Post by rockymtblue2 on Mar 19, 2021 9:56:24 GMT -5
There are uncertainties with conflicting experts.
www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-women-geno-auiremma-covid-20210318-20210319-drvbfp3mqrag3jkj5iunj4ymji-story.html?fbclid=IwAR3lckbrep4tSOvuEuLVwTNrGo3WJ0LLhPl3uYpwA4woqEkZb4oJC3LHsq4
Auriemma tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, then again Monday. After reviewing tape from practices on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, UConn concluded that the coach had not been within six feet of any player or coach for 15 minutes or more — the definition of “close contact” according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Protection.
Dr. Deena Casiero, UConn’s director of sports medicine, said through a spokesperson that Auriemma’s initial positive test showed a “high cycle threshold,” which is believed to correlate to a lower viral load. Auriemma said Monday he was told his viral loads were “so minimal that the chances that I would transmit [the virus] to anyone is highly unlikely.”
But Dr. Tom Balcezak, chief clinical officer at Yale New Haven Health, says that’s not necessarily the case.
“I think that’s speculation,” Balcezak said Wednesday. “The fact is, he has the virus, he is contagious and he has the potential to spread it to people. I wouldn’t pin too much on what the cycle threshold was.”
www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-women-geno-auiremma-covid-20210318-20210319-drvbfp3mqrag3jkj5iunj4ymji-story.html?fbclid=IwAR3lckbrep4tSOvuEuLVwTNrGo3WJ0LLhPl3uYpwA4woqEkZb4oJC3LHsq4
Auriemma tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, then again Monday. After reviewing tape from practices on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, UConn concluded that the coach had not been within six feet of any player or coach for 15 minutes or more — the definition of “close contact” according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Protection.
Dr. Deena Casiero, UConn’s director of sports medicine, said through a spokesperson that Auriemma’s initial positive test showed a “high cycle threshold,” which is believed to correlate to a lower viral load. Auriemma said Monday he was told his viral loads were “so minimal that the chances that I would transmit [the virus] to anyone is highly unlikely.”
But Dr. Tom Balcezak, chief clinical officer at Yale New Haven Health, says that’s not necessarily the case.
“I think that’s speculation,” Balcezak said Wednesday. “The fact is, he has the virus, he is contagious and he has the potential to spread it to people. I wouldn’t pin too much on what the cycle threshold was.”
