So we should cancel all public gatherings? What about the athletes
who could infect another team? If you cancel the audience,
shouldn't you also cancel the event?
Americans have a propensity to panic at everything. Its easy to
carry the idea of isolation to the extreme, but you really can't
live like that. The virus is out of the bag and will continue to
spread with or without gatherings of people. If you are ill, or
fear you are ill, or test positive (clearly as Dear Professor "very
stable genius" Trump anyone can have the test who wants it - he said
so himself from the CDC), then by all means self isolate. But
cancelling all sporting events is unlikely to have much impact on
this virus.
I have tickets to concerts, plays, travel plans..... I am 75 and
therefore "at risk" of dying if I contract the virus, but I am not
going to dig a hole and pull the top in over me. And I doubt very
many other people would do that either. So we're back to what I
suggested earlier. Use common sense, don't expose others if you
think you are ill, but make your own decisions.
Tom
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On 3/8/2020 8:35 PM, Mark Lewin wrote:
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In an ideal world, I’m a believer of personal freedom and
responsibility. In such a world, I would totally support a policy
of offering refunds to whoever wanted it and allowing fans to
personally decide whether they want to risk attending the game. If
they became ill or died thereafter, so be it. Their choice.
However, it’s not an ideal world. People making their own
personal choice would come to the game, “possibly” become
infected and then go back out into the real world. Then the
virus would incubate for some period of time, and the infected
person would then become contagious before showing any symptoms
of becoming ill. What would happen when those infected people
show up in supermarkets, train stations, airports or (if they
were lucky) show up for a hockey tournament the following
weekend? Thousands of people are now facing risk of exposure.
What about their right to choose their risk of exposure?
Isn’t what what we are talking about here, the very
definition of public health policy?
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"When you have no idea the cause or the transmission
mechanism within your country of a virus,...." Which
explains precisely why putting an empty seat between people
is not much of a solution. IMO, such as it is, would be to
allow the fans to make up their own minds but refund tickets
that they turn in if they choose not to attend.
Tom
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On 3/8/2020 5:51 PM, Hampton,
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When you have no idea the
cause or the transmission mechanism within your
country of a virus, I assume over precaution is
called for. But why not, with full warning to
attendees, that only half of the stadium capacity
will be admitted and those inside must have one
chair between them and the next person - should be
enough to avoid cross contamination. Individuals can
make their own health decisions better than a
central authority (arena owner) can. Of course, the
drawback to that would be what if attendees at NCAA
hockey games did get sick and die, then there would
be fewer of us to champion, advocate, and lobby for
hockey. As a hockey fan, I sure would not like to be
treated like a rat in the Black Plague.
Nathan
Thanks
for posting this Mark. I heard this from Adam Wodon
on facebook so I was warned. It seems crazy, but I
will roll with what is best for our country to not
let this disease spread if we can help it.
Hoping
it won't cancel the Frozen Four, but it *could*
happen folks.
The
whole world has gone crazy!
Carol
Go
Gophers!!!
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If you receive emails from CHN,
you've probably heard that RPI has implemented a
social contact protocol because of a confirmed
case of COVID-19 in the capital district of NY.
As a result, the ECAC quarterfinal series against
Harvard will be played as scheduled this coming
weekend but with no spectators allowed.
I'm disappointed and am hopeful that the
Institute's response is over abundance of
caution. But disappointment over a sporting
event is much more preferable to facilitating
the spread of a virus that can lead to the death
of even one individual.
There are comments from season ticket holders
to RPI games who are spewing venom on the RPI
sports list about how stupid and irresponsible
it is of RPI to restrict access to the game just
because of some silly germ. Fortunately, most
responses are expressing disappointment but
fully support RPI's reaction.
I'm putting this out on the national list
since I'm thinking this is just the beginning.
RPI has taken this action first but I wouldn't
be surprised if this trend continues across the
country