2020 Outlook for High School Football

[FootballFan4343]

"Dr. Anthony Fauci says football teams would need to emulate plans by the NBA and MLS for a "bubble" format or consider not playing in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a key member of the White House task force on the virus. He told CNN that football players would need to be isolated from others and tested regularly." ESPN report, 18 June, 2020.

I think no matter what your opinion on COVID-19, we can all agree that Fauci is literally all over the place on where things stand. One week he says we won't have a second wave, the next week he says football "may not happen". It honestly does not help either sides' cause to use his words in your favor as he is likely to change his mind next week.

[FootballFan4343]

…. I have to burst you bubbles here, though, because I have been confirmed as having had Covid-19 last September before anyone even knew what Covid-19 was. It was February before I fully recovered, and I have all of the antibodies in my system now. I am still sitting here,....

Wow, glad you made it through. I traveled to Dallas/Ft. Worth and back in mid-December and I'm convinced I brought it home with me. Worst respiratory infection ever, I almost went to the ER, took me about 6 weeks to get over it. I plan to get tested for antibodies.

Wait, hold on, you had it in September and it was confirmed? I would, seriously, alert authorities. They have said MANY times that the earliest transmission in the United States was in January and the earliest worldwide was in early December, late November. If you had a CONFIRMED case, as you say, in September, you COULD be a major part of this COVID-19 puzzle. You should contact the CDC immediately.

https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronav ... eline.html

Any word on what the CDC said about you having the earliest "confirmed" COVID-19 case in the world?

[Penguin]

Another story today from ESPN.....

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... oronavirus

[FootballFan4343]

The people who are surprised and stunned by the increasing numbers obviously don't understand how an airborne virus works. As has been noted before, the only thing to stop it is "herd immunity". That is attained by either A. Enough people taking a working vaccine (roughly 70%) or B. The virus to be able to work its way through a community for 8 weeks. Once either of those happen, numbers will start to go down. (currently A is not available, so the only option, short of a lockdown of 12 more months is option B) Due to our lockdown of nearly 2 months, we never experienced B, which we are now seeing happen as doors have opened back up. It will likely be July before we start seeing cases go down (as that is the back end of the 8 weeks, considering May 12th as the start of doors opening). The states that are not seeing growth in cases are those that are already on the back-end of the 8 weeks. Yes, some of those had lockdowns, however the virus moves through those areas so much faster as they are much more Urban than our state. Currently our hospitalizations remain low, with nearly 30% capacity available, which is "the norm" for this time of year. That is the key number. If anyone thinks the virus will go away without some kind of herd immunity (which can be attained through enough people getting a working vaccine or enough of the general population contracting the virus and defeating it), then they didn't pay attention to high school science classes.
This is where we are, but we need to understand this was a foregone conclusion, it was going to happen in April (if we didn't lockdown) or in August if we stayed lockdown until then. The good news is by the strength of it hitting now, it should help to prevent overloading hospitals in the fall when the seasonal flu returns as tens of thousands will already have the antibodies in their system.

[Deputy]

And as much as I hate to even consider it, I will be shocked if a down of high school football is played this year. I truly hope I am wrong. But too many moving parts. You have the alarmist media still trying to convince us that this deal is going to kill us all. And as a rule, administrators in the educational system are usually the most cautious about any situation. These are the same folks that will cancel school on just the threat of snow flurries.

[Rebel-Fan-74]

And as much as I hate to even consider it, I will be shocked if a down of high school football is played this year. I truly hope I am wrong. But too many moving parts.

I'm beginning to lean toward this belief as well. Your comments below present a case that would have to be "beyond a reasonable doubt" in most folk's minds.

You have the alarmist media still trying to convince us that this deal is going to kill us all.

And we all know how "truthful" the media is today, NOT!

And as a rule, administrators in the educational system are usually the most cautious about any situation. These are the same folks that will cancel school on just the threat of snow flurries.

As they should.... we lost a student a few years ago because we didn't err on the side of caution.

While I agree, I would hate it, but it is not looking good for sports in 2020 in general, football especially.

My grandsons each played baseball in that past few days, the older in a weekend tournament and the younger in a regular Tuesday night game in D5 at Tyger River Park. Some were practicing social distancing, but for the most part it was business as usual for the most part. No "good game" walk at the end was the only thing missing. A parent near me was talking with another Mom and I heard her say "I'm glad we are back to playing ball, but I'm still a little concerned!" I thought to myself, too late to be concerned now, he's out there with all those players and coaches; if someone is exposed, it is going to spread quickly.

[spectator]

In the last 2 days in S.C. there have been over 2,000 new Coronavirus cases with 22 deaths. Just a comparison, in S.C. 23 people average getting killed in car wrecks each week and Coronavirus has met that in 2 days. Week before last there were 63 deaths, almost 3 times as many as the car wreck average.

If these numbers keep on going, we won't see school in the fall, much less football. And, the people who refuse to wear masks can claim all of the credit.

[Mod edit - 23 June]

[SF Band dad]

In the last 2 days in S.C. there have been over 2,000 new Coronavirus cases with 22 deaths. Just a comparison, in S.C. 23 people average getting killed in car wrecks each week and Coronavirus has met that in 2 days. Week before last there were 63 deaths, almost 3 times as many as the car wreck average.

If these numbers keep on going, we won't see school in the fall, much less football. And, the people who refuse to wear masks can claim all of the credit.

Can you reveal the source for your numbers? There may be a lag in reporting but your numbers are significantly higher then those being reported by DHEC.

If the diagnosis and predicted outcome are dire, always get a 2nd opinion.

[Administrator]

Some off-topic, political and insulting posts were removed.

There are many places on the internet where we can engage in political discussions, insults and personal attacks,.... this website isn't one of them.

Please try to keep the discussion on topic: 2020 Outlook for High School Football

[spectator]

In the last 2 days in S.C. there have been over 2,000 new Coronavirus cases with 22 deaths. Just a comparison, in S.C. 23 people average getting killed in car wrecks each week and Coronavirus has met that in 2 days. Week before last there were 63 deaths, almost 3 times as many as the car wreck average.

If these numbers keep on going, we won't see school in the fall, much less football. And, the people who refuse to wear masks can claim all of the credit.

Can you reveal the source for your numbers? There may be a lag in reporting but your numbers are significantly higher then those being reported by DHEC.

More predictions from "experts".

If the diagnosis and predicted outcome are dire, always get a 2nd opinion.

Another 1,157 today............

https://www.scdhec.gov/news-releases/so ... ne-20-2020