re: If you were a football player, why would you not get Covid now on purpose?

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No proof of immunity

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To me, that's the big issue; we don't know if you can get it more than once, or not.

Someone said "it ain't chicken pox", that's also unknown.

With the flu, the virus mutates enough that you can get it multiple times, as your immune system doesn't recognize and react after enough change.

Now, chicken pox, like any other virus, is also a problem; you never "lose" a virus once you get infected. Your body just builds defenses against it, and you're healthy again. But then, chicken pox is always there, and 40-50 yrs later, it DOES come back. That's what Shingles is, and why it hits people in middle-age. Added- and btw, they don't "catch" it, they already had it from the first infection as a child. So it's still contagious, but if you ever had chicken pox, you're now eventually going to develop shingle, not CATCH it.

And also, stress weakens your immune system, so virus recurrences become more likely when you get stressed out. That's why some folks have cold sores that recur when they get real stressed.

We have no idea what Covid does long-term. Does it come back in 40 years? If so, that puts a current football player in his 60's the next time around, and that puts him close to the "might need a vent" age group.
I don't know if I'd want to do that to someone.

Coronavirus is making young people very sick

A couple of excerpts from the article:

"The day before I got sick, I ran three miles, walked 10 more, then raced up the stairs to my fifth-floor apartment as always, slinging laundry with me as I went.

The next day, April 17, I became one of the thousands of New Yorkers to fall ill with Covid-19. I haven’t felt the same since.

The second day I was sick, I woke up to what felt like hot tar buried deep in my chest. I could not get a deep breath unless I was on all fours. I’m healthy. I’m a runner. I’m 33 years old.

I am one of the lucky ones. I never needed a ventilator. I survived. But 27 days later, I still have lingering pneumonia. I use two inhalers, twice a day. I can’t walk more than a few blocks without stopping."

This is a new virus which attacks the lungs. Unless you want to risk permanent loss of lung function you should not try to get this.

We are barely scratching the surface of this disease in the last 6 months.
Who the hell knows what will be the story in another 6 months? another year ?

Yeah, everybody in the alleged "safe" age/health group go out and contract the disease so you don't have to worry about it again.
We don't even know what we don't know about this thing yet and you want people to intentionally contract it? Dumb! But then this isn't a place I come for accuracy and clear thinking anyway.

Not what he said. Testing positive for antibodies does not ensure you will never get the virus again.

Then you will get it, or perhaps have already had it.

Preventing everyone from getting it has never been a goal.

I am only stating that, assuming you will likely get it, it would be better to be in control of the variables around WHEN you get it.

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Why don't you test the theory out and go and get it intentionally yourself? Then get back to us and let us know how it worked out.

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This thread is about football players who have a lot of money in future earnings at stake.

But since you appear very concerned about me, I’ve lived a normal life and have changed almost nothing since this began. I assume I’ve already had it. If not, I’m certainly unconcerned about it. Thanks for your thoughts.

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This thread is about football players who have a lot of money in future earnings at stake.

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What % of LSU football players is this true for? Seems like you need to dig the stats up on that first.

Ok take money out of it.

What about players that just want to play and have worked their lives for this opportunity?

What if you’ve been a back up and this is finally your chance to shine?

What if this is your senior year?

What if you are in a heated positional battle and two or more weeks of quarantine could mean you lose and ride the bench?

Again, I’m not stating this should be a team policy.

I’m saying if I was an individual player, I would do this.

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However, I'm not sure what that has to do with a "heated positional battle". You can still go to practice without "trying to get it on purpose".

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You are neck and neck with another player for a starting position. The week of game one, you test positive. You go in quarantine for two weeks, he gets to start and practice for two weeks.

You’ve ultimately lost the job.