Claim: The return to universities could cause 50,000 deaths from Covid-19 without "strong controls".
Fact-check: Reopening universities will almost certainly not cause 50,000 deaths - Full Fact
Verdict: this comes from a research paper that has not been peer-reviewed. it is based on several assumptions, including that every student gets infected, and nothing is done to stop it.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2020-09-04T00:00:00