MLB started playing last week, over a
hundred days after what was supposed to be opening day. After 3 days, it looks
like they will be shutting down. The measures they put in place were far and
above what they are doing for schools, so I ask, how can schools hope to be
successful where they failed so spectacularly.
After
4 days double-digit members of the Florida Marlins have been diagnoses with
COVID-19.
From
Slate,
The Miami Marlins’ home opener on Monday night against Baltimore
has been postponed as the team deal with a coronavirus outbreak that stranded
them in Philadelphia.
The Marlins
postponed their flight home on Sunday night after their series finale against
the Phillies. ESPN
reports that the Phillies have canceled their game against the
New York Yankees too. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that 11 of the 33 Marlins
players who traveled to Philadelphia tested positive for Covid-19. Sources told
Passan that two Marlins coaches have also tested positive.
I have read on
twitter it is 14 members of the Marlins and this after a smattering of members
on other teams.
This is the
thing MLB has put crazy precautions in place.
From Baseball
America,
All
players, coaches and team personnel are required to complete a symptom and
exposure questionnaire before arriving at summer camp. If their responses
indicate they may have contracted or been exposed to COVID-19, they have to
undergo further evaluation and testing before they are allowed to report to the
team facility.
Upon
arrival at summer camp, all players, coaches and team personnel will undergo a
temperature check, a saliva or oral/nasal swab for COVID-19 diagnostic testing
and a blood test for antibody testing. Individuals must self-quarantine until
they learn the results of their diagnostic test (usually 24-48 hours). Only
when the test comes back negative are they allowed to enter team facilities.
All
players, coaches and team employees must complete a COVID-19 education course
prior to summer camp. Teams must submit a certification to MLB that all players
and employees completed COVID-19 education.
Throughout
summer camp and the 2020 season, players and coaches will have their
temperatures checked twice per day, a saliva sample or oral/nasal swab taken
every other day for diagnostic testing and a blood sample taken approximately
once per month for antibody testing.
Players
are required to take their temperatures twice, in succession, each morning
before leaving their homes. If their temperature is 100.4 degrees or higher,
they are required to report it to their club’s medical staff.
Players
who report or exhibit any symptoms of COVID-19 or have a temperature above
100.4 degrees are not allowed to enter a team facility.
Players
are required to wear face coverings at all times in the clubhouse and related
areas. They are not required to wear face coverings on the field or in the
bullpen or dugout during games or practices, or when engaged in physical
activities such as batting practice or workouts.
Non-playing
personnel are required to wear face coverings at all times in the dugout and
bullpen.
Each
club’s medical staff is responsible for ensuring compliance for all
MLB-mandated health and safety protocols. MLB may conduct random audits to
ensure proper procedures are being followed.
Testing
and procedures will be overseen by a Joint Committee consisting of one
non-medical representative from MLB, one non-medical representative from the
MLB Players' Association and two physicians (one appointed by each of the
parties). Any disputes not solved by a majority vote of the committee will be
resolved by an independent expert agreed upon by the MLB-appointed physician
and the MLBPA-appointed physician.
Players,
on-field personnel and team officials may not take public transportation
between their homes and the ballpark.
On
the road, players and other members of a team’s traveling party are not allowed
to leave the team hotel to eat or use any restaurants open to the public. They
can only eat at a private dining area for the team provided by the hotel or
order food via room service or a delivery service such as Grubhub or Postmates.
Umpires
must complete COVID-19 education prior to the season and throughout the course
of the regular season.
MLB
is providing free testing to household members of the covered individuals and
to medical workers and other first responders in each club’s home city.
I guarantee you your school or district isn't doing ten percent of what MLB did and they lasted four days. I also guarantee you your school or district doesn't have nearly the resources MLB did and they lasted four days and I guarantee you when schools open they will fail even more spectacularly.
Friends everyone wants to be back. Everyone thinks it is best but the reality is when schools open it won't be long before they close which means we will have risked lives for what?
You know they won't be testing kids for covid thus the myth kids don't catch it and/or spread it.
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