So were you concerned of it spreading from the protests?
Pretty much any story I've seen about the protests/rioting included lots of coverage about Covid and the likelihood of spreading as a result. Not sure how anyone could miss that.
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So were you concerned of it spreading from the protests?
Pretty much any story I've seen about the protests/rioting included lots of coverage about Covid and the likelihood of spreading as a result. Not sure how anyone could miss that.
Yes. They have a deep sense of caring for their fellow teammates. I was an accounting major.
Apparently you had the audio off when the coverage was on. I heard commentators make reference to that plenty.
National anthem isn't played with the players on the field in college often.
It works out-- fans can happily eat their nachos, use the bathroom, finish their concession stand visit and countless other things people do during that song without anyone caring.
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I was GOING to say we have to trust the NCAA has the best interests of all student-athletes in mind then I threw up in my mouth a little.
THEN I remembered we have some of the finest men leading OUR programs who DO have the student athletes health and wellness at the top of THEIR list and I rest easy knowing they are in charge and NOBODY on this board.
He was responding to a VERY obvious joke I made sans smiley thing. I have since deleted that joke post that he knee-jerk responded to.
What exactly are they risking? They got sick. They didn't get sick from playing football. They very well could have gotten sick from driving to the grocery store or hanging out at the beach. We don't know.
A co-worker just came back to work yesterday after about 2 weeks of being infected. She said that the first couple days were especially hard, after that it was all about the intense body aches. She said that those first 2 or 3 days, she had low oygen/blood issues and that made it difficult to do much of anything. She also mentioned that she felt completely exhausted for a week or so. Obviously, everyone is going to react differently to this thing, but she said she feels perfectly fine now. Thought it was interesting that she also contacted H1N1 as a high school freshmen as well. Some people are clearly more genetically predisposed to illnesses.
I'm not trying to make light of this statistic, because I agree with you on that number. But to be clear, the US death rate of 7,700 people per day would yield a loss of over half a million people in that time frame on a normal year. COVID 19 will certainly increase that number, but by what small fraction?
Roughly 900 people per day at the rate you're suggesting. That's without any further data on who these people are (are they at high risk of dying from another illness already?)
This is pure BS. There has been non stop stories from “the media” about concerns of viruses spreading due to the protests since they began.
So you can quit making things up to whine about now.
Oh, I stand corrected...thought it was the difference between college and pro.
The health officials/media were quick to blame the athletic department for the uptick of cases in young adults in Story County even though there are lots of other young adults in Story County doing all kinds of activities with much less structure. Some young adults are respecting Covid-19, but many are not. Athletics are a risk because of the type of activity they are but at least there is a system in place to try and mitigate that risk.
Call me crazy, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to base our health policies around keeping fans calm. Plus if the whole team comes down with it, you’ll see a real freak out and likely multiple players with dangerous effects.
It is weird how different it is: I've received positive antibody results and my symptoms in mid-March were a weird groggy headache for a few days...I'd compare it to how I feel a day or two after getting the flu shot. Then I had a 104 fever for 1.5 days, and slight tightness/dull pain in my chest that actually came and went for about 6 weeks. I was quarantined after not being able to get a test, and wonder if that helped my symptoms as I was able to slow down and do stuff like breathe in steaming water, etc.
I think about how many times I've gone out for dinner or drinking in the past with a chest cough/cold and thought nothing of it, but probably made the symptoms worse.
If your numbers are accurate - a 12% increase in nationwide death rates due to one specific new disease. That is a major increase in Americans dying and would be a HUGE deal.
True...something I wonder about is how they handle or make decisions around quarantining. If Brock Purdy tests positive in late September and has to miss 2-3 games, do they quarantine all QBs and just intensify testing on them until they can verify they're good to go, and then start whoever tests negative for a week?
If anyone remembers the first football game between Florida and Miami last season...that's the type of game we're possibly seeing next fall on a regular basis. Lots of players on the field with little experience.
