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The article discusses how the insufficient preparations at Central Methodist University in Missouri resulted in the high number of students infected with Covid-19 during its fall semester in 2020. Also cited are the failure by the university to practice the best practices to avoid infection like mandatory testing, social distancing, and mask wearing, as well as the comment of university president Roger Drake about the infected students.

The article discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic affected a higher number of older adults when college students returned to in-person learning in the U.S. in August 2020. It cites as example the case of Washington State University (WSU). Also mentioned are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study showing young adults are passing the virus to older people and WSU's efforts to prevent the spread of the virus like conducting testing to students.

The article discusses the surge in COVID-19 cases after college students in the U.S. returned to campuses for the fall semester in 2020. Topics covered include the dynamics of coronavirus transmission at colleges, data suggesting that university cases may be a large portion of the county's overall caseload, and the measures being taken to contain the virus.