On college campuses, one surprising relief from pandemic stress: friends
Nov 12, 2020
4 minutes
Olivia Kane sat in her parked car, wondering what to do. She had just come from an abruptly canceled speech class, after her professor announced that two students had tested positive for COVID-19 and the class may have been exposed. Go to the health center, the professor said, and go home.
But Ms. Kane didn’t know if she could. A commuter student, she lives with her family, and her dad is considered high risk for the virus. What if she brought it back to him?
After an hour undecided at the wheel, she drove home and quarantined in her brother’s room. She exited days later symptom-free,
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