College parties take on a new cast in COVID-19 era: Amherst residents concerned about students without masks, too close together

masslive.com ^ | July 23, 2010 | Jim Russell

[CheshireTheCat]

Residents have been calling police after seeing college students outdoors at private homes not wearing masks and too close to each other, Town Manager Paul Bockelman told the Town Council during Monday’s meeting.

“Many of our year-round residents are seeing smallish parties, by Amherst standards. But people are starting to call and say there’s a party at this private house and they’re not social distancing, and they’re not wearing masks,” Bockelman said.

“Normally, that person might have just walked by or driven by that household as being a normal student party — but in this day and age it’s a different feeling for people,” he said....

[CheshireTheCat]

It is going to get real fun this fall as townies have an easy way to get college student parties broken up.

Of course, there is fall out from this:

1) Students will vandalize the homes they suspect of ratting them out;

2) Students may go home for the weekends and thus not spend money in towns that badly need it;

3) More students will join protests that call for defunding the police....

You guys take it from here.

[chief lee runamok]

Enough partiers with alcohol breath will eliminate any pesky chinese virus.

Party on.

[chief lee runamok]

Enough partiers with alcohol breath will eliminate any pesky chinese virus.

Party on.

[reformedliberal]

Students will learn that Karen culture has a downside.

The allure of the Social Credit system will fade.

MYOB will become a new cultural trope.

[Larry Lucido]

1) Students will vandalize the homes they suspect of ratting them out;

"Jerry, you ratted me out?"

"Hello?"

"Hello."

[HIDEK6]

Gasp, horrors.

[chopperk]

Make HCQ and Zinc Sulfate OTC drug and problem solved.....If someone gets a cough or a slight fever, start taking the meds......Pandemic over....In the meantime, take Zicam twice a day......

[Noumenon]

We now have a whole new class of Karens - the Branch Covidians.

[trebb]

Took the wife to a local “Sea World” to get her out of the house as she needs more human contact than I do ...lots of kids there and about half had no masks on despite the “requirement”...was great looking at happy children’s smiling faces...