What’s the most effective way to avoid a social disease?
Forego social behavior.
But it’s not as easy as it was in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s world.
Here in the Peoples Republik, Amherst College has banned fan attendance at this weekend’s NCAA women’s basketball event. They’ve prohibited tailgating, as well. The message? Go home. Lock your doors. Wait it out.
How long? No one knows.
Meanwhile, a half-mile away, U-Mass is holding their annual “Blarney Blowout,” a “day drink” event at which literally thousands of college students will engage in various forms of social behavior - all in very close quarters. Gesundheit.