Coronavirus and Study Abroad Issues

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@lucy<em>van</em>pelt;22622992

I’m hearing that both SMU and Columbia are pulling ALL study abroad kids home. No matter if they are in a country with active COVID cases or not. My D is in a country with (so-far) relatively few cases (less than 5 total in the country). Apparently, this is based on the CDC memo that schools should “Consider postponing or canceling student foreign exchange programs.”

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/student-foreign-travel.html

Seems inconsistent with what we are hearing out of our government. Also seems a bit extreme.