⁍ College campuses are considered one of the largest Covid-19 hotspots in the United States.

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⁍ The death last week of Chad Dorrill, a 19-year-old sophomore at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, drives home the risks college students face despite being young and healthy.

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⁍ Parents are also worried about the financial consequences of bad behavior.

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– With the death of a 19-year-old at Appalachian State University last week and the spread of the Covid-19 virus on college campuses across the US, the Daily Mail takes a look at just how scary this is for parents. “We know that some college kids think, I’m too young to get this, or even if I do get it, I’ll be immune, but this situation is hard on parents,” says the co-author of a parenting book. “No one knows who will have a few days of feeling ill and who will experience long-haul symptoms. Some kids are rolling the dice more than others, and parents are doing their best to monitor their kids long distance.” For example, at Texas A&M, where the San Antonio campus has seen 51 cases among students and employees as of Sept. 26, the mother of a student who tested negative for Covid-19 says her daughter begged her to let her come home after 14 of her friends showed up at a party. “Because of my job and her dad’s—he’s a critical care nurse—she knew there was no way she could come home if she was exposed to Covid-19 or tested positive,” Lourdes Pelaez-Kingery tells the Daily Mail. “We told our daughter that if she gets sent home, she’s putting a cool time in her life at risk. We told her it’s in her best interest to be vigilant and make sure she doesn’t get exposed.” Ohio State, where 3,048 positive test results among students and employees as of Oct. 3, has canceled spring break in 2021.