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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Montgomery County is the adult in the room and is making the correct decision for all these clubs, parents and kids.  The solution to shut down all complaining is to add more sports like Lacrosse and Indoor Volleyball to the high risk list.  [/quote]
As disappointing as it is, I agree.  Remember, we haven't had widespread group activities on the scale of DC-area youth sports since March.  Children may be unlikely to have severe symptoms.  But, seriously: all things being equal there's no good reason, let alone empirical evidence, to think that bringing thousands of kids together for multiple practices and games each week won't exacerbate the prevalence, among both children and adults.  We, as a country, didn't discipline ourselves in May, June, and July in order to suppress the spread sufficiently.  Throwing caution to the wind now, because we're bored and kids are stir-crazy, is just rolling the dice, at best, and head-in-the-sand, at worst.  And, yes, I'm sensitive to the fact that some kids have special needs that soccer serves well.  I feel for you.  But we're talking about a gd pandemic.  Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, Spain, [i]and even Italy[/i] reported fewer than 100 deaths over the last week.  The US?  [i]More than 7,000.[/i]  The answer is not to assail cautious local officials about our individual pet causes.  The answer is to demand real leadership from our state and federal authorities and experts.

The war analogy is ridiculous coming out of Trump's mouth, given that he wields it only for self-aggrandizement.  But it's not completely inapt.  What we need is nation-wide coordination and a temporary, [i][u]but sustained[/u][/i], re-ordering of priorities.  And youth sports, are much as my kid and I miss them, and despite all the many, indisputable benefits, are low on that list.[/quote]

+1. Well said. My U13 is anxiously awaiting for soccer to start again but even she understands the risks. So she practices everyday at home. She knows that if she gets it, our entire family will be infected too.

Unfortunately, there are at least a couple FaceBook groups trying to get MoCo to change soccer from high risk to medium risk. It would be much more productive if they focused on getting everyone to wear masks and social distance instead. [/quote]

Good to hear, hopefully those particular FB groups grow in number and are successful.[/quote]

People always get their priorities wrong and loves to preach that their way is correct. Undoubtedly, allowing soccer will surely get more people infected. Then these same people will complain why MoCo/MCPS does allow F2F schooling in the Spring. [/quote]

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