Classes have already started at state schools like the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Despite face covering and social distancing mandates on-campus, photos have shown downtown Athens already packed with students waiting outside bars already at maximum capacity, catching up and hugging without masks.
A report from the New York Times recently reported UGA as having the third-highest number of COVID-19 cases at public, four-year universities during the pandemic.
And here in Atlanta on Monday, Georgia State University starts its version of blended learning, a combination of some in-person, and some online-only classes.
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