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Collected Item: “COVID-19 Outbreak Among College Students After a Spring Break Trip to Mexico”

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COVID-19 Outbreak Among College Students After a Spring Break Trip to Mexico

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While the coronavirus was likely in the US in late 2019 or very early 2020 the pandemic was declared for a few months and the public didn't begin reacting until March. In March a large group of University of Texas (Austin) students traveled together over spring break to Mexico. Upon returning a large number of them came up positive for the virus though many were asymptomatic. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has published this document, a morbidity and mortality report, on the group.

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University of Texas, Austin, Mexico, spring break, travel

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https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6926e1.htm?fbclid=IwAR1VBb-n53ciZXbUfcHpBn8AKxfiO29wGlceklwPzGkLq7-4XX0-dXake48

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Megan Lewis, Ruth Sanchez, Sarah Auerbach, Dolly Nam, Brennan Lanier, Jeffrey Taylor, Cynthia Jaso, Kate Nolan, Elizabeth A. Jacobs, F. Parker Hudson, Darlene Bhavnani,

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2020-06-24
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