University of Alabama has 566 recorded cases of Covid-19 in its first week of classes with students back on campus, with 531 coming at the Tuscaloosa campus. The mayor has shut down bars for two weeks and said the fall is in serious jeopardy. Also, on Friday a 14 day moratorium was placed on all in-person student events outside of classroom instruction. I guess that doesn't include football practices. There has been a rapid rise in cases, particularly among fraternities and sororities.

Initial tests showed that few students were positive with the virus upon the their return to campus, which makes the following quote from University president Stuart Bell interesting: 'Our challenge is the virus and there’s a difference, folks...It’s not student behavior, OK. It’s how do we have protocols so that we make it to where our students can be successful, and we can minimize the impact of the virus.'

It'll also be interesting to see if U of A eventually sends students home but keeps the football players on campus, as North Carolina has done.

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