madison
This article has one of the stupidest and evilest lies I have ever seen in any article. The university president claims that 35k students would’ve come to Madison even if the school hadn’t opened. We know this is a lie b/c students DID leave when these schools closed last spring!
The town is once again begging University of Wisconsin-Madison to suspend operations.
It is SURREAL how badly UW-Madison is behaving. https://www.nbc15.com/2020/09/20/parisi-renews-call-for-uw-madison-to-move-to-online-instruction-amid-surge-of-covid-19-cases/
It is SURREAL how badly UW-Madison is behaving. https://www.nbc15.com/2020/09/20/parisi-renews-call-for-uw-madison-to-move-to-online-instruction-amid-surge-of-covid-19-cases/
“This decision has greatly impacted our community and others, and has now catapulted Wisconsin into the top three states in the nation for increases in the rate of infection," Parisi said.
Wow. Fuck Rebecca Blank and fuck UW-Madison.
This is enraging. She’s the one endangering all these lives and has the chutzpah to shake her finger in everyone’s faces and tell them off about how they should care more about protecting each other??? https://www.channel3000.com/its-long-past-time-to-stop-arguing-uw-madison-chancellor-releases-statement-on-covid-19-enforcement-in-off-campus-areas/
This is enraging. She’s the one endangering all these lives and has the chutzpah to shake her finger in everyone’s faces and tell them off about how they should care more about protecting each other??? https://www.channel3000.com/its-long-past-time-to-stop-arguing-uw-madison-chancellor-releases-statement-on-covid-19-enforcement-in-off-campus-areas/
I no longer know what to say about University of Wisconsin-Madison.
So... they’re resuming in-person classes, BUT they also want students to move out of dorms...??? How is that supposed to work? They’re shifting the burden to the city, THAT’S ALL. https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-university-of-wisconsin-madison-covid-19-20200923-bhj7y4s4rjhknh27cw7ptdcpce-story.html
So... they’re resuming in-person classes, BUT they also want students to move out of dorms...??? How is that supposed to work? They’re shifting the burden to the city, THAT’S ALL. https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-university-of-wisconsin-madison-covid-19-20200923-bhj7y4s4rjhknh27cw7ptdcpce-story.html
