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So ICC in California, without question one of the top TT clubs in the US, held a junior tournament with 36 players. At least 6 players have now tested positive for Covid-19 but a source tells me as many as 20 other people may be infected. A true super spreader event. In a thread at MyTT, someone associated with ICC described their protocols, which if they were followed ought to have minimized the likelihood of this happening. Either the protocols weren't followed (I can't say, I wasn't there) or they aren't adequate.
Here is what they say they did: they took people's temperatures (a fairly pointless exercise given what we know now), they asked about symptoms, players didn't change sides, new ball each match, hand sanitizers all over, masks were required except when playing, no spectators, one coach per player and not all players had coaches. The facility is very spacious with very high ceilings and each court is large.
I'm posting this because in all likelihood, in spite of these precautions, this has the features of a super-spreader event. Will these kids spread it to their families and others? Household spread is really hard to avoid. Again, a minimum of 6 out of 36 players ended up testing positive.
Short of requiring a vety recent Covid-19 PCR test before playing, I'm not sure there's a whole lot more they could have done (and that's asking too much for a table tennis tournament IMHO). They didn't mandate masks during matches ( to my knowledge this is not done anywhere). And maybe that is what is needed at this point in time?
In much of the world but ESPECIALLY in the US, this is going to ge a brutal winter, and hospitals here are certain to crack under the pressure of this. There is no avoiding it. This virus is all over the place (unless you live in Taiwan or New Zealand).
So everybody, please, take care of yourselves and people around you. Wear a mask, and you really might want to reconsider indoor sports, especially in cold climates ( and especially in the US where Covid-19 is spiraling out of control). Here you need to be paranoid for the next few months.
Bear in mind, my clinician colleagues are increasingly seeing a long lasting Covid-19 syndrome affecting heart and/or brain function along with severe fatigue even in some young athletic people who never had severe respiratory symptoms.
Here is what they say they did: they took people's temperatures (a fairly pointless exercise given what we know now), they asked about symptoms, players didn't change sides, new ball each match, hand sanitizers all over, masks were required except when playing, no spectators, one coach per player and not all players had coaches. The facility is very spacious with very high ceilings and each court is large.
I'm posting this because in all likelihood, in spite of these precautions, this has the features of a super-spreader event. Will these kids spread it to their families and others? Household spread is really hard to avoid. Again, a minimum of 6 out of 36 players ended up testing positive.
Short of requiring a vety recent Covid-19 PCR test before playing, I'm not sure there's a whole lot more they could have done (and that's asking too much for a table tennis tournament IMHO). They didn't mandate masks during matches ( to my knowledge this is not done anywhere). And maybe that is what is needed at this point in time?
In much of the world but ESPECIALLY in the US, this is going to ge a brutal winter, and hospitals here are certain to crack under the pressure of this. There is no avoiding it. This virus is all over the place (unless you live in Taiwan or New Zealand).
So everybody, please, take care of yourselves and people around you. Wear a mask, and you really might want to reconsider indoor sports, especially in cold climates ( and especially in the US where Covid-19 is spiraling out of control). Here you need to be paranoid for the next few months.
Bear in mind, my clinician colleagues are increasingly seeing a long lasting Covid-19 syndrome affecting heart and/or brain function along with severe fatigue even in some young athletic people who never had severe respiratory symptoms.
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