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Posted on 7/30/20 at 7:42 am
Posted on 7/30/20 at 7:42 am
Just heard from a parent that a number of Auburn athletes incl football players just tested + for COVID yesterday
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Posted on 7/30/20 at 7:50 am to droliver
A parent of what?
Posted on 7/30/20 at 7:59 am to craigbiggio
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A parent of what?
A human most likely.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:00 am to droliver
Being tested is not the same thing as having it.
All schools are going to be tested a shite load this season.
All schools are going to be tested a shite load this season.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:32 am to droliver
And considering the players in question are young and healthy, they are likely asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:46 am to droliver
And?
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:48 am to craigbiggio
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A parent of what?
It's hard for adults to carry on a conversation with children in the room.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:54 am to Solo Cam
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Being tested is not the same thing as having it.
His post pretty clearly says they have it. + means positive.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:59 am to coachcrisp
I talked to a parent this morning, he said you guys are all figs
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:40 am to droliver
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heard from a parent that a number of Auburn athletes incl football players just tested + for COVID yesterday
It's a lost cause...Éverybody's sure to get it at least once if not multiple times..
It can kill, but at a very low rate in comparison to number of people being infected.
The young athlete will be the least likely to succumb to the virus. However rare it will be up to the individual as to whether or not to participate in extra-curricular activities.
Ragardless of participation the odds are infinitesimal against the difference between those that play/ not play contracting the virus.
With that coming from the "WHO" of the infestation rate of 50% or more.
It just makes sense to play ball!
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:50 am to craigbiggio
quote:Wow! That's two really intelligent posts you've made in this thread.
I talked to a parent this morning, he said you guys are all figs
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:58 am to droliver
If any of the 14 teams drop out due to positive tests, the league will shut it down. My guess is you will not hear about any team members having tested positive.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:15 am to Todd Greene
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It can kill, but at a very low rate in comparison to number of people being infected.
The young athlete will be the least likely to succumb to the virus.
This is true, however more and more studies are showing the after effects of this to be serious too - i.e. heart issues, blood clots after the fact, etc. We're also seeing young, healthy individuals with no known pre-existing conditions getting very sick and dying. Not in high numbers, but there's more to this that we just don't know yet. What if one of these kids has whatever it is that makes them susceptible and they don't know it and ends up dead? What happens if a coach gets it and ends up in the hospital or worse?
I don't see any way more than a few weeks of football get played. What happens when 20 guys on a team test positive in week 3? The whole team would have to quarantine for 2 weeks. What about the team they just played? Unless the infrastructure is in place to test every player/coach/staff, etc. every day and get immediate results back, which isn't realistic with testing at this point, I don't see how you can play a season of football this year.
I hope I'm proven wrong somehow, but I just don't see it happening.
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 10:22 am
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:16 am to droliver
Better now than in September!
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 10:17 am
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:25 am to kage
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This is true, however more and more studies are showing the after effects of this to be serious too - i.e. heart issues, blood clots after the fact, etc.
You're correct, but every contagious disease throughout human history has rare, devastating effects.
A valid question here might be how rare those effects are versus that of a complete shutdown, which we already know would be significant to tens or hundreds of thousands of student athletes, staffs, and their associated programs, and their lives going forward.
I don't know the answer to that question, but at some point statistical significance has to be considered in all of these decisions.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:27 am to kage
You're right, under our current bs regulations there is no chance football is played.
However, if sanity returns sometime between now and September and people stop watching CNN and acknowledge this is essentially the flu, or even more mild, for the vast majority of the population then we won't have to panic every time someone gets sick and shut everything down. Until that happens we're going to continue to live in a clown world with no sports, concerts, schools etc...
However, if sanity returns sometime between now and September and people stop watching CNN and acknowledge this is essentially the flu, or even more mild, for the vast majority of the population then we won't have to panic every time someone gets sick and shut everything down. Until that happens we're going to continue to live in a clown world with no sports, concerts, schools etc...
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:31 am to RandySavage
the flu didn't kill 50 people in Alabama yesterday.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:40 am to McGregor
Flu season starts in October, so no probably not likely many died of the Flu yet. But let's chat again come Oct.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:42 am to McGregor
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the flu didn't kill 50 people in Alabama yesterday
I get what you're saying, but per the CDC, from October through March there were as many as 62,000 non-COVID flu deaths in the United States.
Obviously every life is important, but at the same time the response has to be commensurate with the risk, especially considering the known effects (or lack thereof) on the population under age 70.
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