Plymouthfan91

Our Federal Government has messed this up since we went on lockdown. They had standards that needed to be met by states before they should've started to reduce restrictions. When they saw that states couldn't meet these requirements as quickly as they thought they allowed states to reopen too early. These states are in a serious situation right now. Instead of admitting they were wrong they instead act like everything is fine. The ignoring of the science is what has us in this situation today. Gov. Holcomb has been very deliberate in his reopening plan. I expect us to stay in 4.5 for at least another two weeks. We are in a good place but not an ideal place. Should we start school on time? YES!!!!! But 6-feet of social distancing and mask wearing needs to be mandatory. This is what the science says. What about sports? If we enter phase 2 of the IHSAA plan I see more teams having positive tests. This will result in an extended down time for a lot of teams. Playing a set schedule may become difficult. Schools may have to change opponents based on which schools shutdown their programs and which ones don't. It will be interesting to see how schools handle this. This could be a fluid situation. We may have a game with Warsaw scheduled but on Tuesday find out they can't play. Then we see that Knox also had an opponent cancel. Do we play them instead? Fans in the stands? Only if they social distance. Families sit together and I would only allow the families of players to attend. Student sections at least for now will be a thing of the past. Paid online streaming of games is a possibility for the rest of the fans to watch from home. Plus this could become a new revenue stream for the future for fans who live out of state and want to watch the games. I am trying to keep a positive attitude about this and I feel we can do this but we need to keep an eye on the science and not open everything up until it is safe to.

Still waiting...

I have been in my classroom and have spent the time to get my seats 6 feet apart. Except I have tables that are 5 feet long. This weekend my wife and I made "shields" that I can place on the middle of these tables so that the kids can sit on opposite ends of the table and not share the virus. My admin is looking at them today. If I get approval I will make more. My room will be compliant with the CDC guidelines. If everyone wears masks and I can keep 6 feet or less with a shield I am following the rules to safely have class. In our corporation discussion meeting yesterday, which was a marathon one, our superintendent told us that if a student refuses to wear a mask when they were supposed to that they would be given the option to continue the semester virtually. So I take that as follow the rules if you want to be in school, and participate in sports, or do school online and don't play sports. I was assured that the requirement to wear masks will not be compromised.

I have and will call out our area businesses for not following the rules. I have written letters to the editor in my local paper and also called the mayor to discuss his lack of leadership during this pandemic. I have sent numerous emails and had numerous discussions with our school administration. (My Bosses) To tell them my feelings on how things are going with in the schools. Not a keyboard warrior. I will challenge those that defy real science and make them listen to what the healthcare professionals are saying. Now for you I see a man who finishes his messages with "ALL LIVES MATTER" but he wouldn't dare say that anywhere or to anyone other than on this message board. I'm sure you are a great person and I agree that we can disagree but if you are so sure of your convictions let's see you do something for your community other than bark about your beliefs on a message board.

I think that @bombkicker is the true voice of reason on this thread. You have @oldtimeqb and @DannEllenwood who feel the virus is leftist plot to take away freedoms and you also have people who feel we shouldn't play at all. We all need to show proper respect to the safety measures and wear a mask and social distance and demand it by our athletes when they can do it. We will face bumps along the way but we must follow the rules to protect each other.

I'm glad the cases in your area are in the safe zone. I totally agree that we have been spared the problems that are happening in the larger cities in our country. Now my question to you as a healthcare professional: Should all people, when out in public, wear masks when indoors and also outdoors when social distancing can't be maintained?

Where does your 99.9% come from?

