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But if Shimp and Brown were available, I have to think our score would have been 4-6 strokes better, which gets us into the top 5. 

Do we know for sure Shimp and/or Brown were Covid-related casualties?

If so, I'd be very curious on the backstory, particularly at this time (where virus is essentially a non-threat).  By way of examples, high school sports are playing in the county, and participants take tests 3x/week.  The false positives have really caused problems - including for Paly Varsity Boys hoops and the Menlo Girls varsity hoops (in each case the positive testee didn't feel sick and tested four consecutive days negatively).  No matter, the entire team on the shelf for 10 days.  The same thing almost happened to one JV boys team, until a dad (not I) spoke with the third-party tester, who acknowledged that the positive test results (2 of them) should have been put in "further testing" pile and not positive result pile.  The further tests on the two kids came up negative; thus, no quarantine.

But here's the real kicker.  I'm aware of a HS team that had a positive test.  But it was an outdoor sport, and the school/league waived the quarantine requirement based on reasoning that even if test result is legit, the chances for transmission are so low in outdoor sport that the team need not be quarantined.  And I'm not sure if even the player sat out.  If they can do that at HS level in the county, it's hard for me to believe that Stanford could not have done the same thing.  

Anyway, I'm very curious as to the circumstances leading up to Shimp and Brown being out, and whether there was any attempt to get mando isolation reversed.  Now, maybe the guys were sick as dogs, and it was a no-brainer.  But somehow I doubt that . . . 

Anyway, congrats to the team for making the post-season and competing well in the regionals.  If the test result was a false positive, then it's a shame that possibly prevented Stanford from competing for a title.

I agree that the current approach, when most collegiate players can be vaccinated, and the risk of transmission is low (and the risk of severe infection to those vaccinated is very very low) seems a bit behind.  But it's not a surprise; my employer has extended work-from-home allowances through at least the end of September, and the few of us who sometimes go into work need to get weekly testing (despite vaccination status) and observe masking and social distancing requirements.  Hell, until last week, they still had an enhanced cleaning protocol that said people couldn't enter a vacated room for at least 2 hours after the last person left, even though we know that the virus is almost never transmitted through fomites.

In the midst of the pandemic, I was a pretty strong supporter of restrictions, but the reason for that was to get us safely to now.  Most of the pandemic restrictions (testing, masking, quarantining, etc.) can be significantly relaxed if not eliminated entirely for those who are vaccinated.  And those who are not, should get the vaccine.

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But if Shimp and Brown were available, I have to think our score would have been 4-6 strokes better, which gets us into the top 5. 

Do we know for sure Shimp and/or Brown were Covid-related casualties?

If so, I'd be very curious on the backstory, particularly at this time (where virus is essentially a non-threat).  By way of examples, high school sports are playing in the county, and participants take tests 3x/week.  The false positives have really caused problems - including for Paly Varsity Boys hoops and the Menlo Girls varsity hoops (in each case the positive testee didn't feel sick and tested four consecutive days negatively).  No matter, the entire team on the shelf for 10 days.  The same thing almost happened to one JV boys team, until a dad (not I) spoke with the third-party tester, who acknowledged that the positive test results (2 of them) should have been put in "further testing" pile and not positive result pile.  The further tests on the two kids came up negative; thus, no quarantine.

But here's the real kicker.  I'm aware of a HS team that had a positive test.  But it was an outdoor sport, and the school/league waived the quarantine requirement based on reasoning that even if test result is legit, the chances for transmission are so low in outdoor sport that the team need not be quarantined.  And I'm not sure if even the player sat out.  If they can do that at HS level in the county, it's hard for me to believe that Stanford could not have done the same thing.  

Anyway, I'm very curious as to the circumstances leading up to Shimp and Brown being out, and whether there was any attempt to get mando isolation reversed.  Now, maybe the guys were sick as dogs, and it was a no-brainer.  But somehow I doubt that . . . 

Anyway, congrats to the team for making the post-season and competing well in the regionals.  If the test result was a false positive, then it's a shame that possibly prevented Stanford from competing for a title.

I agree that the current approach, when most collegiate players can be vaccinated, and the risk of transmission is low (and the risk of severe infection to those vaccinated is very very low) seems a bit behind.  But it's not a surprise; my employer has extended work-from-home allowances through at least the end of September, and the few of us who sometimes go into work need to get weekly testing (despite vaccination status) and observe masking and social distancing requirements.  Hell, until last week, they still had an enhanced cleaning protocol that said people couldn't enter a vacated room for at least 2 hours after the last person left, even though we know that the virus is almost never transmitted through fomites.

In the midst of the pandemic, I was a pretty strong supporter of restrictions, but the reason for that was to get us safely to now.  Most of the pandemic restrictions (testing, masking, quarantining, etc.) can be significantly relaxed if not eliminated entirely for those who are vaccinated.  And those who are not, should get the vaccine.

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