CIAC will pause all fall sports activities until Aug 24

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I think it’s safe to say that you should move this thread to the Talking politics section immediately.

You must work for Twitter or Facebook. Why are liberals so intent on suppressing the first amendment?

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You must work for Twitter or Facebook. Why are liberals so intent on suppressing the first amendment?

Why do you not know what the 1st amendment covers? Are you 9?

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more voters with less information is never a good thing
you are seeing blatant info suppression/ censorship from the media- an uneducated electorate is incredibly dangerous- thats how all the really bad stuff happens

Exactly
We are living 1984
Some are more equal then others

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You must work for Twitter or Facebook. Why are liberals so intent on suppressing the first amendment?

You must be a dimwit. I’m a conservative actually, however my point was to move it to the political area, not to suppress it or delete it. I simply don’t need to see political bullshît on a soccer forum.

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Why do you not know what the 1st amendment covers? Are you 9?

Yes it's funny how conservatives rail about constitutional rights when it seems they've never read it or understand what it does and does not cover.

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You must be a dimwit. I’m a conservative actually, however my point was to move it to the political area, not to suppress it or delete it. I simply don’t need to see political bullshît on a soccer forum.

Ok Snowflake, you simply don't have to read it if its something not of interest to you. Just like you don't have to listen to someone speaking politics in public. Besides politics and soccer are tightly interwind. Actually just about everything in your life, from where you can go, places you can eat, to what sports you can play and how you play them and who can watch them is currently controlled by political decisions. So no it doesn't belong in a little corner that people can ignore, its what most people should be talking about across a broad range of topics including soccer.

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Ok Snowflake, you simply don't have to read it if its something not of interest to you. Just like you don't have to listen to someone speaking politics in public. Besides politics and soccer are tightly interwind. Actually just about everything in your life, from where you can go, places you can eat, to what sports you can play and how you play them and who can watch them is currently controlled by political decisions. So no it doesn't belong in a little corner that people can ignore, its what most people should be talking about across a broad range of topics including soccer.

Snowflake is an interesting go to. Are you done, you massive blowhard? People (most I would imagine) come on here for soccer not politics. When the title of a thread is politically based and not soccer based, it can be easily ignored. There’s a section for political stuff, it’s easy enough to keep it there. No one is coming on this site for political talk, there are plenty of other venues.

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Back to the topic of soccer. Has HS soccer and other moderate sports been suspended?

According to the CIAC directive:

If all school districts in CT reach the “moderate” category, or a significant enough number of member schools fall into this category that maintaining game schedules are no longer possible, then the CIAC will restrict all interscholastic athletic experiences to conditioning and low risk non-contact sport specific skill work, in cohorts no greater than 10, and limited to the school’s campus.

Moderate category means: Between 10 to 25 cases per 100,000. The whole state is currently at 11 and trending up so there have be many school districts that fall in the moderate range.

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Back to the topic of soccer. Has HS soccer and other moderate sports been suspended?

According to the CIAC directive:

If all school districts in CT reach the “moderate” category, or a significant enough number of member schools fall into this category that maintaining game schedules are no longer possible, then the CIAC will restrict all interscholastic athletic experiences to conditioning and low risk non-contact sport specific skill work, in cohorts no greater than 10, and limited to the school’s campus.

Moderate category means: Between 10 to 25 cases per 100,000. The whole state is currently at 11 and trending up so there have be many school districts that fall in the moderate range.

What matters is if there are outbreaks at schools not at the state level.

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US sees nearly 300,000 excess deaths amid pandemic so far, CDC study suggests
From CNN's Jacqueline Howard

The United States has seen nearly 300,000 excess deaths so far since late January – and the groups with the biggest jumps in excess deaths, percentage-wise, have been adults ages 25 to 44 and Hispanic people, according to a report published Tuesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The report included mortality data from Jan. 26 through Oct. 3, to help researchers measure how many more people died this year during the coronavirus pandemic than otherwise would have been expected.

