New draft MoCo Executive Order - masks

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Anonymous wrote:Just came out. In addition to allowing 25% indoor dining, they tweaked the language on youth sports mask exception. No longer says vigorous activities but rather "certain sports." Doesn't define the "certain" sports but links to an AAP document that doesn't list soccer in the examples. I guess it will come down to how it is interpreted, but they very intentionally changed it for a reason. Doesn't look good. Hope I am wrong and missing something.

Won't affect MSI since they already require, but a huge blow to travel home games and tournaments, and a death sentence to Soccerplex.

Lots of kids are wearing masks while playing soccer now. Hasn’t really been an issue, even in travel games. I think MCPS will probably require masks for high school sports when they start up as well. The kids seem to have adjusted to this pretty easily.

The problem is people will not come here to play. The VA teams are not wearing masks. Other MD counties are not. In the fall, until MoCo changed the rule nobody would play here. All travel club games were held out of the county including home games. I have not seen any travel games with kids in masks other than a handful voluntarily. I have never seen a VA travel team kid wear a mask in a game, always as of the end of November.

I live in VA and have three kids who play travel. We played at the soccerplex twice in the beginning of the fall season. EVeryone wore masks and it wasn't an issue. At least three or more kids on each one of my kids's teams voluntarily wear masks at games and most kids do during practice. I don't think anyone would have any issue with this.

Lots of us have an issue with this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MoCo approved 50 people at soccer games.

still means no spectators and requiring masks therefore we will continue to play outside the county.

Correct on masks. Numerous clubs have stated since this came out Friday that they will not play in MoCo. There's shuffling going on behind behind the scenes now. Soccerplex is being abandoned en masses. Same games will happen, same kids, just different counties. MSI was going to require masks anyways. MoCo just loses all the revenue from all the visiting teams on food, hotels, etc. Zero difference on COVID transmission no matter what you think of kids playing sports in masks because, like I said, the same kids are still playing maskless, just in all the surrounding counties, then coming back home. The exposures still happen. A policy like this doesn't work when you are on an island from the surrounding jurisdictions. Just costs you revenue and significant frustration.

hasn't it been proven that the rate of transmission is extremely low when playing soccer outside? Dumb decision, spectators should be the only ones with masks on.

There's a high school in Texas where the kids all went bacl as normal in September. No masks, no social distancing, no special policies at all. And that's indoors in close contact all day. Teachers too. They've had a total of 13 cases with zero hospitalizations.

And people want kids to wear masks playing soccer. Delusional.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MoCo approved 50 people at soccer games.

still means no spectators and requiring masks therefore we will continue to play outside the county.

Correct on masks. Numerous clubs have stated since this came out Friday that they will not play in MoCo. There's shuffling going on behind behind the scenes now. Soccerplex is being abandoned en masses. Same games will happen, same kids, just different counties. MSI was going to require masks anyways. MoCo just loses all the revenue from all the visiting teams on food, hotels, etc. Zero difference on COVID transmission no matter what you think of kids playing sports in masks because, like I said, the same kids are still playing maskless, just in all the surrounding counties, then coming back home. The exposures still happen. A policy like this doesn't work when you are on an island from the surrounding jurisdictions. Just costs you revenue and significant frustration.

hasn't it been proven that the rate of transmission is extremely low when playing soccer outside? Dumb decision, spectators should be the only ones with masks on.

There's a high school in Texas where the kids all went bacl as normal in September. No masks, no social distancing, no special policies at all. And that's indoors in close contact all day. Teachers too. They've had a total of 13 cases with zero hospitalizations.

And people want kids to wear masks playing soccer. Delusional.

Let me guess, that school has 13 students. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MoCo approved 50 people at soccer games.

still means no spectators and requiring masks therefore we will continue to play outside the county.

Correct on masks. Numerous clubs have stated since this came out Friday that they will not play in MoCo. There's shuffling going on behind behind the scenes now. Soccerplex is being abandoned en masses. Same games will happen, same kids, just different counties. MSI was going to require masks anyways. MoCo just loses all the revenue from all the visiting teams on food, hotels, etc. Zero difference on COVID transmission no matter what you think of kids playing sports in masks because, like I said, the same kids are still playing maskless, just in all the surrounding counties, then coming back home. The exposures still happen. A policy like this doesn't work when you are on an island from the surrounding jurisdictions. Just costs you revenue and significant frustration.

hasn't it been proven that the rate of transmission is extremely low when playing soccer outside? Dumb decision, spectators should be the only ones with masks on.

