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Post by gks on Mar 10, 2020 20:09:45 GMT -5
Currently there is one confirmed case in Worcester County.....
One.
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Post by cmo on Mar 10, 2020 20:27:00 GMT -5
What a disservice to the athletes to cancel the Ivy tournament Will the Yale players travel to Harvard this week to cut down the nets?
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Mar 10, 2020 20:30:36 GMT -5
What a disservice to the athletes to cancel the Ivy tournament Will the Yale players travel to Harvard this week to cut down the nets? Phenomenal post, sir.
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Post by cmo on Mar 10, 2020 20:42:12 GMT -5
Wegman's in Natick had no toilet paper (maybe 20 or 30 single rolls left)....there was a sign "one package per customer". Wonder when the run started and when they get more? I bet the other stores around there are in the same boat. Stroke of luck, we bought a bunch a couple weeks ago because we had a $10 off $50 coupon and nothing left to buy. willing to sell for an up charge? 😃
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Post by efg72 on Mar 10, 2020 21:03:06 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 10, 2020 22:49:23 GMT -5
Harvard, MIT, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith announced today that they are shutting down their campuses and sending all students home. All class studies going forward will be on line. Note that these four are all elite and secure in their niche.
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Post by bfoley82 on Mar 10, 2020 23:23:55 GMT -5
Harvard, MIT, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith announced today that they are shutting down their campuses and sending all students home. All class studies going forward will be on line. Note that these four are all elite and secure in their niche. Washington, Purdue, Indiana have all moved to online classes. It isn’t just the elite colleges
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 11, 2020 1:27:22 GMT -5
I am thinking it's a tougher decision for a less secure college to send all the students home, although equally prudent from a public health standpoint.
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Post by hcpride on Mar 11, 2020 6:31:02 GMT -5
I don't know about all these closings. While I understand the simple concept of 'flattening the curve" vis a vis public health one has to look at particularities.
In this particular case, young people essentially DO NOT die of the virus. It is one of the agreed upon characteristics of the virus. BUT, they can certainly carry it to those (older) folks who do . (In Italy, the average age of death from the virus is 81.)
Closing schools and sending kids home to their communities and houses would simply enable these vectors (forgive the term) to have more and closer contact with the most vulnerable given the particularities of this virus.
(Note that this logic does not mean all large public gatherings should go on since most would actually 'flatten the curve')
If it were the case that the virus killed young and old at the same rates (or even somewhat similar rates) I could see the utility of avoiding close contact in a relatively confined university space (dorms, dining halls, lecture halls, gyms, etc.). And closing the schools.
I'd even suggest closing daycare facilities if the very young were dying of it.
Something tells me that there is a contagion to closing schools that has very little to do with science or rational thought.
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Post by gks on Mar 11, 2020 6:36:12 GMT -5
Are these colleges and universities going to continue to pay the food service staffs? Housekeeping? Or any other positions related to resident life? Will they be offering parents refunds?
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Post by alum on Mar 11, 2020 7:20:34 GMT -5
Are these colleges and universities going to continue to pay the food service staffs? Housekeeping? Or any other positions related to resident life? Will they be offering parents refunds? My daughter's school has told the kids to go home for Spring Break and not plan on returning. They have said they are still deciding how to handle room and board reimbursements. Those who have nowhere to go or who have an academic reason to stay will be allowed to remain on campus. The food service and housekeeping staffs are going to be an interesting issue, especially since at many schools those people are employed by vendors like Sodexo. Faculty and salaried staff will presumably continue to work, perhaps from home, and get paid
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Post by hcpride on Mar 11, 2020 7:43:06 GMT -5
Kids at my daughter's school are certainly pushing back against the closure. I explained to her that it may not be based on science and logic (beyond the logic that other schools have closed and this is a new virus) and she is two steps ahead of me on that one. I guess it is a good thing she really wants to be at school and learning.
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Post by rf1 on Mar 11, 2020 9:24:38 GMT -5
The NCAA Tournament is going to be facing a dilemma in the state of Ohio where the four play in games are in Dayton and a first weekend pod (6 games) is in Cleveland. Ohio Gov. DeWine has recommended sports without spectators and all other gatherings should be minimized. His requests has already resulted in the cancellation of political rallies by Biden and Sanders that had been scheduled last night in the state ahead of its presidential primary next Tuesday.
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Post by rf1 on Mar 11, 2020 9:33:25 GMT -5
Are these colleges and universities going to continue to pay the food service staffs? Housekeeping? Or any other positions related to resident life? Will they be offering parents refunds?
Not certain what they will do for their staffs. That is a big concern for all people in any profession that may miss work due to either being quarantined or business closures. Sick pay is not very substantial at many employers and will run out fairly soon. Unemployment insurance could be affected. If someone contracts the disease at work, workman's comp could possibly come into play.
As for the paying students, I would think they minimally should be refunded prorated room and board. If classes continue online, I would think tuition can be charged. Some students may however make the argument that remote study is not on par with in person study. I believe that many on line classes have lower tuition costs which could come into play on that matter.
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Post by CHC8485 on Mar 11, 2020 9:40:29 GMT -5
Question for the epidemiologists on the board ... don't think this could work at a bigger school, but ...
Holy Cross is a pretty small community.
Holy Cross already had spring break and returned this past weekend.
Given the size, close living, and interconnectedness of the entire student body (my roommate is in a class with a kid who lives down the hall from that Freshman who is sick), isn't it likely that if 1 kid came back from spring break infected with the coronavirus, virtually the entire student body could have been exposed to someone who could have passed it on? And therefore sending kids home could be more of a problem than keeping them at school?
Therefore, to contain any potential further exposure outside the school, does it makes more sense, to essentially quarantine students on campus? A shelter in place if you will for 3-4 weeks. Hold classes with the professor remote. Cook in Kimball, and limit interactions between staff & students, take meals back to the dorm or deliver/serve meals in social rooms??
Dunno ... as HC70 used to say.
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Post by efg72 on Mar 11, 2020 10:20:10 GMT -5
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Post by WorcesterGray on Mar 11, 2020 11:04:34 GMT -5
Dean Wormer - this thread hasn't had much to do with basketball for days now. Can it possibly be moved to "General Discussion."
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Post by alum on Mar 11, 2020 12:39:52 GMT -5
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Post by hcnation on Mar 11, 2020 13:15:38 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Mar 11, 2020 13:24:46 GMT -5
/\ Smart Thinking.
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Post by rf1 on Mar 11, 2020 13:32:13 GMT -5
The CBI Post Season tournament has been cancelled.
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Post by rf1 on Mar 11, 2020 13:48:05 GMT -5
Just today got an email from WPI that they are suspending all in person classes and going on line.
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Post by rf1 on Mar 11, 2020 14:04:13 GMT -5
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Mar 11, 2020 14:07:52 GMT -5
An email from the President of Georgetown this morning. Excerpts.
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Post by Tom on Mar 11, 2020 17:17:50 GMT -5
my best guess is it will be most similar to sars. worse than a typical flu (which also kills many people every year), especially deadly for those who are immunocompromised, probably created in a lab (bat soup is total bs), definitely overhyped (at least right now) by media with vested interests, and almost certainly not going to cause the end of civilization or anything even remotely resembling it. Dado, I gotta call you out on that one. Bat Soup is not BS, and per Adam West is very helpful in fighting off the common cold
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