Related question: at what point should university students begin partial-quarantine measures such as not going to large classes and not going to cafeterias?
I’m concerned about the cafeteria things especially, because it seems like a pretty potent vector for transmission and also relatively avoidable by just buying/preparing your own food. At the minimum, I suspect that doing things like bringing your own utensils/plates that you’ve disinfected to be a reasonable precaution, although all the food is sort of sitting out so I’m not sure if that’s even a thing that will help. I live reasonably close to my university, so I could also just go home at some point.
For reference, it would roughly cost ~$5-20 a day to avoid the cafeteria, depending on type of food created/purchased.
With a little research I think you can probably save money by avoiding the cafeteria. Budget Bytes has a lot of meal ideas for a few dollars a meal that can be cooking in advance and in bulk.
Both cafeterias and classrooms seem like places that’d have some of the highest risks of infections, due to being in close proximity to others but moreso because you’re touching surfaces that others have touched. It seems like a good idea to me to avoid cafeterias because it wouldn’t be too difficult to find a different place to eat. Perhaps your car. Or perhaps at tables that aren’t used as frequently as the cafeteria.
But the downside of not going to class seems much larger. Depending on the class of course. Some big lectures that don’t take attendance probably aren’t worth going to in the first place, whereas smaller classes that do take attendance and don’t use the textbook would be much harder to miss.
Related question: at what point should university students begin partial-quarantine measures such as not going to large classes and not going to cafeterias?
I’m concerned about the cafeteria things especially, because it seems like a pretty potent vector for transmission and also relatively avoidable by just buying/preparing your own food. At the minimum, I suspect that doing things like bringing your own utensils/plates that you’ve disinfected to be a reasonable precaution, although all the food is sort of sitting out so I’m not sure if that’s even a thing that will help. I live reasonably close to my university, so I could also just go home at some point.
For reference, it would roughly cost ~$5-20 a day to avoid the cafeteria, depending on type of food created/purchased.
With a little research I think you can probably save money by avoiding the cafeteria. Budget Bytes has a lot of meal ideas for a few dollars a meal that can be cooking in advance and in bulk.
Both cafeterias and classrooms seem like places that’d have some of the highest risks of infections, due to being in close proximity to others but moreso because you’re touching surfaces that others have touched. It seems like a good idea to me to avoid cafeterias because it wouldn’t be too difficult to find a different place to eat. Perhaps your car. Or perhaps at tables that aren’t used as frequently as the cafeteria.
But the downside of not going to class seems much larger. Depending on the class of course. Some big lectures that don’t take attendance probably aren’t worth going to in the first place, whereas smaller classes that do take attendance and don’t use the textbook would be much harder to miss.