There's a high school in Texas where the kids all went bacl as normal in September. No masks, no social distancing, no special policies at all. And that's indoors in close contact all day. Teachers too. They've had a total of 13 cases with zero hospitalizations.

And people want kids to wear masks playing soccer. Delusional.

Let me guess, that school has 13 students. LOL

when you have the same opinion as the federal government and all the major corporations...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just came out. In addition to allowing 25% indoor dining, they tweaked the language on youth sports mask exception. No longer says vigorous activities but rather "certain sports." Doesn't define the "certain" sports but links to an AAP document that doesn't list soccer in the examples. I guess it will come down to how it is interpreted, but they very intentionally changed it for a reason. Doesn't look good. Hope I am wrong and missing something.

Won't affect MSI since they already require, but a huge blow to travel home games and tournaments, and a death sentence to Soccerplex.

Allowing 25% indoor dining? Remember these orders that violate the constitution are basically letters to Santa Claus.

You must be from Virginia. Haaaa

[Anonymous]

It is not hearsay that clubs are refusing to play in MoCo or that the Premier Cup is being moved outside of the county. 100% true.

[Anonymous]

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/government/council-to-consider-lifting-some-restrictions-for-football-other-sports/

Looks like they are doubling down on masks. Wonder what testing means - maybe just football.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MoCo approved 50 people at soccer games.

still means no spectators and requiring masks therefore we will continue to play outside the county.

Correct on masks. Numerous clubs have stated since this came out Friday that they will not play in MoCo. There's shuffling going on behind behind the scenes now. Soccerplex is being abandoned en masses. Same games will happen, same kids, just different counties. MSI was going to require masks anyways. MoCo just loses all the revenue from all the visiting teams on food, hotels, etc. Zero difference on COVID transmission no matter what you think of kids playing sports in masks because, like I said, the same kids are still playing maskless, just in all the surrounding counties, then coming back home. The exposures still happen. A policy like this doesn't work when you are on an island from the surrounding jurisdictions. Just costs you revenue and significant frustration.

This is a good point. I noticed that all MSI games in NCSL are in VA or other locations outside of MoCo. I’m sure the same for EDP and ECNL games as well. So the only games played at the Soccerplex will be MSI Classic and Recreation.

Ecnl games still scheudled in moco.

And the parents will still watch. It’s ridiculous to expect teams to travel hours to have to sit in the car during the games when they are played in stadium facilities and social distancing is easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MoCo approved 50 people at soccer games.

still means no spectators and requiring masks therefore we will continue to play outside the county.

Correct on masks. Numerous clubs have stated since this came out Friday that they will not play in MoCo. There's shuffling going on behind behind the scenes now. Soccerplex is being abandoned en masses. Same games will happen, same kids, just different counties. MSI was going to require masks anyways. MoCo just loses all the revenue from all the visiting teams on food, hotels, etc. Zero difference on COVID transmission no matter what you think of kids playing sports in masks because, like I said, the same kids are still playing maskless, just in all the surrounding counties, then coming back home. The exposures still happen. A policy like this doesn't work when you are on an island from the surrounding jurisdictions. Just costs you revenue and significant frustration.

This is a good point. I noticed that all MSI games in NCSL are in VA or other locations outside of MoCo. I’m sure the same for EDP and ECNL games as well. So the only games played at the Soccerplex will be MSI Classic and Recreation.

Ecnl games still scheudled in moco.

And the parents will still watch. It’s ridiculous to expect teams to travel hours to have to sit in the car during the games when they are played in stadium facilities and social distancing is easy.

I can’t speak for HS Soccer facilities but the MD Soccerplex doesn’t allow spectators unless it’s changed.

[Anonymous]

Moco is pathetic.

The metrics are good right now. Stop being the outlier and follow the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moco is pathetic.

The metrics are good right now. Stop being the outlier and follow the state.

They can’t even say it’s following science. Dr Gayles with no prompting singularly stopped the MCPS football season and then had to backtrack and say it was a mistake. Same thing with so many policies that they are the outlier on state and region.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Moco is pathetic.

The metrics are good right now. Stop being the outlier and follow the state.

They can’t even say it’s following science. Dr Gayles with no prompting singularly stopped the MCPS football season and then had to backtrack and say it was a mistake. Same thing with so many policies that they are the outlier on state and region.

ever notice 'tHe pArTy oF sCiEnCe' has no scientists lol

[Anonymous]

MoCo is going the wrong way. These execs have NO clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MoCo is going the wrong way. These execs have NO clue.

I can’t imagine any team outside the DMV will want to play in MoCo

[Anonymous]

Nope