08-10-2021, 05:17 PM
I'm not so worried about Dallas, since I assume both teams will arrive a day or two before the game and be "bubbled" as much as possible.
I would note that, as of Monday, August 9, 41.3% of residents in Riley County, KS have been fully vaccinated, compared to 79.7% in Santa Clara County. K-State begins in-person fall instruction on August 23. Per Kansas law, Covid vaccines are strongly recommend but not required. The on-campus vaccination rate was over 70% last year. I have no idea if the new students this fall have been vaccinated at such a high rate, but since 86% of the K-State student population comes from Kansas and the rest come from states like Texas and Nebraska, I doubt it. The good news is that K-State's team is over 80% fully vaccinated, but they won't be able to keep the players in a bubble once school starts.
I would note that, as of Monday, August 9, 41.3% of residents in Riley County, KS have been fully vaccinated, compared to 79.7% in Santa Clara County. K-State begins in-person fall instruction on August 23. Per Kansas law, Covid vaccines are strongly recommend but not required. The on-campus vaccination rate was over 70% last year. I have no idea if the new students this fall have been vaccinated at such a high rate, but since 86% of the K-State student population comes from Kansas and the rest come from states like Texas and Nebraska, I doubt it. The good news is that K-State's team is over 80% fully vaccinated, but they won't be able to keep the players in a bubble once school starts.
If there's one thing people have learned in Berkeley, it's that you can't put "Cal football" and "Rose Bowl" in the same sentence. The words just don't fit. You'd be better off linking "covered wagons" with "Mars travel." (Bruce Jenkins, Cal '70, SF Chronicle, Nov. 11, 2017)