UConn Student Athlete Covid Testing Update

[huskymedic]

 

[huskymedic]

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[Skiblets]

So we have that going for us .......which is nice

 

[uconnbill]

Now if UConn has football then things will be really heading towards somewhat normality

 

[EASTFLA]

Have to give a lot of credit to the UConn sports staff as well as all the kids. ZERO is usually a bad number, but in this case it is exemplary. So many other schools are knee deep in covid. Kudos to all!

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Waquoit]

They were probably at that party.

 

[Exit 4]

Interesting how this stuff comes out. Heard about this very early Tuesday morning (which suggests it was perhaps determined Monday)... guess we had to get our stuff together and then issue the release two days later.

 

[UCername]

Speaking about it on Bloomberg TV as we speak...

 

[huskymedic]

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[HuskyV]

Maybe a blessing in disguise if it helps hoop players realise that socializing with the student body has consequences to them and their team.

It will be hard to expect athletes, with no possible games in the near future, to maintain quarantine discipline.

What is risk? 100% zoom classes, a few practices and isolation. Most will head to the party because you are trading the possibility of missing practice versus the 100% chance of having fun.

 

[Chief00]

So the program designed by a panel of senior age professors for 18 to 22 year olds failed. What a surprised. Maybe next time get input up front from your subjects.

 

[pepband99]

So the program designed by a panel of senior age professors for 18 to 22 year olds failed. What a surprised. Maybe next time get input up front from your subjects.

Yes - despite classes not starting yet, and not to mention because students wouldn't have planned for partying. Are you insane?

Please explain to the mere mortals how a plan that hasn't even started yet is at fault? this should be fascinating.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Chief00]

Amazing how they try to spin failure.

 

[huskysupporter]

Amazing how they try to spin failure.

I agree. There shouldn't be in person classes and fall sports should be canceled nationwide. Good to see we agree on something.

 

[Exit 4]

Amazing how they try to spin failure.

So what are you saying? The football team should have been put in a dorm building and kept away from the general student population under lock and key? Word is some of the athletes decided to "socialize" leading to this moment.

 

[John Greene]

I agree. There shouldn't be in person classes and fall sports should be canceled nationwide. Good to see we agree on something.

That seems to be the message much of higher education is sending. What I find interesting is that they don't seem to realize they are also sending another message.

That message is "in person classes do not add much value". If students get an adequate education from watching on line lectures from their rooms on campus or at home, why do those lectures have to come from UConn professors?

 

[Chief00]

So what are you saying? The football team should have been put in a dorm building and kept away from the general student population under lock and key? Word is some of the athletes decided to "socialize" leading to this moment.

I will respond to your question. The idea that 18-22 year old football players would accept isolation since 7/1 is ridiculous when there is no meaningful health threat to them. Why can’t they socialize with other students? We have no idea if any of them is actually sick? They may be doing what needs to naturally be done - building up herd immunity both by antibodies but more importantly by T-cells. The folks who should be isolated are the old dudes sitting on these committees making up these foolish policies for young people, that are not backed up by data or science. Unfortunately under this University President the students have no voice or input. A disgrace.

 

[MilliniumPrince]

This was never going to work. You can isolate them easily on an empty summer campus. The hour after the rest of the student body (especially nice bodies) arrive on campus, it's a wrap. You aren't stopping a bunch of fit athletes of any gender from "socializing" once the campus is full.

 

[Chief00]

That seems to be the message much of higher education is sending. What I find interesting is that they don't seem to realize they are also sending another message.

That message is "in person classes do not add much value". If students get an adequate education from watching on line lectures from their rooms on campus or at home, why do those lectures have to come from UConn professors?

Good point. But, what the university calls online classes generally aren’t. They are powerpoints posted on a website. No lecture or interactivity - so it’s even worse than what you think.

 

[UCFBfan]

Good point. But, what the university calls online classes generally aren’t. They are powerpoints posted on a website. No lecture or interactivity - so it’s even worse than what you think.

Do you know this because you are attending classes or just making broad generalizations/guesses??

Asking for a friend

 

[HuskyV]

I disagree with the idea that, "if there are no classes, there should be no football (sport)."

Organizations should avoid risky behavior. Critical thinking requires different activities to be considered on their own merit / risk.

If thousands of young, untested, adults prove they are unable to live independently & attend live classes, then the activity should be modified by the least amount possible which will improve the outcome. If required on-line classes only.

The decisions to terminate a small group of readily tested athletes from practicing/competing against other readily tested athletes has a totally different set of risks/costs. This small group may choose to go into a bubble & be tested more often (give up some individual liberties) to allow them to continue their lives with other liberties (playing ball).

 

[Exit 4]

I will respond to your question. The idea that 18-22 year old football players would accept isolation since 7/1 is ridiculous when there is no meaningful health threat to them. Why can’t they social with other students? We have no idea if any of them is actually sick? They may be doing what needs to naturally be done - building up herd immunity both by antibodies but more importantly by T-cells. The folks who should be isolated are the old dudes sitting on these committees making up these foolish policies for young people, that are not backed up by data or science. Unfortunately under this University President the students have no voice or input. A disgrace.
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You keep forgetting the real reason football has been cancelled....LIABILITY. The schools that arent playing have decided they can't reconcile their own state health best practice guidelines for COVid with the operational needs to run a competitive football team (yeah we could play this fall, but we might have games where the walks on have 10 starting position because of COVid outbreaks). And the LIABILITY issue is with the long term, not the short term. The long term remains unknown.

Now you are free to disagree with society's approach to COVid (Swedish model vs Italy in April/May model), but I think its rather indisputable as to why UConn and many schools cancelled football, no cover on the liability angle which is huge.

 

[John Greene]

Good point. But, what the university calls online classes generally aren’t. They are powerpoints posted on a website. No lecture or interactivity - so it’s even worse than what you think.

Did not realize what was actually being none was that bad. Why on earth would anyone pay tuition for an outline of a course?

I guess being dumb and having a PhD are not mutually exclusive.