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NCAA football players probably have the same chance of being killed during
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:08 am
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:08 am
Play as they do of dying of DaRona, less than 1/10000
So if they want a guarantee of safety they should quit football.
Concussions WILL effect them sooner or later
So if they want a guarantee of safety they should quit football.
Concussions WILL effect them sooner or later
This post was edited on 6/23/20 at 8:10 am
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Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:12 am to Strannix
And they only allow you downvote once. Damn
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:13 am to Strannix
Holy thread title
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:20 am to Strannix
Only way they have a football season is if they stop testing the players and coaches by August!! Why was football not ever shut down for the flu?? The flu has a lot higher death rate. Too many pansies now a days can't play through a little virus!!
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:27 am to Strannix
You are getting downvoted to hell, but you are right.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:30 am to tiger nutz
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tiger nutz
Not like when you played, right?
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:34 am to luciouslou
Less than 1 in 10000 people under 50 without comorbidities will die of Corona, for college athletes age 18-23 its probably 1 in 100,000.
Exponentially more will suffer debilitating injuries and many permanent traumatic brain injuries.
Sorry you're dumb
Exponentially more will suffer debilitating injuries and many permanent traumatic brain injuries.
Sorry you're dumb
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:37 am to Strannix
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Less than 1 in 10000 people under 50 without comorbidities will die of Corona, for college athletes age 18-23 its probably 1 in 100,000.
Exponentially more will suffer debilitating injuries and many permanent traumatic brain injuries.
Sorry you're dumb
I'm worried there will be one obese football player (which is common) that has some unknown diabetes and/or hypertension and will have a really bad outcome and it will frick it up for the rest of the sport.
The media will pounce on that to a crazy degree and the PR will be tough to overcome.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:38 am to CatfishJohn
It's just a matter of time
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:45 am to tiger nutz
That statement is not even close to true. Covid-19 is exponentially more deadly than the common flu. Not much of a threat to a 18-24 year old super athlete but still deadlier.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:51 am to Hurricane2020
quote:
That statement is not even close to true. Covid-19 is exponentially more deadly than the common flu. Not much of a threat to a 18-24 year old super athlete but still deadlier.
It's likely to be double or slightly less than double the CFR when it is all said and done. And that is because there is a flu vaccine really helping old people fight it off.
All things the same, with no vaccine, they're likely pretty damn close.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 9:11 am to Strannix
Football players have no greater risk of Covid than the regular student body.
The main issue to discuss is fans.
The idea that student athletes are some kind of indentured servants has become pervasive, so people are now hypersensitive about their “rights.”
The main issue to discuss is fans.
The idea that student athletes are some kind of indentured servants has become pervasive, so people are now hypersensitive about their “rights.”
Posted on 6/23/20 at 10:19 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Posted on 6/23/20 at 10:21 am to Hurricane2020
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Covid-19 is exponentially more deadly than the common flu.
Please provide the data to back up the claim that COVID is "exponentially more deadly than the common flu".
Here are a few fun FACTS to go along with the fear mongering.
Warning: Fear mongering from University of Washington
quote:
The national rate of death among people infected with the novel coronavirus -- SARS-CoV-2 -- that causes COVID-19 and who show symptoms is 1.3%, the study found. The comparable rate of death for the seasonal flu is 0.1%.
Notice how they hide the "and show symptoms" in the data set parameters. This is the reason the data is flawed.
Now from the CDC website:
Differences in mortality numbers can be caused by:
Differences in the number of people tested: With more testing, more people with milder cases are identified. This lowers the case-fatality ratio.
Thought experiment:
How many thousands of people are walking around with asymptomatic, contagious flu? Um, none. Not how the flu works. Symptoms always present.
How many thousands of people are walking around with asymptomatic, contagious COVID? WHO KNOWS?? This how this virus spreads. Every one of these mild un-tested cases of COVID , that we know exist, drive down the mortality rate exponentially.
All these "studies" that don't account for the asymptomatic spread of COVID are junk science and fear mongering.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 10:21 am to Hurricane2020
quote:
exponentially more deadly
Nah. Look up the definitions of words before you use them.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 12:26 pm to XbengalTiger
Finally, an intelligent post in a wasteland filled with ignorant dribble.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 12:40 pm to Strannix
The death rate has nothing to do with this.
If there were a big flu outbreak going on with a bunch of players catching it, you don't expect them to play through that.
It's more problematic with COVID because there is no real treatment for it.
If there were a big flu outbreak going on with a bunch of players catching it, you don't expect them to play through that.
It's more problematic with COVID because there is no real treatment for it.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 1:42 pm to XbengalTiger
New soon to be published compendium of statistics from Stanford on COVID, which has nearly half the deaths from the nursing home and SNF units. Sweden, where minimal lockdown was utilized now has 15% immunity and National death rate of 0.5%. Remember US flu death rate is 0.1%.
>70yo.
Stanford study: Adjusted for age
AGE < 70 Death rate 0.4% (if adjusted for co-morbidities in those under 70, that death rate will drop even further).
Conclusion:
1.COVID is especially deadly for those with comorbidities and those >70yo.
2.COVID has minimal mortality for those, < 70yo and especially for those without co-morbidities.
3. Is it appropriate for those of low or minimal risk to carry the burden of quarantine, etc when they are not the ones to be affected? If your answer is yes, the implication then is for every flu season, everyone needs to mask, lockdown and quarantine.
>70yo.
Stanford study: Adjusted for age
AGE < 70 Death rate 0.4% (if adjusted for co-morbidities in those under 70, that death rate will drop even further).
Conclusion:
1.COVID is especially deadly for those with comorbidities and those >70yo.
2.COVID has minimal mortality for those, < 70yo and especially for those without co-morbidities.
3. Is it appropriate for those of low or minimal risk to carry the burden of quarantine, etc when they are not the ones to be affected? If your answer is yes, the implication then is for every flu season, everyone needs to mask, lockdown and quarantine.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 4:31 pm to FtHuntTiger
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The 1918 flu (and WWI) caused most college football games to be canceled that year.
You’re comparing the response from over 100 years ago?
I think we know a bit more than we did then and have much better healthcare.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 4:38 pm to tiger nutz
quote:
he flu has a lot higher death rate.
Where did you hear this?
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