But 20-year olds drive all the time

But 20-year olds drive all the time
by turtle17 (2020-05-16 15:23:23)

In reply to: 5% chance of infection, < 1% chance of hospital, 0.3% posted by btd

For a typical risk college-age student, the mortality rate from car accidents and from COVID-19 over a year are in the same ballpark. A 20-year old can significantly decrease their very low chance of dying in a year by never getting in a car. But they do because we've come to accept the risk. Right now, even with similar numbers (it isn't 0.2% for a healthy 20-year old, it is of order 0.01%) people aren't willing to take the risk. Partly because the risk changes a lot with older age, and partly because humans and risk are an interesting combination.
But telling people that doesn't change anything, at least not right away.

Students would be carriers too, you whiz

And perhaps pass it on to faculty, staff, dining hall workers, rectors, priests, janitors, university employees. And/or the family members of the aforementioned. It is really a complicated question.

thread had been about students

I agree with you about difficulty of separating low and higher risk groups, and said so in a post below. This thread had been about risk to students, and why they would need to sign a liability waiver if the risk was low.

The janitor in our kid’s school contracted it . . .

2nd confirmed case in US . . . he was in a medically-induced coma for 2 month. Kids had been showing the “flu” like symptoms for at least a month prior and he had not traveled outside the US.

Although it really can’t be confirmed, it’s likely he contracted it from one of the students.