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As an elected official in #NewtonMA where much of the @BostonCollege campus is located, this video upsets me. @BCFootball players do not live in a bubble. #COVID19 is real and deadly but clearly no one here cares about that. @NewtonMAMayor @NewtonHealth https://twitter.com/bcfootball/status/1310037084451860482
Happy to hear from public health officials on this. But in the meantime, this should concern people. The chance of false negatives seems pretty high. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2015897
And of course there is this. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/10/sports/concerns-rise-amid-virus-cluster-bc-athletics/
And there is this (oh and BTW this article only references testing athletes once a week) https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/2020/09/21/at-boston-college-a-question-of-priorities-academics-vs-athletics
I can't seem to find @BostonCollege protocol for locker rooms. @NCAA recommends the following:
Gyms and common areas where student-athletes and staff are likely to congregate ... but even low-risk populations should consider minimizing time spent in crowded environments.
Gyms and common areas where student-athletes and staff are likely to congregate ... but even low-risk populations should consider minimizing time spent in crowded environments.
