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COVID-19 at Auburn

Posted on 7/30/20 at 7:42 am
Posted by droliver
Member since Nov 2012
971 posts
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
Posted by Jb1994
Member since Sep 2018
2116 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 7:44 am to
RIP
Posted by craigbiggio
Member since Dec 2009
31805 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 7:50 am to
A parent of what?
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
30807 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 7:59 am to
quote:

A parent of what?


A human most likely.
Posted by Solo Cam
Member since Sep 2015
32593 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:00 am to
Being tested is not the same thing as having it.

All schools are going to be tested a shite load this season.
Posted by GurleyGirl
Georgia
Member since Nov 2015
13149 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:32 am to
And considering the players in question are young and healthy, they are likely asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.
Posted by GoCrazyAuburn
Member since Feb 2010
34843 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:46 am to
And?
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30583 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:48 am to
quote:

A parent of what?


It's hard for adults to carry on a conversation with children in the room.
Posted by Evolved Simian
Bushwood Country Club
Member since Sep 2010
20444 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:54 am to
quote:

Being tested is not the same thing as having it.


His post pretty clearly says they have it. + means positive.
Posted by craigbiggio
Member since Dec 2009
31805 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:59 am to
I talked to a parent this morning, he said you guys are all figs
Posted by Todd Greene
Huntsville, Al
Member since Aug 2019
2457 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:40 am to
quote:

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 by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30583 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:50 am to
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I talked to a parent this morning, he said you guys are all figs

Wow! That's two really intelligent posts you've made in this thread.
Posted by Irons Puppet
Birmingham
Member since Jun 2009
25901 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:58 am to
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 by kage
ATL
Member since Feb 2010
4068 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:15 am to
quote:

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 by auzach91
Marietta, GA
Member since Jan 2009
40248 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:16 am to
Better now than in September!
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 10:17 am
Posted by paperwasp
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Member since Sep 2014
22887 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:25 am to
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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 by RandySavage
Member since May 2012
30806 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:27 am to
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...
Posted by McGregor
Member since Feb 2011
6311 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:31 am to
the flu didn't kill 50 people in Alabama yesterday.
Posted by Dawg4Life47
Beach
Member since Sep 2013
8422 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:40 am to
Flu season starts in October, so no probably not likely many died of the Flu yet. But let's chat again come Oct.
Posted by paperwasp
11x HRV tRant Poster of the Week
Member since Sep 2014
22887 posts
Posted on 7/30/20 at 10:42 am to
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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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