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Post by nycrusader2010 on Dec 18, 2020 22:47:53 GMT -5
Anthony Fauci Issues Christmas COVID-19 Warning: 'We Have A Big Problem” "This cannot be business as usual this Christmas because we’re already in a very difficult situation," said the nation's top infectious diseases expert. Since Dr. Fauci said “we have have a big problem”, I have no problem staying at home and watching HC sports, if and when played next year, via ESPN+, NESN or other broadcast media. I will miss being able to converse with friends while in the stands, however, we have all had many disappointments in life. Better to be disappointed for another year, than being disappointed for eternity. I had CNN on in the background earlier this evening and I thought I heard that one in 214 Americans got infected last week. I thought I must have heard incorrectly but doing quick Math in my head that if a million people test positive in a week that is one in 350 Americans, so perhaps I didn't misunderstand. In any case the country is on fire and it's older folks who will pay the price if the spread continues unabated, so I am all for restrictions for non essential recreation until everyone has had access to vaccination. In spite of 8 months of government lockdown COVID is raging indeed. I don't think you mis-heard the number. Food for thought: maybe lockdowns aren't effective at stopping the spread of the virus Case in point NY state: 3/17 => full non-essential shutdown. Two months later => 32,000 dead. Data also showing that massive lockdown measures in CA appear to be doing zilch to even slow the infection rate. But no matter what your thoughts are, we're all in this together and the vaccine, and it's distribution can't come soon enough. I'm hoping my Crossports elders receive their doses, if they so choose, as soon as possible so I can see you guys at FItton next fall. I took the flu shot for first time Fall 2019 when my first (and only so far) child was about to be born and plan to continue taking the flu shot every year going forward. I imagine I will take the COVID-19 vaccine when it makes its way to my demographic as far as availability -- assuming of course that the virus is still circulating by then, which if not, would also be a great thing.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 19, 2020 0:36:32 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Dec 19, 2020 6:30:16 GMT -5
I was curious as to the argument so I actually tried to read this. Apparently the authors think that when kids go back to college in PA it will put a strain on the nearby hospitals which (they predict) will be overwhelmed via Covid in late January. Given that we know college-age kids aren’t (minus the usual exception and outlier) hospitalized due to Covid , I read it again to look for a claim linking kids on campus to increased covid hospitalization. There is none presented. The authors think (and this is a bit of a plot twist) non-Covid college campus kid hospitalizations mean that PA schools should consider keeping campuses closed for a while longer in the spring: “When hospitals are overwhelmed, it is not only COVID-19 patients who will suffer. A lack of hospital beds and enough hospital staff would cause a decrease in care for many patients, including on-campus college students whose health care is in the hands of their college communities. Care may be unrelated to COVID-19.” (It’s not the campus-closure argument that Covid kills kids on campus and it’s not even the campus-closure argument that kids on campus spread covid to vulnerable folks who are killed by covid. Instead, it is a new campus-closure argument that kids on campus won’t get the non-covid hospitalization care they need because of covid. )
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Dec 19, 2020 7:11:19 GMT -5
Absolutely case numbers spike on a college campus. But has there been any data out there to show even a trivial hospitalization rate for 19-24 year old's who were on campus this past fall at various schools?
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 19, 2020 7:24:05 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Dec 19, 2020 7:38:36 GMT -5
/\ /\ No doubt. (Not certain what non-covid hospitalizations of on-campus college students during Jan/Feb - the purported basis for the cited PA guidance - has to do with college covid testing protocols but I’m not surprised)
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Dec 19, 2020 7:39:06 GMT -5
I guess this makes more sense at a large public university than for a small private college like HC. Penn State students represent a much higher % of the State College population than HC students in Worcester. And many HC students, even during non-COVID times, rarely venture outside the "campus bubble" into the city. Still pulling for spring ball for the sake of the seniors. On a personal level, I'll get emotionally invested in college football next fall, assuming TPTB in this world aren't keeping us locked down until every last person has proven to have taken the vaccine.
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Post by cmo on Jan 13, 2021 20:34:04 GMT -5
The NE10 (Assumption’s league) cancelled it’s “fall” wedge season that was supposed to be played in March and April.
Assumption is trying to play some local colleges..
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 13, 2021 21:08:14 GMT -5
...it won't happen.
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Post by cmo on Jan 13, 2021 21:27:20 GMT -5
Agreed
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Post by dharry13 on Jan 15, 2021 13:08:31 GMT -5
Montana, Montana State and Portland State all opted out of Big Sky season.
