The 57-year old lawyer in NY, to the best of our knowledge, was the catalyst that kicked off what is now 21,000+ deaths in NYC. He survived. He came in contact with young people that asymptomatically spread the virus to older relatives that proved fatal. It’s an issue that dallasdawg still doesn’t understand that someone asymptomatic could be carrying a lethal dose of the virus for when their family comes to see them play. I’m sorry that it’s going to take personal loss for him to realize what a huge fucking deal it is for an athletic department to not have a plan in place and to be hand-waiving the severity of positive tests in a full-contact environment.
wait you actually think that oklahoma state did not have a plan in place for this? what about the soccer leagues in europe that were “hand-waiving the severity of positive tests” and continued on with their leagues? what about my physician business partners and their thoughts and experiences? or my sister who is an rn that treats covid positive patients? what about the millions of people who are out getting their hair cut, going to restaurants, going to grocery and hardware stores, working out at gyms, going to friends houses, and living normal lives? and lol at acting like these kids are just staying at home and not putting their family members at risk right now. do you think people live in bubbles? i guess we just need to wait two more weeks to find out!
oh okay never mind then i guess i’ll wait for more people i know to get it before entering the discussion
at least answer the part about thinking the athletic department of a major academic institution having no plans in place
This could happen at a grocery store or city park just as easily as the stadium though couldn't it? If there is a high risk parent of the student, wouldn't you consider it wreckless to allow that family to attend and potentially be exposed? To follow up, I commend OSU for making the decision to delay reporting and cautioning on the side of safety rather than moving forward once a couple positive cases were identified. Sounds like the cautious approach was the best approach in this incident.
Remember just a week ago when all the protestors we're gonna cause an outbreak and kill everyone? Or all the outrage about the Florida beaches? Good times
The Protests Will Spread the Coronavirus The country should expect a spike in less than two weeks, public-health experts say. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/protests-pandemic/612460/
i didn’t take any bet. i just set a reminder in my phone for 8/1 to laugh at rowdy’s back by july post
This is a good post. Country is in full DGAF mode, and the least risky cohort isn’t going to be the one continuing to quarantine Europe is moving forward despite positive cases, all this hand wringing is dust in the wind at this point. Older coaches will likely die as I’m sure an EPL coach will, they’ll make their own choices Sounds cold, but it’s just a cold risk calculation
Ive got a kids sports scenario to run by you guys. My 8 and 5 year old play club soccer in San Diego. The clubs here are starting practice again in Mid June by breaking the teams into groups of 4 kids that you will always practice with. No games or contact with other kids outside the group you're in until further notice. I don't have any high risk family members Im in contact with and am otherwised quarantined working from home. I'm planning on letting them practice but just curious what other states are doing with youth sports? and if anyone thinks its a terrible idea.
Quick search says in Ohio non-contact sports such as baseball are full go Contact sports such as football are workouts only It's safe imo. I'd let my kids play
I think its a bad idea overall, however here is how I would handle it. I would ask about the contact information for those my kids were going to be practicing with and would do a Zoom meeting with them. I would just have it be a "get to know each other" type meeting. Not an interview. Then I would casually ask their opinions on things such as the social distancing and their perspective on how to safely handle this. I think if you spend 30 minutes with each parent you can get a feel for if they are taking this seriously or not. I know people in my inner circle who are not taking this seriously. If you get any warning flags, you can use that as a reason to opt out of the practices. If you feel the other parents are doing their part to be safe, then if you feel comfortable, you could see how it goes. Just my two cents.
I think its safe for the kids, but I think it is also another way the virus could spread pretty quickly. With the proper concerns, I think it can be done safely, but my expectations for it would be that it would have inherent risks associated with the activity.
I get why they’re not but I wish nba would start back on playoffs. Would make it easier to get pumped. A 16 team tourney bracket with 2 months buildup would have a lot of hype
I also have an 11 yr old in club, but since we have kids in LA county, we have to wait until August (Some are in Ventura county, which is more aggressive). I would be ready to go if we were in your shoes with those parameters. SD will be a good test case. My kid has been training with small groups of 2-4 the last couple of weeks.
I get taking this seriously but if a parent tried pulling this on me, I’d ask them to back the fuck off.
Depends. People close together yelling and screaming is not. That's part of the reason full stadiums won't work
lol ok, I can settle for making fun of how fucking stupid and disingenuous you are. You wanted a 120 day window and you'll still lose the bet you wanted.
It seems like given how short it is, the owners could just pay those salaries regardless and not increase the risk of spread just to have some makeshift tourney
Do you think the owners care about asymptomatic spread of a virus except to the extent that it might force health authorities to shut them down?
Gathering in close groups outside is still risky. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...e-department-of-health-services-a9509486.html
From their perspective, some money is better than no money, especially at the low end of the MLS wage scale. We’re not talking about MLB players with (comparably) huge minimum salaries.
That's fair. I just wish (obviously this is super optimal and not realistic) since it's not gonna be much that the owners would just cover it and not proceed and wait until they feel like they can just play the season and pay the season wages instead of some meaningless tourney.