I have posted my source. Where does the 99.9% number come from? The point of the 9% is to show that the extremes are there but in reality it is somewhere in the middle. of those numbers. When people don't like the information that they hear about the virus they instantly want to avoid facts and say it is spreading fear. All I want to do is listen to the scientists. Avoid large gathering, wear a mask, social distance, and wash your hands. If we do those things we will be fine. The CEO of SJRMC in northern Indiana posted this in his daily email: "I have had several separate conversations recently about the prevalence of younger positive COVID cases, and good friends suggesting that we should "just let the kids catch it so that we can get to heard immunity". Not a far-fetched idea, but I strongly urge anyone considering that to wipe that thought from your mind because we have no idea what the long-term effects will be. Would you really allow your child to catch an infectious disease for which there is no treatment, no way of knowing how their body will react, no way of knowing what long-term organ damage might occur, and how do you keep him / her away from other vulnerable people in your family? And, if herd immunity requires about 70% with antibodies, that would mean roughly 630,000 people just within our Michiana service area of 900,000. We are still seeing roughly 5% nationally of those confirmed cases to require time in the ICU before an amazing recovery or death. That would mean 31,500 needing one of our 25 ICU beds. Yes, Saint Joseph can increase our ICU beds to 82 if we shut down the rest of our non-COVID business, but then where will the typical non-COVID strokes, heart attacks, and fragile diabetics go for life saving care? If or when we begin to see a surge, does anyone have suggestions how we begin to decide who gets the beds and ventilators? Folks, this is getting real, and this actual scenario is beginning to play out right now in some areas of Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Hospitals there may reach capacity soon and new cases are accelerating. They are preparing for some very difficult decisions in their surge planning. Based on what we do know, this is not the flu; this is not chickenpox. This has only been in our country about four to six months, and it is possible we will eventually hear some good news about this virus. But so far, its daunting and we must take this seriously. Please wear a mask when you cannot maintain a safe distance, and please wash your hands more frequently than you ever have before in your life. There are so many decisions we face every day to which our answer is "Ok, no problem". Why pick a fight now in this time of uncertainty because Houston, we really do have a problem."

Last check says that 91% of the cases were patients who either recovered or were discharged. 9% died. If the population of the US is 331 million then that would account for a little under 31 million deaths. Now is your 99.9 % rate is correct that would mean 331,000 deaths. I would assume that the number is somewhere between the 331,000 and 31 million. We have lost about 135,000 people so far. Irregardless of the number you use that is a lot of people who die from something that could've been less if we wore masks, practiced social distancing, and listened to science. I worry that your belief system will be followed by your students and this lack of empathy is what you are teaching them. I wonder if your local school board has heard your thoughts on this or are you just a keyboard warrior.

So maybe in April and May we should've listened to the science and stopped mass gatherings, made masks mandatory, and not allowed bars to open. The American people as a whole are spoiled and when they are asked to do make a sacrifice (I use this term loosely because this really isn't a sacrifice) they pout and say it is their right. This isn't the "cancel" culture but it is a "selfish" culture that we have. Now as we go down this path in the South how long before it causes those of us who listened to science and tried to do what was right have to tell our kids they will miss another sports season or another school year because of the "selfishness" of people. This amazes me bu doesn't surprise me.

We had our first softball workout and a player said her sister had tested positive in June. Her sister was in self-quarantine for 2 weeks and is back at work. But our athlete was told she couldn't participate for at least another week. The girl was upset and she even said that telling the truth hurt her. As soon as these types of situations get out we will have to hope that kids and parents are being honest.

We were told by our trainer yesterday that if a kid test positive the local hospital is saying the kid will have to have cardiac clearance to return to play. The timeline starting from the positive test could be 4-5 weeks. It's very important for these kids to stay safe and form their own bubble to protect themselves.

I'm not making this political but some of the uneducated are. My wife is a nurse at our local hospital and we just had an increase of 43 cases in our area yesterday. Hopefully they are asymptomatic and they recover without needing hospitalization or worse yet a ventilator. From what I hear those are awful ways to spend your recovery or death. The following of IHSAA protocols for team activities is most important. We can't allow our players and their families to get sick. We all know that the blaming of schools will be the first thing that happens if an athlete or someone in their family gets sick. Teach empathy to your kids by wearing a mask and mandating social distancing. Let's get to 8/14 where we can play. Let's show the state that we can do this safely even if some of us don't want to follow the rules.

This isn't a political issue. Your sources aren't usable on a Junior High Science Paper.

Your sources: tecnocracy.news and the Ethical Skeptic are not the CDC. I feel that you need more reliable sources before you can make your claims.

Plymouth lost due to clock management by the coaches. The claims in the local paper that they were “going for the win.” But ran the ball with under 10 seconds to go without a timeout inside the ten is a misstatement. The sideline was chaos during that time. To blame the defense when a chance was there to win the game is wrong. The coaches and their experience should’ve understood that first and goal with two timeouts means you can’t run three times if you are trying to win then they haven’t learned anything. I feel for the kids and the fact that the coach blames the defense but doesn’t take the blame himself is arrogance. Hopefully the players can overcome the lack of leadership and win some games.