i said they don’t like I didn’t say a couple days of warm wipes them out. Do some research and you will find that viruses survive in cold temps for extremely long periods and in warm temps much lower. This is in reference to their survival outside of a host. Also it’s why flu season is in cold months and not July and August. Keep in mind right now there are so many naive immunity people in regards to this virus that even in warm weather like you mention it will flourish because there are a ton of hosts to allow it to replicate. As travel ball season gets here the number of naive people to host it and the warm weather should lower its survivability and thus change the high risk situation we are currently in. I deal with viruses every day in my work and although it is with a different specie the epidemiology logic is still the same.
I was talkimg to someone going to attend an large tournament in a couple of week. And they had real concerns about going.
So tell me, will this effect summer tournaments???
I'm just read this order, not sure how it will effect tournaments. It does say (athletic events that exclude spectators).
From the (
Columbus Dispatch)
(Dr. Amy Action, director of the Ohio Department of Health, signed an order Thursday banning gatherings of more than 100 people, the governor said. The ban does not include grocery stores, restaurants and bars, forms of transit, athletic events that exclude spectators, weddings, funerals or religious worship, DeWine said.
DeWine on Tuesday asked for event organizers and sporting events to limit spectators. Since then the NBA,
NHL,
MLS and Major League Baseball have postponed their seasons.)
I do believe it most cases that it will effect hosting tournaments. If someone has a tournament and has a outbreak of the virus tied back to thier event. I'm sure the state will really look hard at what steps the TD had inplace to protect the public and limiting the spectators attending said event. Now with the signed order Thursday banning gatherings of more than 100 people. I'm sure someone out there would understand the order a lot more then I would and all the legal loop holes. But I'm sure it would be a challenge to a TD to get it right both morally and ethically.
I've hosted large tournaments for years and if I was faced with the current situation I believe I woukd seek legal advice before I would host a event and make sure I do all the right things to protect the public. Most likely if I had a tournament with-in the next 2 or 3 weeks I would cancel my event and feel very confident doing so.
But if i did decide to move foeward and host my event I'm 100% sure I would make some modifications to my event.
examples of some modified structure.
Eliminate warmup before game, let both team have warm up on diamond 10 mins before game.
Have bigger gaps between games, maybe add 45 minutes between games. Help reduce traffic and crowd control.
No hand shaking or celebrations after game.
If having a 4 game guarantee, cut back to a 3 game guarantee.
Only use 3 diamonds on a 4 diamonds Complex or if you have lots of diamonds spread the games out to different diamonds to help with social separation.
Have extra restroom attendance available to insure they are kelp clean and plenty of hand sanitizer and towels available.
Ask Coaches to help reduce spectators that will be attending.