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Post by hcpride on Mar 5, 2021 9:04:36 GMT -5
Embracing (or at least starting to) the science and data: Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday announced that he will roll back COVID-related restrictions in Connecticut starting March 19, including allowing restaurants to operate at full capacity, loosening rules on sports and entertainment venues and lifting the state’s travel ban. Sports will be allowed to resume fully, with outdoor venues permitted up to 50% capacity, capped at 10,000 visitors, and indoor venues permitted up to 10% capacity. www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-daily-updates-0304-20210304-56d7cbx6k5da7auqqroznhhdfa-story.html |
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Post by Tom on Mar 5, 2021 9:23:45 GMT -5
As of last week, CT was not letting people from MA. MA has some of the strictest state travel restrictions requiring negative test or quarantine from every state except Hawaii. In New England, NH and RI welcome people from MA and VT welcomes people with vaccine cards (don't know how that distinction is enforced)
It will be nice if CT backs off. Locals could go see HC at CCSU and only quarantine once. This assumes the games get rescheduled.
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Post by alum on Mar 5, 2021 9:47:06 GMT -5
As of last week, CT was not letting people from MA. MA has some of the strictest state travel restrictions requiring negative test or quarantine from every state except Hawaii. In New England, NH and RI welcome people from MA and VT welcomes people with vaccine cards (don't know how that distinction is enforced) It will be nice if CT backs off. Locals could go see HC at CCSU and only quarantine once. This assumes the games get rescheduled. I was wondering about this while watching the governor's press conference yesterday. One thing you should be aware of is that, even under the existing order, you can come as long as you stay for less than 24 hours. portal.ct.gov/-/media/Office-of-the-Governor/Executive-Orders/Lamont-Executive-Orders/Executive-Order-No-9S.pdfIf the game at CCSU were to be rescheduled, I wonder how they will calculate capacity. Looking at Google Earth, there are bleachers behind home plate which might seat a few hundred but of course you could stand anywhere around the field up against the fence. This will be an even bigger question at high school games where they might have bleachers that seat 100 people. I hope we get some clarification. Also, of greatest interest is the fact that the NCAA Final Four weekend for men's lax is at Rentschler on Memorial Day. |
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Post by alum on Mar 5, 2021 9:50:25 GMT -5
Embracing (or at least starting to) the science and data: Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday announced that he will roll back COVID-related restrictions in Connecticut starting March 19, including a llowing restaurants to operate at full capacity, loosening rules on sports and entertainment venues and lifting the state’s travel ban. Sports will be allowed to resume fully, with outdoor venues permitted up to 50% capacity, capped at 10,000 visitors, and indoor venues permitted up to 10% capacity. www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-daily-updates-0304-20210304-56d7cbx6k5da7auqqroznhhdfa-story.htmlRestaurants still have to keep six feet between tables or have plexiglass dividers so the vast majority will still be at 50-70% capacity. Bars are still closed. |
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Post by hcpride on Mar 5, 2021 10:27:47 GMT -5
/\ I’m just amazed somebody in the area eventually caught on (sort of) to the outdoor spectator science and data. Maybe that knowledge itself is contagious and it’ll spread to MA. Without a cross-border quarantine.
Next they’ll be crazy talk about opening all the k-12 schools -everywhere.😱
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Post by bfoley82 on Mar 5, 2021 12:29:37 GMT -5
/\ I’m just amazed somebody in the area eventually caught on (sort of) to the outdoor spectator science and data. Maybe that knowledge itself is contagious and it’ll spread to MA. Without a cross-border quarantine. Next they’ll be crazy talk about opening all the k-12 schools -everywhere.😱 No photographers allowed at BC baseball but writers are...🤷♂️ Just odd |
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 5, 2021 14:17:00 GMT -5
Odd indeed...since a picture is said to be worth 1000 words!  |
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 5, 2021 19:50:47 GMT -5
As of last week, CT was not letting people from MA. MA has some of the strictest state travel restrictions requiring negative test or quarantine from every state except Hawaii. In New England, NH and RI welcome people from MA and VT welcomes people with vaccine cards (don't know how that distinction is enforced) It will be nice if CT backs off. Locals could go see HC at CCSU and only quarantine once. This assumes the games get rescheduled. MA and CT license plates are ubiquitous on both sides of the State line along the border. |
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Mar 5, 2021 20:59:01 GMT -5
^ what's your point? Same for statelines everywhere.
