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HTA salutes the many players who work in the medical profession and have been interacting with the public on a daily basis—treating, caring, diagnosing and saving lives.

We interviewed three of our fellow players and practitioners about their experiences and views about the virus. Hugh Burris , M. Most of the positive cases were not life or death, but there were acute cases occasionally. Although exposed daily to the virus and even to his wife Carol who had a mild case over Thanksgiving, Hugh never got the disease.

Hugh has played tennis for 45 years, mostly in local and national tournaments, and notes that the pandemic has affected tennis rules in some strange ways. Hugh also hopes that water will be available on the courts as summer with its heat and humidity approaches. Emmie Ko , M. She has been concerned about the closing of bathrooms at the public tennis centers and in an email reminded the city and other organizations about the CDC guidelines.

I have a private practice, and it hurt me financially, but the additional time available for tennis was wonderful. For me, it provided me stress relief, interactive, in-person and safe interactions with friends and meeting new people. Emmie takes her tennis as seriously as she does her profession, taking regular lessons from Alex Gajic at Bal Harbour Tennis Academy and often competing in American Medical Tennis Association tournaments.

Norri Collier , D. Norri continues to advise people not to touch their face and to keep at least two feet away from people who are ill.

She described how the healthy immune system of two of her regular patients who were exposed to the virus by close contact with their families protected them from the disease. Only one of my patients, a woman with underlying health problems and who later recovered, contracted COVID.

Norri will wear a mask while treating patients if the patient requests it, but she believes that only surgical masks will prevent the spread of a virus and that paper masks are not up to the job. Norri has played tennis since she was in the ninth grade in Corpus Christi.

Covid has disrupted lives around the world and led to a myriad of issues ranging from economic disaster to mental health tolls. Weekly there seems to be varying and sometimes contradictory messages from experts which further exacerbates the state of frustration and fear in our communities. I would like to give a brief explanation of the current state of knowledge which may give some clarity. I worked on research projects and published with three Nobel Laureates in the field of the Human Genome Project at the Whitehead Institute.

Quick topics: A Basics of the immune system — the main components of the immune system are the B cells and the T cells. B cells produce antibodies that act as the guard dogs of the body.

T cells are the Terminator cells that destroy invaders such as viruses and bacteria. The B cells produce and replicate antibodies when they encounter foreign invaders.

We are excited to announce that we have added another location to our program with Club Westside — offering access to world-class training facilities and equipment. Summer Schedule differs from times announced! Academy program times are now Mon-Thu !

How does the new Junior point system work? Page 1 Page 2 Next page. HTA On the Court. Practices include overall tennis-specific skills, fun and games.

We work on establishing the proper technical foundation. Students are introduced to simple strategy, tactics and patterns of play. Players take their first steps into conditioning while transitioning from overall motor skills development into tennis-specific speed and agility training. Practice hours: Mon, Wed, Fri pm.