I live in a college town and, although the university here has told freshman and sophomore students to stay home for the first quarter, other classes of undergraduates and graduate students have been allowed to return to campus. I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, many businesses in my city rely on the college students and when there aren't any students in town, those businesses suffer. Students already vacated campus earlier than expected and now they're staying away beyond the summer. How is a local restaurant that relies on student traffic supposed to keep things going? It's a tough situation. But, on the other hand, what if all of the students were allowed to return, they dismissed the social distancing and mask rules in town, and there was a spike in Covid cases? This wouldn't help the situation either. Even though the students would be out and about and spending money locally, if an outbreak occurred, the university would surely shut down again, and we'd be back to square one.
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