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Post by matunuck on Dec 20, 2021 13:32:35 GMT -5
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Post by hc2020 on Dec 21, 2021 18:45:35 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Dec 21, 2021 18:49:23 GMT -5
Good to see this elected official look out for the interests of our young people.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 22, 2021 8:47:21 GMT -5
Current clusters of COVID in Massachusetts, by exposure setting. First four ranked by exposure setting. 1. Household 23,594 (of which 15,407 are new) 2. Child care 397 (of which 217 are new) 3. Long-term care facilities 235 (of which 113 are new) 4. K-12 schools 111 (of which 33 are new) - - - - - - Industrial settings 15 Colleges and universities 9 Offices 5 Total current clusters 24,573 96 percent of current total clusters are households. www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting#covid-19-interactive-data-dashboard-
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 22, 2021 9:00:39 GMT -5
Not surprising. Many colleges and universities have mandated vaccinations. Households are up to the individual families with no mandate and therefore fewer vaccinations and higher risk.
The in-between cohorts are a wider mixture of mandate/no-mandate.
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Post by hcpride on Dec 22, 2021 9:21:13 GMT -5
Current clusters of COVID in Massachusetts, by exposure setting. First four ranked by exposure setting. 1. Household 23,594 (of which 15,407 are new) 2. Child care 397 (of which 217 are new) 3. Long-term care facilities 235 (of which 113 are new) 4. K-12 schools 111 (of which 33 are new) - - - - - - Industrial settings 15 Colleges and universities 9 Offices 5 Cornell’s 900+ positive cases in their fully vaccinated and indoor ‘masking’ student body last week was a reminder (to those who needed one) that the vaccinated are routinely infected and spread the virus. At my small high school we’ve currently got about 40 kids out in quarantine but since tests aren’t mandatory heaven knows how many infected kids are walking around. About 30 teachers (all vaccinated) have been out with Covid over the last month or so. I’d guess this is fairly typical in LI’s hundreds of school buildings. Given as it’s young people and Covid (and the learning from last year’s ‘mistake’) I haven’t seen any push to close our school despite many infections.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 28, 2021 13:15:52 GMT -5
Harvard just sent out new policy regarding attendance at athletic contests.
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Post by timholycross on Dec 28, 2021 13:21:13 GMT -5
Expect the rest of the Boston colleges to follow suit (NU already did, didn't they?); or the rest of the Ivies; or both.
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 28, 2021 13:35:26 GMT -5
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Post by Tom on Dec 28, 2021 15:19:17 GMT -5
Harvard just sent out new policy regarding attendance at athletic contests. I guess we're lucky that HC played them before this
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Post by Tom on Dec 28, 2021 15:28:34 GMT -5
since tests aren’t mandatory heaven knows how many infected kids are walking around. That goes for all aspects of society. I am vaccinated. I have zero symptoms. I am not aware of any close contacts. I am not doing any testing because I don't see any need. However, in all fairness, I might be one of those infected kids walking around
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Post by spenser on Dec 28, 2021 17:12:45 GMT -5
WPI In Worcester has done the same thing.
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 28, 2021 20:10:11 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Dec 28, 2021 21:08:16 GMT -5
Have UMass not read about Cornell?
The booster isn't doing anything to prevent the spread.
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 28, 2021 21:23:05 GMT -5
Have UMass not read about Cornell? The booster isn't doing anything to prevent the spread. Maybe they just don't want to overwhelm the hospitals in Amherst, Worcester, Dartmouth, Boston, and Lowell???
