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Post by ysj28 on Nov 20, 2020 15:05:18 GMT -4
Our Team, led by our team Covid Manager, is working closely with public health, our medical team, and League officials to ensure the safety of everyone.
The safety and health of everyone is our top priority.
All of our players are in confinement as well as the majority of our staff.
Testing is ongoing and no new positive cases have been reported within the organization.
The staff member who tested positive is sick and in isolation.
It is not travel-related. The staff member has not been outside the Atlantic Bubble since prior to training camp.
No other staff members or players have been outside the Atlantic Bubble since joining the team for training camp.
The staff member experienced sudden onset of multiple symptoms following this past weekend and received a covid test the same day. They have been vigilant and in isolation since that date.
The staff member has not visited any of the following businesses this month, who have publicly listed exposure notices: Five and Dime, Freddie’s Pizza, Eighty Three Bar Arcade, and the Water Street Dinner Theatre.
We hope everyone continues to stay safe during these unprecedented times.
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Post by iraca on Nov 20, 2020 15:07:13 GMT -4
Sea Dog release states "The staff member has not been outside the Atlantic Bubble since prior to training camp. No other staff members or players have been outside the Atlantic Bubble since joining the team for training camp."
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2020 15:10:09 GMT -4
Sea Dog release states "The staff member has not been outside the Atlantic Bubble since prior to training camp. No other staff members or players have been outside the Atlantic Bubble since joining the team for training camp." Glad to hear that. I apologize for having jumped to conclusions - and I retract any and all statements pointing to any wrongdoing. I think it was the 100 percent right thing to do in this situation for that statement to be made - and total respect to have done so. |
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Post by j3e4 on Nov 20, 2020 15:17:43 GMT -4
I’m not going to ridicule anyone who catches Covid, you can do everything by the book and still catch it. You can be reckless and never catch it. It doesn’t care what you do. If you’ve received the proper exemption to leave the province and return, without having to self isolate, you’re not doing anything wrong and should be allowed to carry on with your life. Those are the rules that the government put into place, they’re simply abiding by them. If you’ve done it without following the rules, then you deserve to be disciplined/punished for it. You shouldn’t however have your personal medical information blasted around or on display for everyone to see and you definitely don’t have to come out and acknowledge that you caught Covid. That’s a complete violation of your privacy and totally unnecessary. The witch hunt though that people put out for people they feel “have violated the rules” is ridiculous though. You can really see how psychotic/generally uneducated people are when you see some of the comments on Facebook/Twitter or the comments of a news article when it comes to this. If they put half as much effort into doing something productive as they did bitching and moaning on those sites, we’d all be a hell of a lot better off. I think that people love the game and hockey fans are well known as being the most intelligent, sane people in daily life, but get them in a rink or watching hockey, and they turn into a bunch of raving lunatics. Yes, I'll admit to being one. There are so many topics where the right thing is to wait until all the facts come out, if they come out, Wortman - George Floyd - Covid - OHL with no checking, but you decide to either step up and join the conversation, or you sit on your hands and read. I don't begrudge anybody from stating their opinions. Some people get a bit wound up, but so be it. I'm not on a witch hunt. I would never name a name when it comes to testing positive for Covid, but at some point, once it becomes obvious who the person is, there isn't much point in playing dumb, but it is still my preference not to name any names. I know better than to demand somebody to step up and either confirm or deny these sorts of rumours, but, yes, IMO, there does come a point where the right thing to do is for a central figure to step up and clarify whether there had been outside travel or not. None of us makes the rules, but I do think that when it comes to a Major Junior hockey team, that even if you have the OK not to self-isolate, that better judgement should enter the picture at some point. A truck driver, for example, might have exemptions to not have to self-isolate, but there needs to be common sense if you hope to complete a QMJHL season. I'm not a good Q Board poster. No matter what I say, it will likely come out the wrong way. Let me just exit the conversation by saying that I hope everything gets back to normal soon and the season continues. I really enjoy this board. I used to head the other way when it was all Trump - but you guys rock here these days. It's awesome! For the record, I agree with you that IF the individual is guilty of the things some are accusing him of, that he does need to be held accountable by the province, the Sea Dogs and the QMJHL and possibly other parties. We'd likely never know what penalty the province might impose on him but he absolutely should be fired and if for some reason he was not fired, the league should impose as harsh a penalty as they can. His boss woul almost certainly have been aware and enabling it too so the league should also penalize him (either personally or by fining the team). I absolutely do take these guidelines seriously and get frustrated with those who don't. I also agree that even if he had an exemption to be able to leave and return without self-isolating, he should have used more common sense even if he's technically not breaking any rules. I can't imagine why such an exemption would have been given to him though. All that being said, I'm hearing from multiple reliable source all independent of one another that he did nothing wrong. Others seem to be saying that they heard otherwise from their sources so take it for what it's worth. Edit- And of course as I type this, the statement was released. Classy response to the statement by the way. I also apologize for some of my condescending comments to those responses. Like I said earlier, at least you an be reasoned with unlike some people on here. |
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Post by radarc on Nov 20, 2020 15:20:50 GMT -4
Our Team, led by our team Covid Manager, is working closely with public health, our medical team, and League officials to ensure the safety of everyone. The safety and health of everyone is our top priority. All of our players are in confinement as well as the majority of our staff. Testing is ongoing and no new positive cases have been reported within the organization. The staff member who tested positive is sick and in isolation. It is not travel-related. The staff member has not been outside the Atlantic Bubble since prior to training camp. No other staff members or players have been outside the Atlantic Bubble since joining the team for training camp. The staff member experienced sudden onset of multiple symptoms following this past weekend and received a covid test the same day. They have been vigilant and in isolation since that date. The staff member has not visited any of the following businesses this month, who have publicly listed exposure notices: Five and Dime, Freddie’s Pizza, Eighty Three Bar Arcade, and the Water Street Dinner Theatre. We hope everyone continues to stay safe during these unprecedented times. Here is the link to the Sea Dogs Website sjseadogs.com/article/sea-dogs-covid-update |
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Post by hal on Nov 22, 2020 8:42:53 GMT -4
What is this Super Spreader Event in Saint John that CBC News is referring to ? I know here in Nova Scotia , Authourities have been having trouble in Wolfville and Antigonish with Off Campus Parties that are resulting in fines .