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Post by Tom on Mar 6, 2021 8:28:23 GMT -5
As of last week, CT was not letting people from MA. MA has some of the strictest state travel restrictions requiring negative test or quarantine from every state except Hawaii. In New England, NH and RI welcome people from MA and VT welcomes people with vaccine cards (don't know how that distinction is enforced) It will be nice if CT backs off. Locals could go see HC at CCSU and only quarantine once. This assumes the games get rescheduled. MA and CT license plates are ubiquitous on both sides of the State line along the border. Two thoughts. 1) There are tons of exceptions to the quarantine rule. Commuting is one of them and there are lots of commuters. My workplace has a NH and a RI plate in the lot every day since I have a co-worker from each state. You can go grocery shopping across a state line without a quarantine if you live so close to the state line that the store in the other state is closer to your house than the nearest store in your own state. There is no such exception for going to watch a college baseball game 2) There is no enforcement of travel restrictions and I have never heard a substantiated story of a penalty being enforced. It's like the travel restrictions are suggestions and not regulations. Lots of people are ignoring the state travel restrictions. Even so, it would be nice if the restrictions were lifted so that if I do go to CCSU to see a baseball game, I won't have to deal with Irish-Catholic guilt. |
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 6, 2021 9:13:36 GMT -5
Until I see some enforcement carried out, I tend to think of these restrictions as merely travel suggestions. You are right that the travel restrictions are being ignored, most often by law enforcement offices themselves.
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Post by newfieguy74 on Mar 6, 2021 9:28:24 GMT -5
I think officials in most states recognize these rules as aspirational. I live in CT but work in MA. I have yet to see or hear of a single enforcement action. Getting through this public health crisis in the end depends on the citizenry buying in to the need to take protective measures.
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Post by longsuffering on Mar 6, 2021 19:53:11 GMT -5
MA and CT license plates are ubiquitous on both sides of the State line along the border. Two thoughts. 1) There are tons of exceptions to the quarantine rule. Commuting is one of them and there are lots of commuters. My workplace has a NH and a RI plate in the lot every day since I have a co-worker from each state. You can go grocery shopping across a state line without a quarantine if you live so close to the state line that the store in the other state is closer to your house than the nearest store in your own state. There is no such exception for going to watch a college baseball game 2) There is no enforcement of travel restrictions and I have never heard a substantiated story of a penalty being enforced. It's like the travel restrictions are suggestions and not regulations. Lots of people are ignoring the state travel restrictions. Even so, it would be nice if the restrictions were lifted so that if I do go to CCSU to see a baseball game, I won't have to deal with Irish-Catholic guilt. The Presbyterians are accepting converts.🙂 |
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Post by HC92 on Mar 8, 2021 13:04:23 GMT -5
MA and CT license plates are ubiquitous on both sides of the State line along the border. Two thoughts. 1) There are tons of exceptions to the quarantine rule. Commuting is one of them and there are lots of commuters. My workplace has a NH and a RI plate in the lot every day since I have a co-worker from each state. You can go grocery shopping across a state line without a quarantine if you live so close to the state line that the store in the other state is closer to your house than the nearest store in your own state. There is no such exception for going to watch a college baseball game 2) There is no enforcement of travel restrictions and I have never heard a substantiated story of a penalty being enforced. It's like the travel restrictions are suggestions and not regulations. Lots of people are ignoring the state travel restrictions. Even so, it would be nice if the restrictions were lifted so that if I do go to CCSU to see a baseball game, I won't have to deal with Irish-Catholic guilt. I’m sure Dean Wormer would be willing to name you the official Crossports beat reporter for HC baseball so that you could then honestly say you were traveling for work. |
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