The makers of two of the vaccines have stated they'll have 1,000,000,000 does available by April. That would seem to mean that (hopefully) it will be available to the general public earlier....
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D3 Women?
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The makers of two of the vaccines have stated they'll have 1,000,000,000 does available by April. That would seem to mean that (hopefully) it will be available to the general public earlier....
Still Eeyore
New member
1) That's the figure worldwide. The number available in the U.S. will obviously be much lower;
2) For all of the vaccines that will be available on this time frame, each individual needs two doses, so cut that number in half;
3) The second dose is administered 3-4 weeks (depending upon the specific vaccine) after the first, so it will be almost a month after a dose becomes available for an individual before they can considered to be protected;
4) The bulk of that 1 billion figure is the AstraZeneca vaccine. The problem is that the third stage trial data for this vaccine is . . . weird, to the point that the whole trial may end up needing to be redone. They had a manufacturing glitch that caused some of the trial subjects to only get a first dose of half strength. Then, that small and extremely unrepresentative sample showed much higher resistance to the virus. There is a reason why a half strength first dose could actually be better, but the way that the results came about are tainted. They're still trying to sort out whether or not they can move forward yet;
5) The other two vaccines seeking approval are difficult to transport and store. The Moderna vaccine needs to be kept at -30 Fahrenheit; the one from Pfizer at -110 F. There aren't a whole lot of places that have freezers that can reach -110 degrees. So distributing these vaccines is going to be expensive and difficult, and the ongoing chaos of the federal government's "plan" for the vaccination process isn't helping.
6) Just in general, don't take a drug company's press release at face value. For instance, the number that Pfizer has given for how many doses they can manufacture should be taken literally: that's how many doses they are capable of manufacturing. It turns out that the supply chain won't be able to supply enough ingredients to actually make that many doses.
It's going to be at least six months before most of the population has been inoculated.
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The MAC accounced that they will proceed with winter sports in spring semester, but will defer to the UCHC for hockey as the MAC schools compete within the UCHC. The MAC schools in women's hockey are Alvernia, King's, Lebanon Valley, Stevenson and Wilkes so not a very competitive group by themselves...
I clearly missed the announcement that Rivier was going to start a Hockey program (Men and Women!). Here's the coaching announcement for the women:
https://www.rivierathletics.com/sports/wice/2020-21/releases/20201207mh7xf3
https://www.rivierathletics.com/sports/wice/2020-21/releases/20201207mh7xf3
For an expensive sport, the explosion of D3, and to a lesser extent D1 programs, the last few years is really remarkable.
What's remarkable is there's a college out there called Rivier. What's more remarkable is that they chose to hire a guy and that his only previous experience in women's hockey is helping the goalies at Norwich while he was an assistant men's hockey coach. Am I reading that correctly? There are enough similarly aged women who are former D1 and D3 players with much more coaching experience than this guy, but I suppose that's what you get when you're a school nobody's ever heard of before. I have a feeling the applicant pool was very shallow, like maybe as deep as a kiddie pool.
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I wonder if it was intentional or coincidental they went with former goalies as HCs for both genders' teams.
I agree with shelfit. At this point there are enough coaches (both women and men) with more experience in women's hockey that this is a questionable hire. There are multiple assistant coaches just in the eastern region who have more years coaching: Kayte Holtz (Hamilton), Ashley Magill (nee Ryan) (Alvernia), Megan Meyers (Becker), Mandy Montgomery (Elmira), Justin Simpson (Colby), Jackie Solomito (Utica), Kimberly Spring (Amherst), Sarah Ugalde (Trinity). Also Ashley Salerno but she seems to be the HC in waiting at Midd.
That's before even taking into account any experienced applicants from out west or from the youth ranks.
Granted, all the schools above except Alvernia and Becker are pretty reputable programs so maybe none of them wanted to apply.
I agree with shelfit. At this point there are enough coaches (both women and men) with more experience in women's hockey that this is a questionable hire. There are multiple assistant coaches just in the eastern region who have more years coaching: Kayte Holtz (Hamilton), Ashley Magill (nee Ryan) (Alvernia), Megan Meyers (Becker), Mandy Montgomery (Elmira), Justin Simpson (Colby), Jackie Solomito (Utica), Kimberly Spring (Amherst), Sarah Ugalde (Trinity). Also Ashley Salerno but she seems to be the HC in waiting at Midd.
That's before even taking into account any experienced applicants from out west or from the youth ranks.
Granted, all the schools above except Alvernia and Becker are pretty reputable programs so maybe none of them wanted to apply.
pete99race
Rocking 'The Stone'
SNC will not play hockey this season..as expected...
The MIAC will continue to move forward and work to complete a 8 team, single round robin schedule. Meaning, 7 games starting in mid/late January with weekly roster testing. St. Olaf and St. Kate's will not participate in the "conference schedule" and St. Olaf will not compete at all this winter season, while St. Kate's will try to schedule some games in March.
Let's hope other conferences come to the same decision. Sounds like there are some rumblings around the NEHC but not sure if that's the conference changing their decision or just a handful of teams planning a schedule anyway.
AC Bulldog
New member
Looking like hockey will be returning to the NCHA
STATEMENT FROM THE NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association membership has endorsed a plan for a resumption of competition during the 2021 winter season.
A conference schedule for the women's and men's divisions is being finalized and set to be made available to the public in early January, 2021.
The NCHA is committed to doing its best to provide a quality student-athlete experience in a manner that is safe for student-athletes, coaches, administrators, campuses, and local communities.
Hopefully nothing changes between now and then.
STATEMENT FROM THE NCHA
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association membership has endorsed a plan for a resumption of competition during the 2021 winter season.
A conference schedule for the women's and men's divisions is being finalized and set to be made available to the public in early January, 2021.
The NCHA is committed to doing its best to provide a quality student-athlete experience in a manner that is safe for student-athletes, coaches, administrators, campuses, and local communities.
Hopefully nothing changes between now and then.
interesting news:
https://www.uscho.com/2021/01/12/nc...womens-hockey-will-be-at-predetermined-sites/
Wonder how the NCAA will have teams qualify from conferences that have chosen not to play? I know the NEHC is shut down but a few schools like Castleton and Norwich are still planning some type of schedule, will the NCAA just convert the AQ spots to at large spots for this season?
https://www.uscho.com/2021/01/12/nc...womens-hockey-will-be-at-predetermined-sites/
Wonder how the NCAA will have teams qualify from conferences that have chosen not to play? I know the NEHC is shut down but a few schools like Castleton and Norwich are still planning some type of schedule, will the NCAA just convert the AQ spots to at large spots for this season?
My guess is along what you're saying: they award the AQs to the conferences that play and all other bids are Pool C
Any inside information on the UCHC (potentially) changing their schedule? Currently with a Feb. 19 start date. With the NCAA announcement of the tournament being Mar. 19, that leaves only a 4-week schedule for the UCHC teams. Perhaps they don't participate in the tournament? Anyone know anything?
St. Catherine University and Macalester College (no hockey) have also voted not to participate in the MIAC schedules for winter sports.