I don't have kids that play basketball but it seems pretty obvious that if you don't feel safe letting your kids play maskless/eating in a restaurant/going to the gym/going to the movies etc then.....just don't do it. None of these activities are compulsory.

I'm tired of everyone trying to police what OTHER people want to do (when said activity is permitted under guidelines). And like pp said, everyone can justify the things that are important to them but the things that are important to OTHER people are just too risky (for instance, swim family mom). Hmm. This whole pandemic is one giant tragedy of the commons.

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Anonymous wrote:More like truth. Happy Reading

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/07/20/kids-spread-covid-19-study - New Study Shows Kids Over 10 Years Old Spread COVID-19 As Much As Adults Do

https://khn.org/morning-breakout/study-kids-10-and-older-spread-covid-as-effectively-as-adults/ - Children younger than 10 transmit to others much less often than adults do, but the risk is not zero. And those between the ages of 10 and 19 can spread the virus at least as well as adults do.


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/coronavirus-infection-spread-in-children-cvd/ - One robust study of nearly 65,000 kids published by the South Korean Center for Disease Control last week showed that children in the 10- to 19-year-old age range could spread COVID-19 within households just as effectively as adults.

These points would only be relevant if adults were required to wear masks while working out indoors at the gym or in an indoor workout class. Since adults are allowed to exercise unmasked, kids are allowed to do it too. It doesn't matter whether 10 or 12 year olds spread more covid. Virginia allows it and this is a voluntary activity.

I personally would not let my child play indoor basketball. We're a swim family. If you are worried OP have your child wear a mask, it will give you a little more protection, not much as you will actually be protecting the other players more than your own child but it's better than no mask so if someone sneezes on your child, maybe the mask will help. Add goggles too.

If you were a basketball family, you would probably feel differently. Swim has been open since early summer, so your kids have had the benefits of exercise, seeing their friends, etc. Our kids haven't been able to play team basketball since last March.

I didn't get the sense OP was planning on signing her kid up, just didn't want other people to be "allowed" to on the off chance their germs are floating around days later somehow still infectious.

I'm the PP who is from a swim family and you're wrong. I would not expose my child to an indoor sport that did not practice social distancing and especially one that allowed kids to be close AND maskless. If swim wasn't limiting lane use and allowing kids to breathe on one another we would not be doing it.

I’m confused. I don’t really see a distinction between what your letting your kids do vs. the kids playing basketball. You can’t swim in a face mask. They are all breathing in and out in the same indoor air and they are maskless when getting in and out of the pool and maybe on deck too. There’s no air circulation in those indoor pools-I would rather be in the gym with the doors propped open for fresh air personally. This is one of those situations where people justify what they want to do and criticize what other people want to do....

My son plays HS indoor basketball so I don't really have a dog in this fight as my son and his teammates wear masks during practice and games, thankfully but I keep seeing posts about opening a door and it's driving me nuts. While better than nothing, opening a window or door can end up simply blowing air (and pathogens) around instead of out, he says. It’s better to try to enhance cross-ventilation by opening doors and windows on opposite sides of a room or building so that air moves away from the places where most contamination happens.

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Anonymous wrote:More like truth. Happy Reading

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/07/20/kids-spread-covid-19-study - New Study Shows Kids Over 10 Years Old Spread COVID-19 As Much As Adults Do

https://khn.org/morning-breakout/study-kids-10-and-older-spread-covid-as-effectively-as-adults/ - Children younger than 10 transmit to others much less often than adults do, but the risk is not zero. And those between the ages of 10 and 19 can spread the virus at least as well as adults do.


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/coronavirus-infection-spread-in-children-cvd/ - One robust study of nearly 65,000 kids published by the South Korean Center for Disease Control last week showed that children in the 10- to 19-year-old age range could spread COVID-19 within households just as effectively as adults.

These points would only be relevant if adults were required to wear masks while working out indoors at the gym or in an indoor workout class. Since adults are allowed to exercise unmasked, kids are allowed to do it too. It doesn't matter whether 10 or 12 year olds spread more covid. Virginia allows it and this is a voluntary activity.

I personally would not let my child play indoor basketball. We're a swim family. If you are worried OP have your child wear a mask, it will give you a little more protection, not much as you will actually be protecting the other players more than your own child but it's better than no mask so if someone sneezes on your child, maybe the mask will help. Add goggles too.

If you were a basketball family, you would probably feel differently. Swim has been open since early summer, so your kids have had the benefits of exercise, seeing their friends, etc. Our kids haven't been able to play team basketball since last March.

