(08-12-2020 07:35 AM)Rabid Squirrel Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 08:03 PM)GeorgeBorkFan Wrote:  

(08-09-2020 07:44 PM)toddjnsn Wrote:  

Quote:Even if a vaccine is ready at the end of the year, like (optimistically predicted), there is little hope that enough people will be vaccinated and protected by February (or even march) to make a difference.

I disagree. People working in medicare, important govt levels, and athletes will get the vaccinations before most of everyone else. The issue on the vaccinations will be fan attendance if they get a vaccine starting to churn out by early Jan. By mid-Feb, all the athletes would have gotten it, and by mid-to-late-March, when I assume a Spring Season would start (as does the season), the vaccine will be fully settled into them.

I think the issue, if we do get a verified vaccine claimed around New Year, would be letting fans in. Depends on how COVID's going around in the town of the campus + issues on whether you need a verification of taking a vaccine with the date on it, etc.

Lots of people will get the vaccine (based on priority) long before NIU athletes. Anyone connected to the medical field. If A-Z comes up with a suitable vaccine, for example, I guarantee vaccinations for their people will happen. Doctors, nurses, even the janitor. Police. Firemen. The military. School teachers. The otherwise vulnerable, like those in nursing homes. Etc.

I have a hard time seeing the NIU football team getting it six weeks after it is a go (assuming January 1).

And, these programs will not play if fans can't come. That is part of the decision process right now, the lost revenue from ticket and related sales.

A vaccine will be the excuse the ncaa money machine needs to move forward with a season. They won’t care who is or is not vaccinated. That onus will be on individuals. And who gets the vaccine will be similar to who got tested...those with money. Actors got tested weekly while teachers couldn’t get tested at all. The TV money for all college football would be crazy if they’re not competing with the NFL. Although a vaccine isn’t really a cure-all, people will use it to get back to pre covid life.

COVID s not going anywhere. The vaccine will be similar to getting an annual flu shot. Of course use it to get back to normal life! We had polio going around and people got on with it. This super soft nonsense is bs. Could careless if football is played or not this fall. I care about this new sentiment now that the world is a place where you can 100% protect everyone. It’s a scary place. It always has been. And yet we’re still here