Jim Boeheim (and one other) test positive for COVID; basketball program pauses...

[storange]

40% of all people that contract the virus are asymptomatic so you tell me

Tell you what ?

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Hoping for the best for everyone involved. Would be very interested to hear how this happened with all the protections the team and university have put in place.

This is what's scary. Does anyone really know how long the virus stays on surfaces. Does he get his lunch delivered? Unless you are in a true bubble you could come in contact no matter how careful you are. Look how many programs are infected.

 

[TinyManInside]

he's way more fit and healthy than a recent famous 74 year old who got it & recovered quickly
my heart is with jb & my money is on him

I'm sure JB will be fine but comparing his situation to the other recent famous 74 year old is an apples and oranges situation.

The other famous 74 year recovered via 'better living through chemistry'. He likely would have been in really, really bad shape if he wasn't afforded the care he was. Judging by the reported treatment - supplemental oxygen plus helicopter ride plus monoclonal antibodies plus multiple doctors plus dexamethasone plus remdesivir, it is likely that he had a pretty advanced case and was able to recover due to the quality of care and access to treatments he received.

JB is asymptomatic thus far so comparing their cases is meaningless. The only comparison to be made is that JB will also likely have access of top level care (though not quite on the level of the other guy) if he should become sick, due to his stature.

 

[OburgOrange]

2020 can go screw itself

 

[storange]

This is what's scary. Does anyone really know how long the virus stays on surfaces. Does he get his lunch delivered? Unless you are in a true bubble you could come in contact no matter how careful you are. Look how many programs are infected.

It’s transmitted person to person a huge majority of the time. Guess it could have been a fluke . Never know.

 

[orangetom]

Hoping for the best for everyone involved. Would be very interested to hear how this happened with all the protections the team and university have put in place.

My nephew is a manager for UAlbany basketball. UAlbany had a player test positive a week and a half ago. My nephew had no recent contact with that individual. UAlbany basketball operations were suspended for two weeks. My nephew has been at home since then with virtual learning. The only time he left his parent's home in that time span was to go to UAlbany for Covid testing three time a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday). He's been nowhere else. His Monday and Tuesday tests were negative. He developed headaches Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning. His Thursday test was positive. After waking up in a pool of sweat on Friday morning, he now feels fine. He's quarantined for 14 days. His parents and brother are also quarantined and were tested yesterday; they'll have results by Tuesday. He doesn't know how he contracted Covid. The only outside contact he's recently had was with the testers.

 

[PhatOrange]

I’m sure JB will be fine, the same as 70 year old Nick Saban was and 98% of everyone who catches it.

 

[storange]

My nephew is a manager for UAlbany basketball. UAlbany had a player test positive a week and a half ago. My nephew had no recent contact with that individual. UAlbany basketball operations were suspended for two weeks. My nephew has been at home since then with virtual learning. The only time he left his parent's home in that time span was to go to UAlbany for Covid testing three time a week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday). He's been nowhere else. His Monday and Tuesday tests were negative. He developed headaches Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning. His Thursday test was positive. After waking up in a pool of sweat on Friday morning, he now feels fine. He's quarantined for 14 days. His parents and brother are also quarantined and were tested yesterday; they'll have results by Tuesday. He doesn't know how he contracted Covid. The only outside contact he's recently had was with the testers.

Godspeed to your nephew.

 

[Orangefan1]

I feel bad for coach I do however if the entire team were being careful why not have red coach the team in JB’s absence?

 

[storange]

I feel bad for coach I do however if the entire team were being careful why not have red coach the team in JB’s absence?

Official protocol, they have to stop

 

[hungrychuck]

I’m sure JB will be fine, the same as 70 year old Nick Saban was and 98% of everyone who catches it.

Well, Nick Saban was a false positive. As are a high percentage of these so-called "asymptomatic" cases.

 

[721Comstock]

Well, Nick Saban was a false positive. As are a high percentage of these so-called "asymptomatic" cases.

Yeah, sure he was.

Stick to cheap pitchers, Chuck.

 

[storange]

Hope one of our MDs will post, some incorrect info being posted.

 

[Mareiniss]

... He doesn't know how he contracted Covid. The only outside contact he's recently had was with the testers.

It would be ironic if testers were actually spreading the virus. After all, testers probably have lots more contact with infected people than the average person does.

 

[Briancuse]

JB will be fine. He is in great shape, doesn't have any symptoms and will be well taken care of. Hopefully the vaccine will be approved and the world can begin to turn the tide.
Prayers for coach.

He is in shape and takes good care of himself but its the age that worries me.

 

[721Comstock]

He is in shape and takes good care of himself but its the age that worries me.

Yes, this. Nobody gets out of here alive.

He’s much more fit and healthy than that other well known orange man, but JB doesn’t have access to Walter Reed and a team of the best Drs 24/7, nor to experimental treatments.

Vaccine is still a ways away.
Don’t hold your breath.

 

[storange]

It would be ironic if testers were actually spreading the virus. After all, testers probably have lots more contact with infected people than the average person does.

I have been tested 3 times since it started. Drive through at Binghamton University. They are very careful only letting you roll window down a little ways and all. But there are a lot of different testing procedures.

 

[hungrychuck]

Yeah, sure he was.

Stick to cheap pitchers, Chuck.

Occam's Razor.

Saban sees positives in false coronavirus test

Nick Saban is seeing positives in having had a false positive test for the coronavirus.

www.espn.com

 

[Cusefan69]

best wishes to Jim and his family. It goes without saying that it is very positive that he has said he is showing no symptoms.

 

[orangetom]

It would be ironic if testers were actually spreading the virus. After all, testers probably have lots more contact with infected people than the average person does.

Yeah. He's retraced his steps and that's the only recent contact. Who knows.

 

[orangetom]

I have been tested 3 times since it started. Drive through at Binghamton University. They are very careful only letting you roll window down a little ways and all. But there are a lot of different testing procedures.

I believe my nephew had to enter the athletic facility to be tested.

 

[Mareiniss]

I have been tested 3 times since it started. Drive through at Binghamton University. They are very careful only letting you roll window down a little ways and all. But there are a lot of different testing procedures.

You're right about lots of different testing procedures. The procedure used in your case sounds good. When I was tested, I had to go into a small room with the testing technician, close the door, take off my mask and get "swabbed." The technician wore a mask, but had no other PPE. The whole procedure only took a minute or so, but I was a little concerned knowing that lots of others had also been tested throughout the day in that small room.

 

[UpstateSM]

I have been tested 3 times since it started. Drive through at Binghamton University. They are very careful only letting you roll window down a little ways and all. But there are a lot of different testing procedures.

I got tested in August on Griffiss and it was the same. It was a little eerie with military directing you around and everybody in the testing area with full body PPE haha

My only complaint about the process was the turnaround on the test results. It took 5 days or so.

I’ve gotten saliva pool tested at SU twice and it’s been a really easy process both times. Same with the flu shot. They’ve fumbled their fair share of things since I enrolled last fall but I’ve been impressed with this.

 

[SBU72]

You all seem to forget that not only is he 74, he is also a cancer survivor. Sorry to say this but a previous serious health issues can be underlying problem. Such things impact the immune system.

 

[SWC75]

He never seemed too concerned. At 74 he’s obviously higher risk.
Prayers...

He'll be 76 on Tuesday.

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