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Talk lately has me a little nervous about 2020 football season. Thoughts?

Do you think we will play football in 2020?

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Gooner#44 said:
What's up with this *******???

"University of Arizona president Dr. Robert Robbins said Wednesday that he does not anticipate the
Wildcats playing football this fall, even though the university plans to bring students and faculty back to campus for face-to-face instruction during the fall semester.In an interview with KVOI-AM in Tucson, Arizona, Robbins said he is worried about intercollegiate sports getting back to normal after the
coronavirus pandemic

"I'm really concerned about whether we're going to be playing football in the fall," Robbins told the radio station. "My sense, right now, after discussions with my fellow Pac-12 Presidents and their AD's and after consultation with the CDC and local government, is that I just don't see that happening." "I highly doubt there is going to be college football this Fall. I would peg it at a 10% chance at best, and that might be optimistic."
Robbins' comments echoed those of other University Presidents and ADs across the country, including those of influential University of Connecticut president Tom Katsouleas, who told students in a UConn journalism class teleconference Tuesday that the "right now, the opinion of the CDC and schools across the country is that classes will resume on campus in the all, HOWEVER that all fall sports will be canceled. I don't see that changing as we emerge from this pandemic, ESPECIALLY since the CDC is now warning of a 2nd, even more severe outbreak, striking in the Fall."
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Translation: Our team sucks and now we've got an excuse to buy time until next year.

I don't know where he got this from, but nowhere have I heard of the second wave being even more severe.
 
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JD08 said:
Translation: Our team sucks and now we've got an excuse to buy time until next year.

I don't know where he got this from, but nowhere have I heard of the second wave being even more severe.
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I have not either, but I have heard a lot of buzz about Spring 2021 football, which sounds horrible
 
There's no reason that in 4 or 5 months we can't play some football. If your state doesn't allow it, then too bad. We shouldn't let a state or two stop college football. There should be full blown ramped up testing in place by then where we can make sure the players and coaches are safe.
 
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Tetragrammaton Cane said:
The CDC Director said it, and confirmed he was accurately quoted yesterday at the briefing.

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Okay, I found the quote. I knew there was a probability for a second wave, but this is the first I've seen of speculation that it could be worse. I guess it depends on how bad the flu season is, how many have already been exposed, and whether that confers immunity.

There’s a possibility that the assault of the virus on our nation next winter will actually be even more difficult than the one we just went through,
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JD08 said:
Okay, I found the quote. I knew there was a probability for a second wave, but this is the first I've seen of speculation that it could be worse. I guess it depends on how bad the flu season is, how many have already been exposed, and whether that confers immunity.
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now add in flu, human Coronavirus, more emergency visits (due to a more open economy: car crashes, etc) and elective procedures and hospitals wouldnt have the capacity. Let’s hope it doesn’t hit.
 
Tetragrammaton Cane said:
now add in flu, human Coronavirus, more emergency visits (due to a more open economy: car crashes, etc) and elective procedures and hospitals wouldnt have the capacity. Let’s hope it doesn’t hit.
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It's gonna hit. It's going to be a question of how much impact it has. With the flu season simultaneously running, I can see a lot of people with the flu panicking thinking they're dying from the VID running to the ER. They should have every big mind in medicine working on a treatment/vaccine, as the financial impact of another run like this will destroy the country.
 
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Interesting.
 
Go Canes!! said:
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Interesting.
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What is the definition of "pneumonia death?" Are they breaking down COVID deaths into subcategories like pneumonia, or are they just classifying them as COVID deaths?

Unfortunately, we are inundated with charts now that COVID is so hot, and it seems like everyone has a spin with their charts and stats. You know the old saying on statistics.
 
The Franchise said:
What is the definition of "pneumonia death?" Are they breaking down COVID deaths into subcategories like pneumonia, or are they just classifying them as COVID deaths?

Unfortunately, we are inundated with charts now that COVID is so hot, and it seems like everyone has a spin with their charts and stats. You know the old saying on statistics.
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The CDC usually puts it out with pneumonia and influenza as one number in the data I've seen. That was before covid though. I can't say if those are apples to apples.
 
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JD08 said:
Okay, I found the quote. I knew there was a probability for a second wave, but this is the first I've seen of speculation that it could be worse. I guess it depends on how bad the flu season is, how many have already been exposed, and whether that confers immunity.
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If we are to assume there is any sort of herd immunity, there is a very low probability of a second wave being worse than the first.

It is reasonable to assume, although not yet proven, that there will be significant immunity for those who have already been exposed. This is based off of previous history.

To build on that, we now have an awareness and precautions in place that didn’t exist when this thing first appeared.

Finally, “the flu” isn’t a single virus. That term covers a nearly infinite number of similar viruses that constantly mutate.

That said, if COV-2/COVID-19 manages to mutate, all bets are off.
 
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One question I would ask a scientist , why do they make virus in the lab, why do they grow them , why do they find ways to mutate them and wouldn't it be better to fight the existing ones?

Please we all know it wasn't bats , it was in a lab in China
 
JD08 said:
The CDC usually puts it out with pneumonia and influenza as one number in the data I've seen. That was before covid though. I can't say if those are apples to apples.
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What is also telling is the decrease in other areas.

Haven't the metrics for MI, CVD, and CVA fallen off a cliff?

Did COVID miraculously cure these long standing killers?

Is purely coincidental those metrics decreased and will magically return once COVID is "under control"?

www.nytimes.com

Where Have All the Heart Attacks Gone? (Published 2020)

Except for treating Covid-19, many hospitals seem to be eerily quiet.
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GOCANES05 said:
One question I would ask a scientist , why do they make virus in the lab, why do they grow them , why do they find ways to mutate them and wouldn't it be better to fight the existing ones?

Please we all know it wasn't bats , it was in a lab in China
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I'm no scientist but from what I understand viruses are effective delivery methods for cures to other diseases. You can introduce a virus to attack cancer and other deadly things as long as the virus is less lethal than the thing you're trying to cure. Kinda like how we pump people full of dangerous radiation to kill cancer. That's what I believe was going on in that Wuhan lab. They were trying to find a cure for HIV (possibly) by modifying this bat virus. It got out.
 
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