I didn't get the sense OP was planning on signing her kid up, just didn't want other people to be "allowed" to on the off chance their germs are floating around days later somehow still infectious.

I'm the PP who is from a swim family and you're wrong. I would not expose my child to an indoor sport that did not practice social distancing and especially one that allowed kids to be close AND maskless. If swim wasn't limiting lane use and allowing kids to breathe on one another we would not be doing it.

I’m confused. I don’t really see a distinction between what your letting your kids do vs. the kids playing basketball. You can’t swim in a face mask. They are all breathing in and out in the same indoor air and they are maskless when getting in and out of the pool and maybe on deck too. There’s no air circulation in those indoor pools-I would rather be in the gym with the doors propped open for fresh air personally. This is one of those situations where people justify what they want to do and criticize what other people want to do....

So you don't understand basketball. Have you ever seen someone play defense? Basketball players are closer than swimmers. Basketball players are up on top of one another and in other people's faces. Swimmers are not.

Yeah, I suspect they will cancel sometime in early January

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Anonymous wrote:You think covid germs will be hanging around and still infectious on Monday from weekend games?

You’re not understanding it....if someone is mask less they are at high risk to get or carry covid and then infect someone else when they go to school.

Since our local pubic schools have been closed all year for the vast, vast, vast majority of kids who would play rec basketball, this isn't really a concern.

But isn’t fcps opening again in a few weeks ?

LOL good one!

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are attending school in-person and they wear masks during PE class and don’t think it is a big deal. If you want your kid to play indoor basketball, no one is stopping them from wearing a mask. They are just not requiring it for players while on the court.

Masks do not protect the wearer as much as they protect those around the mask wearer. So saying someone's kid should wear a mask is just telling that person that "hey, you can feel free to have all the other kids be protected from yours just in case your kid has covid." But it does nothing to protect his/her child from all the kids breathing maskless on the child. If the maskless kids are asymptomatic, it still puts her mask-wearing child at risk, especially since the kid's eyes will still be exposed.

If someone is not comfortable with their child playing with maskless kids, they can just not sign their kid up for voluntary rec basketball.

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Anonymous wrote:More like truth. Happy Reading

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/07/20/kids-spread-covid-19-study - New Study Shows Kids Over 10 Years Old Spread COVID-19 As Much As Adults Do

https://khn.org/morning-breakout/study-kids-10-and-older-spread-covid-as-effectively-as-adults/ - Children younger than 10 transmit to others much less often than adults do, but the risk is not zero. And those between the ages of 10 and 19 can spread the virus at least as well as adults do.


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/coronavirus-infection-spread-in-children-cvd/ - One robust study of nearly 65,000 kids published by the South Korean Center for Disease Control last week showed that children in the 10- to 19-year-old age range could spread COVID-19 within households just as effectively as adults.

These points would only be relevant if adults were required to wear masks while working out indoors at the gym or in an indoor workout class. Since adults are allowed to exercise unmasked, kids are allowed to do it too. It doesn't matter whether 10 or 12 year olds spread more covid. Virginia allows it and this is a voluntary activity.

I personally would not let my child play indoor basketball. We're a swim family. If you are worried OP have your child wear a mask, it will give you a little more protection, not much as you will actually be protecting the other players more than your own child but it's better than no mask so if someone sneezes on your child, maybe the mask will help. Add goggles too.

If you were a basketball family, you would probably feel differently. Swim has been open since early summer, so your kids have had the benefits of exercise, seeing their friends, etc. Our kids haven't been able to play team basketball since last March.

I didn't get the sense OP was planning on signing her kid up, just didn't want other people to be "allowed" to on the off chance their germs are floating around days later somehow still infectious.

I'm the PP who is from a swim family and you're wrong. I would not expose my child to an indoor sport that did not practice social distancing and especially one that allowed kids to be close AND maskless. If swim wasn't limiting lane use and allowing kids to breathe on one another we would not be doing it.

I’m confused. I don’t really see a distinction between what your letting your kids do vs. the kids playing basketball. You can’t swim in a face mask. They are all breathing in and out in the same indoor air and they are maskless when getting in and out of the pool and maybe on deck too. There’s no air circulation in those indoor pools-I would rather be in the gym with the doors propped open for fresh air personally. This is one of those situations where people justify what they want to do and criticize what other people want to do....

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are attending school in-person and they wear masks during PE class and don’t think it is a big deal. If you want your kid to play indoor basketball, no one is stopping them from wearing a mask. They are just not requiring it for players while on the court.

