Covid-19 discussion, continued...

Zeke Elliott, a few other Dallas Cowboys & Houston Texans have tested positive.

posted by BR1986FB

Zeke Elliott, a few other Dallas Cowboys & Houston Texans have tested positive.

I don't know how strict NFL teams will be with isolating players, but this is going to bigger than avoiding the normal injury bug.  Your QB tests positive and he's gone for 3-4 weeks.  That could completely derail a season.

posted by gut

I don't know how strict NFL teams will be with isolating players, but this is going to bigger than avoiding the normal injury bug.  Your QB tests positive and he's gone for 3-4 weeks.  That could completely derail a season.

College football too. If say OSU QB Justin Fields tests positive and has to sit out the Oregon game, then what? Are they really trotting out the 2nd string guy? 

This has got to a be a nightmare for coaches, ADs, and owners. 

posted by gut

I don't know how strict NFL teams will be with isolating players, but this is going to bigger than avoiding the normal injury bug.  Your QB tests positive and he's gone for 3-4 weeks.  That could completely derail a season.

Read an article about possibly expanding the rosters to prepare for this.

posted by BR1986FB

Read an article about possibly expanding the rosters to prepare for this.

But an expanded roster isn't going to help if you lose a star player for a few big games.

NY has daily protests with thousands of people, yet De Blasio is out there having playgrounds welded shut so kids can’t play outside. Seems reasonable. 

posted by BR1986FB

Zeke Elliott, a few other Dallas Cowboys & Houston Texans have tested positive.

First test that Zeke ever passed

posted by gut

But an expanded roster isn't going to help if you lose a star player for a few big games.

No doubt. Not to derail this thread but that's why I don't have major issues with the "flag football league" when it comes to protecting the QB's. A major portion of the league is focused on franchise QB's. You should know as well as anyone. Most people are going to prefer Roethlisberger vs Mayfield than Duck Hodges vs Case Keenum.

If they test positive, but are asymptomatic, are they allowed to play?  

posted by ernest_t_bass

If they test positive, but are asymptomatic, are they allowed to play?  

I'd imagine not. They may not be asymptomatic, but they may pass the virus to someone who wouldn't be as fortunate. 

Some good news https://apnews.com/89d963958b042cc921e64ab3eff5a74d

I will be positive and say the 2nd wave is not going to be bad as the first wave.  The world is more prepared this time around.  

posted by like_that

Some good news https://apnews.com/89d963958b042cc921e64ab3eff5a74d

I will be positive and say the 2nd wave is not going to be bad as the first wave.  The world is more prepared this time around.  

 

I saw that too and agree this is good news. I also agree I doubt we spike in deaths again as we had in May-April. While the cases in the U.S. are climbing, the death toll is slooooowly trending down. We have been under 1k deaths a day since June 4th. 

posted by ptown_trojans_1

I saw that too and agree this is good news. I also agree I doubt we spike in deaths again as we had in May-April. While the cases in the U.S. are climbing, the death toll is slooooowly trending down. We have been under 1k deaths a day since June 4th. 

I hope you're correct.  The rising cases makes total sense with increased testing.  Hopefully a few months of things being opened up starts to cause some herd immunity to develop.

I had to read that article twice to understand...33% improvement in survivability if you're ventilated, or it saves 1 in 8 people.  So the better news is I guess that means 3 out of 8 people were dying on ventilators, and with this drug it's 2 out of 8.  I thought like 70-80% of people were dying on ventilators.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

I saw that too and agree this is good news. I also agree I doubt we spike in deaths again as we had in May-April. While the cases in the U.S. are climbing, the death toll is slooooowly trending down. We have been under 1k deaths a day since June 4th. 

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I hope you're correct.  The rising cases makes total sense with increased testing.  Hopefully a few months of things being opened up starts to cause some herd immunity to develop.

Hospitalizations have been trending down too.  This has been the case for most of the world.  That's much more important than asymptomatic positives.  The virus is never going away. 
 

posted by gut

I had to read that article twice to understand...33% improvement in survivability if you're ventilated, or it saves 1 in 8 people.  So the better news is I guess that means 3 out of 8 people were dying on ventilators, and with this drug it's 2 out of 8.  I thought like 70-80% of people were dying on ventilators.

It was never 70-80% those were numbers used by corona doomers. I also dunno why these articles dumb everything down. It was actually 40% dying on ventilators and this drug took it down to 28%. I don’t know why they used the 1/8 and 3/8 comparisons instead of the real numbers. 

I hope this is real.

posted by friendfromlowry

I'd imagine not. They may not be asymptomatic, but they may pass the virus to someone who wouldn't be as fortunate. 

Not according to the newest research by the WHO. 

posted by justincredible

I hope this is real.

New York SLUT. I approve.

posted by jmog

Not according to the newest research by the WHO. 

True. But it’s hard to be overly confident when it seems to change every week.