Companies Ditch Plans for Rapid Coronavirus Spit Tests at Home.....

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You won’t be buying a rapid spit test anytime soon. But nose-swab versions might be on the way.
For months, public health experts have been eagerly watching the companies developing spit tests for the coronavirus that could be used at home, producing results in a matter of minutes. But so far, the technology is not panning out as some have hoped.....read on....

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/health/coronavirus-saliva-tests.html?
 

tbeltrans said:
That would make it easy to test entire baseball teams. Just go out on the field after a game and figure out who spit where. :)

Too bad that can't happen now. :(

Tony
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Off topic, but I have to say that the incessant spitting that goes on during baseball games (Little League included) is gross and very off-putting.
As a result of the 1918 influenza pandemic most towns and cities enacted "No spitting in public" laws that endure to this day. If this pandemic could stop that same practice in baseball a lot of us would be delighted.
 

StarSong said:
Off topic, but I have to say that the incessant spitting that goes on during baseball games (Little League included) is gross and very off-putting.
As a result of the 1918 influenza pandemic most towns and cities enacted "No spitting in public" laws that endure to this day. If this pandemic could stop that same practice in baseball a lot of us would be delighted.
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The first time I saw a big screen TV was when a friend, an avid baseball fan, went shopping for just such a TV. There was a baseball game on in the store and the camera focuses in on the players, who of course are spitting up a storm as usual. It really was gross. Football, basketball, and hockey players don't spit, so why baseball players? We don't see chess players spitting, nor wrestlers, or participants in any other activity, so again, why baseball?

Tony
 
tbeltrans said:
The first time I saw a big screen TV was when a friend, an avid baseball fan, went shopping for just such a TV. There was a baseball game on in the store and the camera focuses in on the players, who of course are spitting up a storm as usual. It really was gross. Football, basketball, and hockey players don't spit, so why baseball players? We don't see chess players spitting, nor wrestlers, or participants in any other activity, so again, why baseball?

Tony
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Because baseball players had a long history of chewing tobacco.
(Hockey players spit constantly, but that's due to the cold making their sinuses run. Hubby & I had LA Kings season tickets for several years so I know whereof I speak.)
 
StarSong said:
Because baseball players had a long history of chewing tobacco.
(Hockey players spit constantly, but that's due to the cold making their sinuses run. Hubby & I had LA Kings season tickets for several years so I know whereof I speak.)
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Then I stand corrected about hockey. I saw hockey on TV in Canada when I was touring up there in the band. I never sat through a game, but only saw it in passing. I could walk by a baseball game on TV and easily see one or more ball players spitting, but I didn't notice hockey players spitting. Just so we make sure I am not questioning your "so I know whereof I speak" authority, just because I didn't see hockey players spit when I walked past a TV during a game, that doesn't mean that they don't spit. I did see a lot of fights among hockey players though. I have heard many people comment regarding baseball players spitting, but have never heard about hockey players spitting until now. Hence, my false assumption regarding hockey players.

Tony
 
StarSong said:
@tbeltrans, if you enter "hockey players spit" in a search engine you'll get (literally) millions of hits.
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Again, I don't doubt you! I was in error saying they didn't and I already admitted that in my previous post. Please, let it rest. I did as much as I could to acknowledge that you are correct and I am wrong. I don't know what more I can do. There must be more important and interesting things to discuss than belaboring the point that hockey players spit.

Edit: I often say that I respect that I don't know what I don't know. Sadly, I didn't this time by stating that hockey players don't spit. I will try to speak of only that which I know for sure. So, StarSong, you got me this time and all I can do ask that you now let go of it. I learned my lesson. I will be interested to see how you handle this response, kindly or otherwise.

Tony
 
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StarSong said:
Because baseball players had a long history of chewing tobacco.
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Yes, quite the tradition. I remember back in the 80s(I chewed back then) hearing reports of high school kids getting mouth cancers from chewing. I quit chewing.

StarSong said:
(Hockey players spit constantly, but that's due to the cold making their sinuses run. Hubby & I had LA Kings season tickets for several years so I know whereof I speak.)
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Lol, yeah- those cold cold 60 deg. days in So. cal. will sure make yer nose run! :D
 
tbeltrans said:
Again, I don't doubt you! I was in error saying they didn't and I already admitted that in my previous post. Please, let it rest. I did as much as I could to acknowledge that you are correct and I am wrong. I don't know what more I can do. There must be more important and interesting things to discuss than belaboring the point that hockey players spit.

Edit: I often say that I respect that I don't know what I don't know. Sadly, I didn't this time by stating that hockey players don't spit. I will try to speak of only that which I know for sure. So, StarSong, you got me this time and all I can do ask that you now let go of it. I learned my lesson. I will be interested to see how you handle this response, kindly or otherwise.

Tony
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Oh dear. @Tony, I wasn't calling you out on this - please don't think I was. As many of us have bemoaned on SF, intent behind posts is often lost.

Although I personally find spitting offensive, it didn't bother me so much in hockey for a couple of reasons. The players are masked so it's harder to detect unless the camera is focused on them or you happen to be sitting nearby. Also, I get that the freezing conditions (maximum 24F on the ice) in which they play makes their sinuses run.

I was surprised to see so many hits from the search engine because of the above factors. Baseball spitting, sure. Hockey, not so much.

Please accept my apologies for not clearly stating the reason behind my second post.
 
StarSong said:
Oh dear. @Tony, I wasn't calling you out on this - please don't think I was. As many of us have bemoaned on SF, intent behind posts is often lost.

Although I personally find spitting offensive, it didn't bother me so much in hockey for a couple of reasons. The players are masked so it's harder to detect unless the camera is focused on them or you happen to be sitting nearby. Also, I get that the freezing conditions (maximum 24F on the ice) in which they play makes their sinuses run.

I was surprised to see so many hits from the search engine because of the above factors. Baseball spitting, sure. Hockey, not so much.

Please accept my apologies for not clearly stating the reason behind my second post.
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Thanks StarSong. Yes, it is difficult to know what the intent is behind a post. If I am wrong, I will quickly admit and then we hopefully move on. I was surprised that you continued on the subject, but am glad that you had no ill will about it. I don't either and consider the air cleared.

Thanks,

Tony
 

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