{"id":844,"date":"2020-10-11T23:48:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T03:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/blog\/?p=844"},"modified":"2020-10-12T01:43:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T05:43:17","slug":"usphl-weekend-series-in-marietta-georgia-called-a-super-spreader-covid-19-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/usphl-weekend-series-in-marietta-georgia-called-a-super-spreader-covid-19-event\/","title":{"rendered":"USPHL Weekend Series in Marietta Georgia Called a &#8220;Super-spreader&#8221; COVID-19 Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Charlotte News &amp; Observer<\/strong> reported on October 3 that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/sports\/article246202850.html\">Junior Hurricanes USPHL Premier and Elite Teams traveled to Marietta, played the Atlanta Mad Hatters, and dozens of players from both teams tested positive for COVID-19 shortly thereafter<\/a>. The series took place at <a href=\"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/rinks\/4691\">Atlanta Ice House<\/a> in Marietta, approximately 24 miles northwest of Downtown Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>The sequence of events that led to this large outbreak are well documented by sports columnist Luke DeCock. In summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Several players and staff {from the Junior Hurricanes} tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the trip and were left at home&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;players and staff who tested negative were allowed to travel and play&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>after the series ended, &#8220;more players on the Junior Hurricanes teams tested positive&#8221; along with &#8220;at\u00a0least 19 of their opponents with the Atlanta Mad Hatters&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>RinkAtlas initially held off on reporting about this story, because it&#8217;s difficult to determine exactly how much either team knew about the apparent outbreak before the first game in Marietta that took place on Saturday, September 26.<\/p>\n<p>However, in retrospect, it seems clear that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usphljrcanes.com\">Junior Hurricanes<\/a> management was aware that several people had tested positive for COVID-19 before they left on the road trip. In situations like this, an assessment needs to be made of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/php\/contact-tracing\/contact-tracing-plan\/appendix.html#contact\">close contacts to the people who had already tested positive<\/a>, and those people need to be quarantined immediately.<\/p>\n<p>What happened instead was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usphl.com\/news_article\/show\/1118811\">USPHL Testing Policy<\/a> was followed, which &#8220;Require all players and team personnel to take a COVID-19 rapid test within 24 hours of departing on any overnight trip in which the team will be traveling within team bus\/vans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The difference between quarantining close contacts and only quarantining people who test positive by a COVID-19 rapid test is significant, and that is likely to be the reason for most or all of the infections in the aftermath of the initial COVID-19 infections on the Junior Hurricanes.<\/p>\n<h2>RinkAtlas Arena Directory Updates<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rinkatlas.com\/rinks\/4691\">Atlanta Ice House<\/a> is added as the 4,691st arena in the RinkAtlas Arena Directory. We believe that it is the 11th arena where ice hockey can be played in the State of Georgia, although a few of the arenas we list are large sports arenas, so the true number is likely to be somewhat smaller.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Charlotte News &amp; Observer reported on October 3 that the Junior Hurricanes USPHL Premier and Elite Teams traveled to Marietta, played the Atlanta Mad Hatters, and dozens of players from both teams tested positive for COVID-19 shortly thereafter. 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