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Post by HC92 on Jan 19, 2021 7:40:08 GMT -5
Bryce Barron had a tweet yesterday that I interpreted to mean he had arrived at HC for the new semester and start of practice. Are we starting practice today?
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Post by hcfaninfl on Jan 19, 2021 8:51:28 GMT -5
Bryce Barron had a tweet yesterday that I interpreted to mean he had arrived at HC for the new semester and start of practice. Are we starting practice today? The team has a mandatory report time today. They will have approximately 2 weeks of conditioning/workouts and then 6 weeks of practice before their anticipated 1st game on March 13th. This will be the first time the whole team will be together in a long time (since March 2020), but remember that would have been without the incoming FR.
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 19, 2021 9:18:31 GMT -5
That is all great news...exciting to hear! Marc h 13th can't come soon enough for me. I imagine that the players must be getting hyped up big time.
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Post by steve81 on Jan 19, 2021 10:18:42 GMT -5
Good luck for the season and first game in less than two months.
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Post by purplehaze on Jan 19, 2021 14:13:25 GMT -5
If football is on campus so should both lax teams, baseball, volleyball and soccer etc.. if the PL is going to play starting in March - the Big East released m&w spring soccer schedules today so we'll see more from various conferences in the coming days If the Pryor arts camera was turned to the right to include the path up to the Luth, we'd see a lot more activity - and I imagine the Jo will also see more traffic with our student athletes.
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Post by HCFC45 on Jan 19, 2021 14:38:21 GMT -5
Was in Worcester yesterday and drove through the upper campus on the way home. You can see that the Jo has been setup with roped off lanes. An outside sign "TESTING" was directing people into the Jo. Activity in the area has greatly increased from just a few weeks ago.
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Post by bpob55 on Jan 19, 2021 15:05:35 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Jan 19, 2021 15:41:24 GMT -5
Terrific video Outstanding coach
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 19, 2021 18:12:46 GMT -5
I believe nearly all the teams are now back on campus. Of the test results from Sunday and yesterday, there were six student positives. I suspect most, if not all, of these were returning athletes. There was a similar spike of student positives on January 3rd, when students who were away over Christmas and New Year's returned. I expect there will another spike next week when freshmen start arriving.
HC is fortunate that the Luth/Hart/Hanover now has dedicated locker rooms for each sport (other than softball, golf, and tennis).
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Post by hc2020 on Jan 19, 2021 18:19:40 GMT -5
I believe nearly all the teams are now back on campus. Of the test results from Sunday and yesterday, there were six student positives. I suspect most, if not all, of these were returning athletes. There was a similar spike of student positives on January 3rd, when students who were away over Christmas and New Year's returned. I expect there will another spike next week when freshmen start arriving. HC is fortunate that the Luth/Hart/Hanover now has dedicated locker rooms for each sport (other than softball, golf, and tennis). I’m hearing that some members of the coaching staff have tested positive for COVID. Not great news but if there was ever a more advantageous time to get COVID I guess now is better than just prior to or forming the upcoming spring season.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Jan 19, 2021 21:11:27 GMT -5
I believe nearly all the teams are now back on campus. Of the test results from Sunday and yesterday, there were six student positives. I suspect most, if not all, of these were returning athletes. There was a similar spike of student positives on January 3rd, when students who were away over Christmas and New Year's returned. I expect there will another spike next week when freshmen start arriving. HC is fortunate that the Luth/Hart/Hanover now has dedicated locker rooms for each sport (other than softball, golf, and tennis). Softball has a dedicated locker-room in the Hart / Luth. A previous visiting team locker room was repurposed for the softball team. The new space for softball was confirmed on February 22, 2020 in an alumni meeting with ADMB. We had a discussion about this topic on Crossports. The link is below: crossports.freeforums.net/thread/5054/new-dedicated-locker-room-softballI found an interview with Steve Pizzi from last March discussing HC facilities: businessviewmagazine.com/holy-cross-crusaders-athletics-facilities-game-changer/
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Post by bpob55 on Jan 25, 2021 10:24:23 GMT -5
This is not going to be an isolated case and is certainly a huge benefit for us playing this spring. We are going to get a lot of exposure this spring that we would not have gotten otherwise. Even more so if we are able to make the playoffs.
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Post by hchoops on Jan 25, 2021 11:20:24 GMT -5
Is 1 foot down a Twitter account account only or a web site also ?
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jan 25, 2021 11:47:27 GMT -5
Is 1 foot down a Twitter account account only or a web site also ? www.onefootdown.com/Appears to be a subset of SBNation.
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