Read it again, it's anecdotal from the father of "another student", possibly correct for this hall but not for others - my lad can exercise (doesn't want to) and can mix with a limited group but I guess that a 100% increase so suits your agenda with the count up to
Let’s face it, whoever is being quoted in this article won’t be the only student(s) complaining about their situation. There is nothing anyone can say that will attract sympathy from me; my daughter went to university, first time living away from home, looked at it positively, worked hard, played hard and earn’t a decent degree. Different times, yes, but any challenges that arose she, and her housemates, just got and dealt with them. As they arose. No complaints. She didn’t know what those challenges might be in advance like today’s students did with the possibility of local or national lockdowns and restrictions!