None reported. https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...ve-coronavirus
People were having COVID parties in NC a couple months ago before Governor Cooper correctly criticized the practice. I don't see student-athlete COVID parties in the near future.
This is very much a way to get there. It was used long ago to be able to work in South during outbreaks of Yellow Fever. If you could show immunity you would be hired. The difference here is that Covid 19 is significantly less dangerous than Yellow Fever which killed about 10-30% of those infected. As long as these kids are isolated from an elderly population and are getting health care- they may be at much more risk of serious harm by playing football than from getting this virus. That is what the data shows. Yes there are risks here, but with a population that is already accepting other risks. The key thing to watch is whether these kids are having to do this against their will- that is, are they being told directly or indirectly that their scholarships will be pulled if they fail to practice. That is a very big deal.
Not to mention that until the percentage of people who have had it gets much higher, a large part of positive antibody tests will be false positives.
It will be interesting to see what kind of sanctions will be levied against those who refuse a COVID-19 vaccination. and how much guts the individual states have.
Funny thing with respect to school-age vaccinations, the state with the toughest standards for public school students was Mississippi -- "no exceptions."
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Here is a link from the CDC for vaccinations for Kindergarten-age children by state. Colorado appears to be the worst at 87.4 -- Mississippi the highest at 99.2.
On further inspection, Alaska, which had only voluntary reporting, had a rate of about 84 percent -- could be, I suppose, much lower.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Seems like your comment was tongue in cheek, but perhaps it shouldn't be. I smell a rat.
I"m not saying they WANTED their guys to get the virus now, but let's think about this. Of the pretty small number of schools that have reported very high numbers of football players testing positive, three of them are Alabama, LSU, and Clemson. Those are the three top programs in the nation, or certainly three of the top four along with Ohio State. What are the chances that of all the schools that have begun practices, the three top teams are three of the small number that have come up with a lot of players testing positive? Pretty small chance in my opinion. Again, I'm not saying these schools intentionally got their kids sick, but I certainly wouldn't be surprised if they were pretty lax about their safety protocols, with their at least being some discussion behind the scenes to the effect of "if they all just get the virus now, that's fine, cuz everyone's gonna end up getting it anyway. They're all young and otherwise healthy, so they're at a tiny, tiny risk of something like death. Let them get it, get over it, and be ready to play football again in a couple of weeks, and ready for the season." These schools NEED to play football. More than most everyone else.
Maybe I'm way off on this, but I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility.
i find it more likely to be a reporting/perception bias. The media are more likely to report on the big teams, and you're more likely to remember reading about cases on the big teams.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are similar outbreaks at other schools, and it's just not being picked up on.
1200. DDMF.