They knew they had COVID-19, but some college students threw a large house party anyway
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It stands to reason you probably wouldn’t throw a large house party if you tested positive for COVID-19. But that wasn’t the case for some college students at Miami University.
When police arrived to break up a large house party hosted by college students over Labor Day weekend, officers discovered one student was actually ordered under quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 a week before. Bodycam video from the Oxford Police Department shows several students sitting on the porch, unmasked, drinking and listening to music, according to report from WOIO.
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It stands to reason you probably wouldn’t throw a large house party if you tested positive for COVID-19. But that wasn’t the case for some college students at Miami University.
When police arrived to break
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Photo: Oxford Police Department
It stands to reason you probably wouldn’t throw a large house party if you tested positive for COVID-19. But that wasn’t the case for some college students at Miami University.
When police arrived to break up a large house party hosted by college students over Labor Day weekend, officers discovered one student was actually ordered under quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 a week before. Bodycam video from the Oxford Police Department shows several students sitting on the porch, unmasked, drinking and listening to music, according to report from WOIO.
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It stands to reason you probably wouldn’t throw a large house party if you tested positive for COVID-19. But that wasn’t the case for some college students at Miami University.
When police arrived to break
… more
Photo: Oxford Police Department
It stands to reason you probably wouldn’t throw a large house party if you tested positive for COVID-19. But that wasn’t the case for some students at Miami University of Ohio.
When Oxford police arrived to break up a large house party hosted by students over Labor Day weekend, officers discovered one student had tested positive for COVID-19 and been ordered to quarantine a week prior. Bodycam video from the Oxford Police Department shows several students sitting on the porch, unmasked, drinking and listening to music, according to report from WOIO.
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“How many people are in the house? Twenty people inside? You might want to start clearing out, please,” one officer ordered the students.
After running one student’s identification, an officer calls him over.
“I’ve never seen this before, there’s an input on the computer that said you tested positive for COVID?” The officer asked the student. The student then informed the officer that everyone at the party has coronavirus.
“How many other people have COVID?” the officer asked.
“They all do,” the student answered, gesturing to other roommates.
After the incident, police fined the six men in the house and a guest $500 each.
“This particular case is egregious, but