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(07-27-2020 08:45 PM)biglizard Wrote:  Here's the deal. We as physicians know this is a bad virus. It's part of the spectrum of contagious diseases we see every day. We're not "laissez faire". But we're not paralyzed with fear. Luc is in a position that is very high risk in anesthesiology and I'm at moderate risk because I do radiology procedures on inpatients. I work under the assumption that everyone is positive until proven otherwise.

The data is incontrovertible. Healthy young athletes are at minimal risk of serious complications. Minimal. I would also argue that athletes in the controlled environment of of the UAB athletic department are actually SAFER than the general student population because of the level of testing they receive and their movements are more monitored. My guess is they'll mostly be taking classes on line as well to even reduce the risk during the season.

And before someone starts in on "we don't know the long term effects" discussion I invite you to peruse the data from the UNC center on catastrophic athletic injuries https://nccsir.unc.edu/reports/. These are real long term risks. Known. Quantifiable. Catastrophic. We as fans and as players know these risks and consider them acceptable. This doesn't include the long term effects of musculoskeletal and CNS injuries but we have made a determination as fans and players that these are also acceptable but need to be improved.

Sorry for prolonging the misery of this thread.

Low risk is not zero risk. There are plenty of stories of perfectly healthy 20-somethings who have died from this virus. The actual experts, including the actual experts at UAB, say we should be taking this more seriously than we are. I trust them. Covid has now passed stroke as top 5 leading cause of death in the US for the year. That is not all attributable to everyone dying of it being diabetic