"An estimated 299,028 more persons than expected have died since January 26, 2020; approximately two thirds of these deaths were attributed to COVID-19," CDC researchers wrote in the report.
"Although more excess deaths have occurred among older age groups, relative to past years, adults aged 25-44 years have experienced the largest average percentage increase in the number of deaths from all causes from late January through October 3," the researchers wrote. "Among racial and ethnic groups, the smallest average percentage increase in numbers of deaths compared with previous years occurred among White persons (11.9%) and the largest for Hispanic persons (53.6%)."

The report has some limitations, including that mortality data can lag, and estimates of how many deaths would otherwise be expected are based on models

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What matters is if there are outbreaks at schools not at the state level.

Not exactly. Not all schools are testing regularly. The CIAC directive states the following:

"In determining the status of interscholastic athletic opportunities for the state or an individual school district, the CIAC will reference the State Department of Education’s Indicators for Consideration of Learning Models" This CT website has the criteria by district (county): https://data.ct.gov/stories/s/CT-Sch...ing/ddy2-ijgu/

According to their own criteria and directive, High Schools in Windom and New London counties should be in the moderate outbreak and they should only be conditioning with no games. Can anyone confirm?

Looks like Hartford county is next to cross the line into conditioning and no games.

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What matters is if there are outbreaks at schools not at the state level.

and right now there are measures in place for that. we had one school in our conference had to cancel games. it's unfortunate to miss some games but no need to shut the whole thing down because some town four over from us had a few cases.

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Not exactly. Not all schools are testing regularly. The CIAC directive states the following:

"In determining the status of interscholastic athletic opportunities for the state or an individual school district, the CIAC will reference the State Department of Education’s Indicators for Consideration of Learning Models" This CT website has the criteria by district (county): https://data.ct.gov/stories/s/CT-Sch...ing/ddy2-ijgu/

According to their own criteria and directive, High Schools in Windom and New London counties should be in the moderate outbreak and they should only be conditioning with no games. Can anyone confirm?

Looks like Hartford county is next to cross the line into conditioning and no games.

Why are you so eager to shut down high school sports?

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Not exactly. Not all schools are testing regularly. The CIAC directive states the following:

"In determining the status of interscholastic athletic opportunities for the state or an individual school district, the CIAC will reference the State Department of Education’s Indicators for Consideration of Learning Models" This CT website has the criteria by district (county): https://data.ct.gov/stories/s/CT-Sch...ing/ddy2-ijgu/

According to their own criteria and directive, High Schools in Windom and New London counties should be in the moderate outbreak and they should only be conditioning with no games. Can anyone confirm?

Looks like Hartford county is next to cross the line into conditioning and no games.

Here is something interesting. They are getting around shutting most sports down by moving to a 14 day moving average than the original 7 day.

"The learning model indicator metrics were originally calculated using a 7-day average. Starting on 10/15/2020, the metrics will be calculated using a 14-day average. We are learning more about COVID-19 all the time, including the best ways to measure COVID-19 activity in our communities. CT DPH made the decision to shift to 14-day rates because these are more stable, particularly at the town level, as compared to 7-day rates. In addition, since the school indicators were initially published by DPH last summer, CDC has recommended 14-day rates and other states (e.g., Massachusetts) have started to implement 14-day metrics for monitoring COVID transmission as well."

But Windom and New London still fall into the moderate category.

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Here is something interesting. They are getting around shutting most sports down by moving to a 14 day moving average than the original 7 day.

"The learning model indicator metrics were originally calculated using a 7-day average. Starting on 10/15/2020, the metrics will be calculated using a 14-day average. We are learning more about COVID-19 all the time, including the best ways to measure COVID-19 activity in our communities. CT DPH made the decision to shift to 14-day rates because these are more stable, particularly at the town level, as compared to 7-day rates. In addition, since the school indicators were initially published by DPH last summer, CDC has recommended 14-day rates and other states (e.g., Massachusetts) have started to implement 14-day metrics for monitoring COVID transmission as well."

But Windom and New London still fall into the moderate category.

Maybe you should get on the phone and tell them to shut it down.