Masks do not protect the wearer as much as they protect those around the mask wearer. So saying someone's kid should wear a mask is just telling that person that "hey, you can feel free to have all the other kids be protected from yours just in case your kid has covid." But it does nothing to protect his/her child from all the kids breathing maskless on the child. If the maskless kids are asymptomatic, it still puts her mask-wearing child at risk, especially since the kid's eyes will still be exposed.

Right, so people not OK with maskless exercise should not sign their kid up for this league.

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Anonymous wrote:You think covid germs will be hanging around and still infectious on Monday from weekend games?

You’re not understanding it....if someone is mask less they are at high risk to get or carry covid and then infect someone else when they go to school.

Since our local pubic schools have been closed all year for the vast, vast, vast majority of kids who would play rec basketball, this isn't really a concern.

But isn’t fcps opening again in a few weeks ?

They have canceled their plans over and over again. The older kids certainly won’t be back before basketball season is over.

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Anonymous wrote:You think covid germs will be hanging around and still infectious on Monday from weekend games?

You’re not understanding it....if someone is mask less they are at high risk to get or carry covid and then infect someone else when they go to school.

Since our local pubic schools have been closed all year for the vast, vast, vast majority of kids who would play rec basketball, this isn't really a concern.

But isn’t fcps opening again in a few weeks ?

I’ll believe it when it happens

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Anonymous wrote:More like truth. Happy Reading

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/07/20/kids-spread-covid-19-study - New Study Shows Kids Over 10 Years Old Spread COVID-19 As Much As Adults Do

https://khn.org/morning-breakout/study-kids-10-and-older-spread-covid-as-effectively-as-adults/ - Children younger than 10 transmit to others much less often than adults do, but the risk is not zero. And those between the ages of 10 and 19 can spread the virus at least as well as adults do.


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/coronavirus-infection-spread-in-children-cvd/ - One robust study of nearly 65,000 kids published by the South Korean Center for Disease Control last week showed that children in the 10- to 19-year-old age range could spread COVID-19 within households just as effectively as adults.

These points would only be relevant if adults were required to wear masks while working out indoors at the gym or in an indoor workout class. Since adults are allowed to exercise unmasked, kids are allowed to do it too. It doesn't matter whether 10 or 12 year olds spread more covid. Virginia allows it and this is a voluntary activity.

I personally would not let my child play indoor basketball. We're a swim family. If you are worried OP have your child wear a mask, it will give you a little more protection, not much as you will actually be protecting the other players more than your own child but it's better than no mask so if someone sneezes on your child, maybe the mask will help. Add goggles too.

If you were a basketball family, you would probably feel differently. Swim has been open since early summer, so your kids have had the benefits of exercise, seeing their friends, etc. Our kids haven't been able to play team basketball since last March.

I didn't get the sense OP was planning on signing her kid up, just didn't want other people to be "allowed" to on the off chance their germs are floating around days later somehow still infectious.

I'm the PP who is from a swim family and you're wrong. I would not expose my child to an indoor sport that did not practice social distancing and especially one that allowed kids to be close AND maskless. If swim wasn't limiting lane use and allowing kids to breathe on one another we would not be doing it.

So you know your maskless kids never mingled in the pool before or after- even though most clubs had no spectator rules?

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Anonymous wrote:You think covid germs will be hanging around and still infectious on Monday from weekend games?

You’re not understanding it....if someone is mask less they are at high risk to get or carry covid and then infect someone else when they go to school.

Since our local pubic schools have been closed all year for the vast, vast, vast majority of kids who would play rec basketball, this isn't really a concern.

But isn’t fcps opening again in a few weeks ?

Anonymous wrote:Is there a particular kind of mask that stays in place really well for running, pivoting, dribbling, shooting, etc?

My son plays basketball with a mask. He says the key is to have a breath mint before you start to fight the nausea. He likes the disposable mask because it's lighter when he sweats.

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Anonymous wrote:Is there a particular kind of mask that stays in place really well for running, pivoting, dribbling, shooting, etc?

Ask the HSers. They're all managing just fine. I suspect a mask just like the ones we wear daily. My kids used them during karate and have no issues. They also used them for rock climbing with no problems.

+1 this was our experience too

Anonymous wrote:Is there a particular kind of mask that stays in place really well for running, pivoting, dribbling, shooting, etc?

Ask the HSers. They're all managing just fine. I suspect a mask just like the ones we wear daily. My kids used them during karate and have no issues. They also used them for rock climbing with no problems.