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Post by hcpride on Dec 28, 2021 21:41:33 GMT -5
Have UMass not read about Cornell? The booster isn't doing anything to prevent the spread. Well, the mandated full vaccination of the college kids dramatically reduced their Covid-related hospitalizations from essentially zero all the way down to approximately zero. So we can assume the boosters on top of the full vaccinations will further sharply cut this hospitalization number from approximately zero to just about xero. That's about the most sensible reason I've heard regarding boosters and college kids and Covid. Ending the ill-advised college mandates and restrictions would, in contrast, yield tangible benefits: www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/us/covid-college-mental-health-suicide.html
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Dec 28, 2021 22:14:30 GMT -5
Have UMass not read about Cornell? The booster isn't doing anything to prevent the spread. Maybe they just don't want to overwhelm the hospitals in Amherst, Worcester, Dartmouth, Boston, and Lowell??? “ Among the Cornell community, the health department stated that no severe illness had been found, and as stated in the update at the top of this story, there has been no hospitalizations from Omicron to this point.” Source: ithacavoice.com/2021/12/county-confirms-at-least-133-omicron-variant-cases-including-high-rate-of-transmission-at-cornell/But sure, let’s keep pumping teenagers full of vaccines and boosters and totally shut down the campus.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 29, 2021 13:39:59 GMT -5
Testing resumed on Monday. Only 120 tests of students and staff. Five student positives, one staff positive. No test results reported yet today, suggesting there was no testing on Tuesday. Nearly all of the college staff are not on campus, so would not be tested.
The students tested are either international students who remained on-campus and/or athletes in a sport where competition continues during semester break.
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Post by longsuffering on Dec 29, 2021 16:55:31 GMT -5
Testing resumed on Monday. Only 120 tests of students and staff. Five student positives, one staff positive. No test results reported yet today, suggesting there was no testing on Tuesday. Nearly all of the college staff are not on campus, so would not be tested. The students tested are either international students who remained on-campus and/or athletes in a sport where competition continues during semester break. Uh oh. So far no cancellation of tonight's WBB game at Navy. CT has a 15% positivity rate HC has 5%. Probably equivalent because the CT. residents testing have some reason to, including symptoms. HC is universal for people on campus during the break.
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 29, 2021 19:54:32 GMT -5
Testing resumed on Monday. Only 120 tests of students and staff. Five student positives, one staff positive. No test results reported yet today, suggesting there was no testing on Tuesday. Nearly all of the college staff are not on campus, so would not be tested. The students tested are either international students who remained on-campus and/or athletes in a sport where competition continues during semester break. Uh oh. So far no cancellation of tonight's WBB game at Navy. CT has a 15% positivity rate HC has 5%. Probably equivalent because the CT. residents testing have some reason to, including symptoms. HC is universal for people on campus during the break. My Rider at Quinnipiac MBB game on Sunday just got canceled due to COVID issues with Rider. QU WBB was also canceled this weekend for issues with the Bobcats program.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Dec 29, 2021 19:57:18 GMT -5
Wtf does anything to do with Connecticut have to do with a game in Maryland?
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Post by bfoley82 on Dec 29, 2021 20:21:34 GMT -5
Wtf does anything to do with Connecticut have to do with a game in Maryland? You are talking about positive rates in CT....last I knew, Quinnipiac was in CT.
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Dec 29, 2021 20:46:03 GMT -5
I'm not talking about squat.
Another poster is mentioning CT when when talking about the Navy game.
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Post by hcpride on Jan 1, 2022 7:34:25 GMT -5
Along with strict vaccination (including booster) and test-to-return requirements placed on the not-at-risk students, Princeton University now has a whole host of new and renewed restrictions and policies for the not-at-risk undergraduates to grapple with: covid.princeton.edu/news/2021/change-winter-break-return-dates-undergraduate-students . While these gestures do nothing to promote the physical health of the not-at-risk population they certainly initiate and exacerbate mental health issues on campus. Not to mention (in case anybody cares) retard the intellectual and social growth of the individual students. One of the hallmarks of the peculiar Covid response has been the damaging restrictions and policies placed on the not-at-risk at the colleges and universities. Booster shots and test-upon-return for the not-at-risk are de rigueur, but let's at least hope Holy Cross can avoid implementing/continuing the most damaging and isolating of restrictions. For the safety and well-being of the Holy Cross community.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 1, 2022 9:58:30 GMT -5
But pride, better to err on the side of caution and rather be safe than sorry.
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