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Post by sader1970 on Feb 15, 2022 16:39:49 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 15, 2022 19:26:32 GMT -5
Change in policy every other home game?
It’s almost like the athletic department is trying to make this as confusing as possible to keep fans who might still have an interest away from the Hart Center.
What do we know that Providence and Villanova don’t?
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Post by gks on Feb 15, 2022 20:35:54 GMT -5
Almost all High schools in the area have been at full attendance for weeks. No papers need to be shown.
Holy Cross restricting attendance this late into the season is ridiculous. Way past time for this announcement.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 15, 2022 21:08:14 GMT -5
Total joke. Two vaccine doses, combined with masking, is still not enough??
Time to get out the sharpie. Or maybe Ill just continue to be a "road warrior" for this squad.
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Post by HC92 on Feb 16, 2022 8:32:47 GMT -5
What is HC doing for testing these days? Are all students still getting tested regularly?
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Post by cmo on Feb 16, 2022 9:21:15 GMT -5
Who checks vax status of fans entering?
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Post by Crosser on Feb 16, 2022 9:40:07 GMT -5
Some random guy I thought.
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Post by Tom on Feb 16, 2022 11:48:19 GMT -5
There is a guy checking for vax card. They do not ask for ID to compare name on card with the person presenting the card
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 16, 2022 12:05:18 GMT -5
There is a guy checking for vax card. They do not ask for ID to compare name on card with the person presenting the card They hadn't been asking me for ID until the other night, when the guy carded me. Perhaps the game was for mature viewing only. |
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 16, 2022 12:32:55 GMT -5
These requirements really don’t make sense anymore given what we know about these vaccines. If a vaccinated and boosted person can still “spread it and get it” then what’s really the point of only allowing them into games?
It would be entertaining, if nothing else, to hear an expiation from the college on their rationale.
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Post by Tom on Feb 16, 2022 13:07:04 GMT -5
These requirements really don’t make sense anymore given what we know about these vaccines. If a vaccinated and boosted person can still “spread it and get it” then what’s really the point of only allowing them into games? It would be entertaining, if nothing else, to hear an expiation from the college on their rationale. I don't disagree with your logic. Personally, I chose to get vaccinated for reasons that have nothing to do with basketball. Since I like watching live more than I dislike showing the card, I grin and bear it |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 16, 2022 13:08:31 GMT -5
What is HC doing for testing these days? Are all students still getting tested regularly? Yes. And the trajectory of new student and staff cases is not the steep decline seen previously, rather more like a sloughing plateau. E.g., 50 new cases two weeks ago, 40+ last week. About 250 new cases total in the 30 days since Jan 15. Between Sept 25 and Oct 25, there were 13 positive cases. This is unlike the sharp fall in new cases experienced both following Easter break in spring 2021, and the arrival of students on campus for the start of the fall 2021 semester. And it is unlike what's happening elsewhere in MA. ICUs in Central MA remain at 95-96 percent capacity; the highest percentage in the states and about 40 percentage points higher than ICUs in Western MA. There is clearly more COVID circulating in Greater Worcester than in the rest of the state. |
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Post by timholycross on Feb 16, 2022 13:21:03 GMT -5
Casting the student body far and wide for a week in March will either prove or disprove how much punch the virus has left in it.
Personally, I think the risks involved in bringing onto campus an extra 500 vaccinated persons per basketball game are less than running the academic year straight through w/no vacation(s).
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 16, 2022 14:28:37 GMT -5
I'll put this here as I raised the steep decline of cases in Greater Boston. From the Boston Globe, published at 1 PM today.  From tracking that Holy Cross is doing, Worcester is about 1-2 weeks behind the decline being seen state-wide, and the slope is nowhere near as steep as the decline being seen in Greater Boston. |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 16, 2022 16:15:27 GMT -5
What is HC doing for testing these days? Are all students still getting tested regularly? Yes. And the trajectory of new student and staff cases is not the steep decline seen previously, rather more like a sloughing plateau. E.g., 50 new cases two weeks ago, 40+ last week. About 250 new cases total in the 30 days since Jan 15. Between Sept 25 and Oct 25, there were 13 positive cases. This is unlike the sharp fall in new cases experienced both following Easter break in spring 2021, and the arrival of students on campus for the start of the fall 2021 semester. And it is unlike what's happening elsewhere in MA. ICUs in Central MA remain at 95-96 percent capacity; the highest percentage in the states and about 40 percentage points higher than ICUs in Western MA. There is clearly more COVID circulating in Greater Worcester than in the rest of the state. Good to know. Being not in the area, I was unaware that Worcester was such a "hot spot", at least relatively speaking given the miatly benign nature of Omricon. So I guess I can understand HC stance a little bit more. Hopefully we'll see a decline in the area and perhaps a less restrictive policy come PL/AHA playoff time. |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Feb 16, 2022 17:32:47 GMT -5
Yes. And the trajectory of new student and staff cases is not the steep decline seen previously, rather more like a sloughing plateau. E.g., 50 new cases two weeks ago, 40+ last week. About 250 new cases total in the 30 days since Jan 15. Between Sept 25 and Oct 25, there were 13 positive cases. This is unlike the sharp fall in new cases experienced both following Easter break in spring 2021, and the arrival of students on campus for the start of the fall 2021 semester. And it is unlike what's happening elsewhere in MA. ICUs in Central MA remain at 95-96 percent capacity; the highest percentage in the states and about 40 percentage points higher than ICUs in Western MA. There is clearly more COVID circulating in Greater Worcester than in the rest of the state. Good to know. Being not in the area, I was unaware that Worcester was such a "hot spot", at least relatively speaking given the miatly benign nature of Omricon. So I guess I can understand HC stance a little bit more. Hopefully we'll see a decline in the area and perhaps a less restrictive policy come PL/AHA playoff time. The college may be more concerned about staff becoming infected, rather than the students. Rougeau said last night that the college had 100 staff positions open. I suspect many/most of the vacancies are student contact positions, as opposed to facilities / grounds maintenance positions, for example. Less than a month ago, 40 staff tested positive in one week. With significant numbers of staff testing positive on top of a large number of vacancies, this can quickly lead to curtailed operations, similar to what occurred late December and January in the airline industry. |
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Feb 16, 2022 18:12:02 GMT -5
Concessions open....some students here already.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Feb 16, 2022 18:40:30 GMT -5
Overall cases are dropping like a stone just about everywhere. Matter of time before same trend fully manifests itself in Worcester.
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Post by timholycross on Feb 17, 2022 9:06:37 GMT -5
Something like 35,000 active cases in Mass. and 1,900 of them were from 2/15. The total was something like 200,000 two weeks ago.
The only thing I can see stopping the descent is another school vacation week where kids and families scatter far and wide and return infected. Wait? Next Week There's One?
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