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Post by Briwhel on Nov 22, 2020 9:03:25 GMT -4
What is this Super Spreader Event in Saint John that CBC News is referring to ? I know here in Nova Scotia , Authourities have been having trouble in Wolfville and Antigonish with Off Campus Parties that are resulting in fines . There isn't a whole lot of info out there, but it seems like a large gathering with no masks. Based on the businesses that have posted notices, it would seem that someone went yo the dinner theater, presumably some other event then Freddie's pizza at 2-3. (Note: this is speculation, but the postings that don't appear to directly relate to the team suggest that the person went to 4-5 food/drink facilities. The person likely didn't know they had covid, but no masks for food and drink means that they didn't have to wear one at any location) |
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Post by ysj28 on Nov 22, 2020 9:45:51 GMT -4
What is this Super Spreader Event in Saint John that CBC News is referring to ? I know here in Nova Scotia , Authourities have been having trouble in Wolfville and Antigonish with Off Campus Parties that are resulting in fines . The chief medical health officer made mention of a super spreader event on the Friday press conference and then a little while later Blaine Higgs made mention of that theres no need to go to a dinner with 100+ people. Water St Dinner theatre was one of the exposures and sits 150 people it seems...so draw your own conclusions |
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Post by j3e4 on Nov 22, 2020 10:00:01 GMT -4
What is this Super Spreader Event in Saint John that CBC News is referring to ? I know here in Nova Scotia , Authourities have been having trouble in Wolfville and Antigonish with Off Campus Parties that are resulting in fines . The chief medical health officer made mention of a super spreader event on the Friday press conference and then a little while later Blaine Higgs made mention of that theres no need to go to a dinner with 100+ people. Water St Dinner theatre was one of the exposures and sits 150 people it seems...so draw your own conclusions Yeah I heard/read a few different things but given the amount of stuff I also heard/read that I know to be false, I'm not sure what is worth repeating. But the dinner theatre definitely sounds like where it may have started. Too many uptown bars were mentioned for it to be very reasonable it was one person or small group going to all of them. It's likely there was some spread at the dinner theatre and then a bunch of different people went to all kinds of different bars after that. |
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Post by Briwhel on Nov 22, 2020 10:01:42 GMT -4
The chief medical health officer made mention of a super spreader event on the Friday press conference and then a little while later Blaine Higgs made mention of that theres no need to go to a dinner with 100+ people. Water St Dinner theatre was one of the exposures and sits 150 people it seems...so draw your own conclusions Yeah I heard/read a few different things but given the amount of stuff I also heard/read that I know to be false, I'm not sure what is worth repeating. But the dinner theatre definitely sound like where it may have started. Too many uptown bars were mentioned for it to be very reasonable it was one person or small group going to all of them. It's likely there was some spread at the dinner theatre and then a bunch of different people went to all kinds of different bars after that. The big problem is that they never actually said no bar hopping. |
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Post by bois on Nov 23, 2020 16:00:04 GMT -4
do people need to be told everything what to do ?
or can you ascertain a degree of common sense after nearly a calendar year of being bombarded with covid announcements and various restrictions?
nope just go to a party or a big event and then on your way home stop at 3-4 places..... and be shocked when community spread occurs
too complacent we got in our little bubble and then when we started to see spikes...... didn't matter apparently..... gonna keep doin what we gonna do..... until the government tells us we can't
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Post by j3e4 on Nov 23, 2020 17:17:38 GMT -4
do people need to be told everything what to do ? or can you ascertain a degree of common sense after nearly a calendar year of being bombarded with covid announcements and various restrictions? nope just go to a party or a big event and then on your way home stop at 3-4 places..... and be shocked when community spread occurs too complacent we got in our little bubble and then when we started to see spikes...... didn't matter apparently..... gonna keep doin what we gonna do..... until the government tells us we can't The problem is the people that need to he told what to do, tend to be the people that don't listen. They cry about having things forced on them while the rest of us don't feel like anything is being forced on us because we have the common sense to do them voluntarily. |
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