Shit shit shit
More universities report coronavirus cases in athletics programs.
The season hangs in the balance right now.
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/07/us/universities-athletic-programs-coronavirus/index.html
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Lay off the roughage....
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Fabulous.
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More good news, WHO says asymptomatic spread is rare
The more we learn, the more control we have and as every day ticks down we are going to improve our treatments and therapies as well as be closer to a vaccine.
The fear was mass amounts of asymptomatic people were unknowingly spreading COVID. Now that it appears to not be true, it gets simpler. If you’re sick, stay home. Temperature checks now become very valuable. If your colleague is sick, send them home. If a customer appears sick, end the meeting. If a student is sick, send them home. It’s now easier to test and isolate.
I’m more confident than ever that college football will happen in the fall.
Link: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/08/asymptomatic-coronavirus-patients-arent-spreading-new-infections-who-says.html
If that's the case, doesn't that blow up the notion of vaccines...
And distancing? This pandemic is making less sense by the day..,,
studdering can be cured
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Two weeks of quarantine and all is well
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Players who return to campuses will be safer than if they don't
They will be tested out the ying yang and quarantined if they test positive. I guess if they test positive and then clear, there is a tiny chance they could be reinfected but that remains to be seen.
More testing, more cases. This was always part of the deal
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And most are asymptomatic.
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This really ridiculous.
Staph is notorious for being in most lockers rooms and extremely deadly...Killing 25,000-40,000 yearly.
Yet, they've never stopped a season when a player is positive for staph. Because most young adults have this thing called a thriving immune system.
Covid has consistently shown in previous seasons and definitely during this major outbreak to be most notably affecting the elderly. Not 18-22yr olds.
These kids show up with a number of other highly contagious disease, some deadly, many with no known cure or vaccine, and it's sit them out and keep it pushing.
This is more aesthetics and the visual than the actual. No school or conference is going to push the narrative that we should be fine if we just follow the most stringent protocol and what most
health orgs and the surgeon general said from the jump....
"The most effective strategy against the spread of covid-19 is thorough handwashing."
I get safety first but these measures have proven to be anything but ineffective and more damaging.
I am not expecting any collegiate season to happen until there's a vaccine.
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Come on Shorts. If that's the criteria, we may not have a 2021 season either. A treatment is the key
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It should not change anything. Those kids did not get it from other players, they already had it
when they showed up and were tested. Same when students return. This was to be expected. They will be quarantined and then be allowed to resume their normal activities.
So, then, what percentage of the overall student population is positive?
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That will be interesting to see. They will test everyone who is returning.
Quite a few who have or had it will turn out completely asymptomatic.
Yes, I think the asymptomatic in that age bracket is a significant percentage...
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I know that some of my kids friends from LS have already tested positive and never knew they had it.
Wonder if they will publish the results?
Right...because when you're in your 20s and not 80s it's nothing more than a bad cough.
As per mayoclinic, cdc, johns hopkins - "Most people with COVID-19 have mild to moderate symptoms and many having none at all; what's called asymptomatic. Older adults or people with existing chronic medical conditions are at greater risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID-19."
It's really unfortunate that it affects our older folks so adversely but that's not uncommon when it comes to their immune system.
Normally not an issue with that age group unless there is an underlying condition also in play.
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Exactly
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I can’t see how the season will happen, but I’m sure the SEC will be the leading force in trying to
make it happen.
I also would bet that the leading Google search coming out of those schools right now is “steroid use with COVID”.
Probably less than 50/50 season even starts
Pretty much all asymptomatic cases in that age range. But the universities are so spooked by this that undoubtedly at least several teams will have so many cases that they won't play. And can you imagine a team with a dozen infected players during the season? Many games will be canceled. I really don't think the season will be completed if it is started. And if there is no vaccine or effective treatment by Sept. 2021, that season might be in jeopardy, too.
Maybe they were out protesting last weekend
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