University of Miami Students Avoid COVID-19 Controls

[The Vice-President of Student Affairs]…email said the university had received reports that groups of undergraduates were renting an Airbnb in the Keys and Miami Beach to “evade our mask, social distancing and curfew requirements. These selfish actions risk our entire U reopening plan.”

Four University of Miami students test positive for COVID-19 | Miami Herald

There is ever evidence that the arrogant, selfish students at the university are almost impossible to control, especially those who live off campus. The University of Miami is soon to have more than a few students with COVID-19.

Also residents of Coral Gables are in danger in places of intersection at supermarkets, pharmacies and restaurants.

Endangered Green Area: Overview

This is a satellite view of the Doctors Hospital (Baptist Health) parking lot leased from the City of Coral Gables showing the lot and the green barrier between the lot and the neighborhood streets (Granada, Carillo, Pisano).

The City of Coral Gables plans the sale of the parking lot and the green area to Baptist Health for an estimated $3.0 million.

The green buffer hides views of the Doctors Hospital building, traffic and parked cars from the area residents and supplies numerous environmental benefits.

It is worrying that Doctors Hospital will re-landscape the area with the subsequent loss of the environment and local property values.

The City of Coral Gables should require that no buildings or other construction (walls) be allowed on the property and that the green buffer be fully retained or significantly improved.

If the City of Coral Gables cannot ensure the permanency of the dense green buffer then the land sale may be questioned.

RAMPAGING: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (Coral Gables) STUDENTS

MANY OBSERVED NOT WEARING MASKS IN CORAL GABLES. ENTERING STORES AND SUPERMARKETS WITHOUT MASKS.

HAZARD: UM Students in Coral Gables–No Masks, No Distancing

Recently arriving University of Miami UM students, showing total indifference to the highly complex, detailed and sophisticated COVID-19 mitigation rules established by the UM President, are running around like they are in another state, another planet, another country.

It seems unlikely that the UM will be able to sustain a COVID-19/CLEAN campus for very long. Also, the strict on-campus mitigation rules may impel the students into the Coral Gables community (pharmacies, supermarkets. restaurants, rooms and apartment rentals) where they can infect themselves, senior citizens and other bystanders.

Does UM think it has a stand alone place with a Trump-like wall between itself and the City of Coral Gables.

UM promised remote classes for those who selected them and this has not be materialized for some students who are forced to drop courses, drop out or endanger their health. We are still living in national COVID-19 hot spot.