SEC Contact Tracing rule will screw us

Now that they have the rapid test I expect that rule to get revised.

UT cancelled scrimmage we had 27 missing a scrimmage, not because of positive tests but because of tracing...such a dumb rule

Are they making high school kids test? Just don’t get tested.

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Current SEC (not CDC) rule is if Contact Traced then 14 day quarantine...my son got Contact Traced at HS..was only in person Mon and Tues.. tested Sat, results negative..we let him free once test was back..so roughly a week..why make athletes quarantine for 14 days? Just test and let them play

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Yeah it's a bullshite rule. It would make more sense if rapid testing weren't available, but that's not the case. If a player is "exposed" to someone on Monday and has a negative screening on Wednesday, there's no reason he should be forced into a mandatory 14-day quarantine. If someone tests positive during game week, you could realistically say the entire team was "exposed" and then that team is forced to forfeit 2 weeks? GTFO. If players aren't sick, then there's no reason to quarantine.

Alabama will it be effected by this. Nick will see to that.

Bama will not lose anyone
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Why quarantine them at all? Just let them play. It's rare for a college kid to even get actual sick from corona. Most of them never have symptoms.

I think this is just getting out there to the masses..

LINK

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 27, 2020
Contact: HHS Press Office
202-690-6343
media@hhs.gov
Trump Administration Will Deploy 150 Million Rapid Tests in 2020

Today, as part of an historic initiative led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of and Defense (DOD), the Administration awarded a contract for $760 million to Abbott for delivery of 150 million rapid, Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card Point of Care (POC) SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests to expand strategic, evidence-based testing in the United States. Testing will be potentially deployed to schools and to assist with serving other special needs populations.

“The introduction of Abbott’s antigen test is another incredibly valuable result of President Trump’s all-of-America approach to constructing our world-leading COVID-19 testing capacity,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “By strategically distributing 150 million of these tests to where they’re needed most, we can track the virus like never before and protect millions of Americans at risk in especially vulnerable situations.”

The Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card recently received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, does not require instrumentation, and will deliver COVID-19 test results in 15 minutes or less. The Administration has laid the groundwork for this program with months of collaborative work, paving the regulatory and innovation pathways.

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Since WHEN have they made rapid testing available to the public & not just the potus?

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Um, for awhile. My secretary was exposed and had rapid test results in under an hour. And this was about a month ago. Rapid tests aren’t exactly difficult to find anymore (depending where you live), especially given the FDA approved a cheaper saliva test a few weeks ago. Do you really think college football programs in the SEC don’t have the funding to pay for them?