Hardly surprising

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Hardly surprising

Author: D2 (7682 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 9:25 pm on Jun 19, 2020

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While they still will have to isolate for a bit, just because they tested positive doesn't mean they have active cases and are "spreaders." There are those in the medical community who feel that the disease is much more wide-spread (up to 25% of the population) since the 80% of those who get it have insignificant to no symptoms and often don't even know they've had it and are never tested.

Roughly 26 million tests (which doesn't translate to anywhere near 26 million people) have been given with roughly a 9% positive rate. We know that there are a huge chunk of folks out there that will test positive but are likely done with their course of the illness.

I'm not going to question the folks that make these decisions, and I'm not trying to make a political statement, but this country will be in worse shape than the days of the Great Depression if we hole up and wait for a vaccine. We need to manage through the situation with appropriate caution. Sports is a good place to test the waters.

Replies to: "Hardly surprising"

23 Clemson football players test positive for COVID19 - jimbasil - 6:43pm 6/19/20 (35) [View All]
- The more people get tested...the more cases. The issue are deaths. This drops the fatality rate [NT] - Karamello - 8:01pm 6/24/20
- Anti-body strength training! [NT] - Curly1918 - 7:40am 6/22/20
- Wouldn't that be a good thing for getting it out of the way? [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 12:18am 6/22/20
- And I’ll raise you with 30 + LSU players... [NT] - whatsamataU - 5:52pm 6/20/20
  - I’m not sure this is a bad thing. Better now than during the season. Herd immunity? [NT] - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 6:32pm 6/20/20
    - Who really knows. And I don’t mean WHO because they sure as hell don’t ... [NT] - whatsamataU - 2:01pm 6/22/20
- Who knew you could get COVID19 from taking steroids? [NT] - ND4EVR - 12:11pm 6/20/20
- Must've tested the whole team this time. [NT] - ND521 - 10:21pm 6/19/20
  - This was funny. [NT] - jakers - 8:17am 6/21/20
  - Heh. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:01pm 6/19/20
- I like our chances now. [NT] - AlbanyIRISH - 9:53pm 6/19/20
  - They’re not dead, they just have the virus [NT] - holybull101 - 11:07pm 6/19/20
  - Only if one of them is Sunshine [NT] - PBHangingChad - 10:37pm 6/19/20
- Symptomatic? [NT] - faircatchcorby - 9:46pm 6/19/20
  - THAT is the key question that too few reports are answering [NT] - jrdjr84 - 6:34pm 6/22/20
- Hardly surprising - D2 - 9:25pm 6/19/20
  - Re: Hardly surprising - nddad98 - 11:28am 6/20/20
  - You are on point. - MrP - 10:50am 6/20/20
    - Likely as good an approach as can be offered MrP..... - nddad98 - 4:11pm 6/20/20
    - Likely as good an approach as can be offered MrP..... - nddad98 - 4:11pm 6/20/20
  - Well, that’s one theory. [NT] - jimbasil - 8:28am 6/20/20
  - You're at the top of the bell curve. [NT] - knuterockne13 - 1:05am 6/20/20
- The only thing on question is how much..,, - ripperduck - 7:30pm 6/19/20
- Yep and unfortunately it will hop around America. I don’t see a solution until a vaccine. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 6:58pm 6/19/20
  - There may never be a vaccine. Even with one, it will only be so affective - NDNEIL - 8:12pm 6/19/20
    - The death rate for Influenza is just over 1%. The death rate for COVID-19 is near 5% [NT] - billybaroo - 12:12pm 6/20/20
      - It's not near 5%. It's about a half a percent. [NT] - jakers - 10:46pm 6/21/20
      - 5% is incorrect and I was speaking specifically to the players - NDNEIL - 9:01pm 6/20/20
      - That really isn't an accurate # with which to make judgements - D2 - 4:29pm 6/20/20
    - it's effective [NT] - knuterockne13 - 1:08am 6/20/20
    - Absolutely not. People will die. It’s unfortunate but it’s the history of mankind. [NT] - PBHangingChad - 9:09pm 6/19/20
      - See ya' old people! It was inevitable. - knuterockne13 - 1:10am 6/20/20
    - 23 is a huge number given they probably have less than 100 players including walkons - croaker - 8:33pm 6/19/20
      - Huh? They tested positive. They'll be isolated - NDNEIL - 9:50pm 6/19/20
        The most important question to be answered is... - nddad98 - 11:39am 6/20/20