OT: Geno tests positive for COVID

[uconngb]

Let’s hope it stays on his side of the building

 

[Marat]

This is going to be a ride......

 

[UConnDad]

He should have been vaccinated by now.

 

[Kathy]

He should have been vaccinated by now.

That's what I what I was thinking - he's 66 why no vaccine?

 

[Scoe]

He should have been vaccinated by now.

He was, supposedly.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

cOrOnA bRoS

My understanding is that the team didn't go home from NY and they're already in Indiana.

 

[Marat]

I saw that his second dose was administered a few days ago !

 

[rollskies]

He should have been vaccinated by now.

He was vaccinated. It takes a couple of weeks to fully set in. He wasn’t past that time period yet. Hoping he’s feeling okay, most importantly.

 

[Scoe]

Geno will be fine (thankfully, hopefully). They won't need Geno for the first weekend, he can stay home and do extra scouting, be back for the sweet 16, might be a false positive.

 

[3RingsCT]

First, I hope he’s ok.
Second, what does this mean for the team? Possibly not going to the tournament??

 

[Bonehead]

Let's hope for the best. Someone at his age needs to be really careful with this stuff.

 

[CL82]

Wow! Geno is irreplaceable. I mean where could we find another hall of fame coach on such short notice?

(My daughter got a false positive shortly after her second shot. FWIW)

 

[Goatmeat]

That's what I what I was thinking - he's 66 why no vaccine?

Vaccination against Covid prevents serious illness, hospitalizations and death. Does not prevent infection/mild disease.

 

[navery12]

Getting the vaccine does not mean you won't test positive/contract Covid in the future

 

[dogpause]

UConn has announced that Paige will continue to run the team, as she has for several months. Geno should be able to return for press conferences soon.

 

[huskymedic]

-> "After we received notification of the positive test result yesterday, we initiated contact tracing protocols, which included interviewing individual members of the basketball program and in-depth video analysis of practice," director of sports medicine and head team physician Deena Casiero said. "Only household close contacts were identified. Given the fact that we have been doing daily testing for the past seven days, we feel confident that we were able to catch this very early on in the disease process. The remainder of Tier I tested negative yesterday and today." <-

 

[imno1]

Wow I made it in before posts to take this to the women's board.

 

[auror]

I would imagine the potential for a false positive on tests administered shortly after a vaccine has got to be pretty high. Also, not many people who are asymptomatic would proactively get a Covid test so close to receiving a vaccine shot. Geno's test was mandated, of course. Let's hope it's a false positive, but I wish him well and hope there's no others.

I'm not familiar with the Johnson/Johnson vaccine, but that's not how the others work (and seeing how he got 2 shots, he had to have gotten one of the others).

 

[Goatmeat]

I'm not familiar with the Johnson/Johnson vaccine, but that's not how the others work (and seeing how he got 2 shots, he had to have gotten one of the others).

You are correct. None of the currently available vaccines in America will cause a false positive directly. That is correlation without causation. A coincidence.

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

Papa Geno

 

[Chin Diesel]

He was vaccinated. It takes a couple of weeks to fully set in. He wasn’t past that time period yet. Hoping he’s feeling okay, most importantly.

And even a fully vaccinated person can still catch the 'rona. Much like you can get the flu after a flu shot.

The vaccine should shorten the length of the virus and decrease the intensity of the effects of it.

 

[Kathy]

Could also just be his immune system hadn't fully built up yet if he just got the 2nd

 

[ucp990411]

Shouldn't the program be shut down like we were - twice

 

[rollskies]

Shouldn't the program be shut down like we were - twice

There was contract tracing done and he wasn’t in close contact with anyone since he tested positive. And since the team and staff get daily testing, no one else has tested positive since Geno did. The team is handling it correctly.

 

[Scoe]

Shouldn't the program be shut down like we were - twice

Sadly theres posters who are hoping for it I'm sure. Got people who only come on here when theres positive covid tests.