I don’t understand why they were worried about students lingering on campus?
In Australia, we did the same thing - a lot of universities went remote-only, so that we could eradicate the virus.
It seems to have succeeded - COVID-19 seems to be under control in Australia (along with many other countries like NZ, Vietnam, Singapore, Taiwan etc) - however, the US/Europe seems to have really struggled to get it under control. I hope they succeed soon.
I get the sense that a lot of people here (I assume from the US) are worried about their rights being infringed, as part of trying to protect people from getting sick. I'm not saying there doesn't need to be a discussion, or there isn't a balance - but it does come across as a bit churlish and petty, to try to openly defy public health measures in the name of defending human rights in the midst of a global pandemic.
The next step before wondering why someone used their keycard to access a building they shouldn’t be near could be just removing the access?
The best way to get people to leave has to be removing reasons to stay, for example access to campus resources.
I see it more that Americans were acting rationally and logically and parts of rest of the world were acting emotionally in panic and willing to stop thinking for themselves and put their trust in health officials.
I wore a mask when it was considered racist and selfish to do so (Jan). Months later the who changed their advice and everyone needed a mask.
The IFR would have to be extraordinarily high for me to agree to a 6 month lockdown like enacted in Victoria.