Do you think the chances of getting a virus are the same if you walk by a guy on the street as they are from sitting with 90 thousand people in a stadium?
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Do you think the chances of getting a virus are the same if you walk by a guy on the street as they are from sitting with 90 thousand people in a stadium?
Yes. If Nebraska came out and said tomorrow that the week one game is cancelled, I doubt 30-40K fans would still show up at the stadium week one.
I disagree with your analogy here. Those protesters are going out no matter what anyone does or says, and not everyone thinks it's appropriate during a pandemic, believe me. People won't just show up to Memorial Stadium in September if the games are cancelled. I'd bet not a single fan. Unless of course, they were there to protest it being cancelled.
True but still a completely different animal. Cancel week one at Memorial Stadium and ZERO fans show up. Cancel a protest march and people will still show up.
What about the vulnerable people around you? You get to decide their fate? There is a middle ground here. We need to find it.
Economies always bounce back? Tell that to people who have lost their businesses.
The psychological effects of Covid 19 are far worse on those who've never contracted the disease.
It's staggering.
All I'm saying is that it can be caught from any where so, no one can really be sure if they got it at a game or elsewhere.
Look, my mom is 89. My brother and his wife live with and take care of her. Me, my sisters, my kids, nieces & nephews, church folks and others all go visit her to help out. She also goes to the doctors and other places as needed. How can anyone be sure, if she gets it, which one of us gave it to her or even from where she got it? Sure, I might get it @ a game, (I'd never kNow, though, that I got it there), but it doesn't mean I'm the one that passed it to her.
None of us want to get Covid-19 but we are all bound to, sooner or later. :Smile:
By the way, 90,000 folks aren't needed to pass it around. All it takes are 2 or more people to come in close contact...like in a store or daycare or getting new plates for a vehicle, (like I went through the last couple days), for example.
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Kwajsker
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Are all 90000 sitting with in 1 meter? probably a better chance from guy on street than some rando in West Stadium, a few hundred yards away.
2 to each side, 3 directly behind you might be able to transmit it to you, though outdoor transmission has been shown over and over to be less likely. (thus the reason I italicized might). 5 people in the whole stadium is a skeptic's guess. Others would argue far more and have valid reasons for claiming higher numbers, but for arguments sake i'll stick with my easy numbers.
Nearly 2 mil in Nebraska, 20K positives this entire year, so how many symptomatic cases active right now? Maybe a few thousand? Maybe more, maybe less. That means 1 out of every 1000 Nebraskans you interact with could have the virus.
Or, roughly 90 people in a full stadium. (edited this post. Originally had posted 9 people instead of 90, which is obviously not correct math)
People come from all over and there are more cases in LNK/OMA than the rest of the state, so the numbers are very far from perfect, but the point is the same. Statistically speaking, your chances of getting it at a full capacity stadium is so small.
Show up early and make your way to your seat. Don't touch stuff on the way in. Don't high five people or hug strangers, like I have done many times after a big play.
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Not sure if this has already been posted or not..
www.cbssports.com
Dr. Sheldon Jacobson told CBS Sports he expects a 30%-50% infection rate of the approximately 13,000 players competing in FBS this season. Based on his research, he also projects 3-7 deaths among those players due to COVID-19.
Jacobson made his projections from CDC data that estimates one death per 1,000 people who have symptoms in the college age group (18-22). Taking into account that range and medical care provided for football players, the death rate would be lower than the general population, Jacobson said.
Coronavirus in college football: Hospitalizations, deaths projected by data analysts if FBS plays in 2020
COVID-19 does not discriminate, and young athletes are not immune to complications
www.cbssports.com
Dr. Sheldon Jacobson told CBS Sports he expects a 30%-50% infection rate of the approximately 13,000 players competing in FBS this season. Based on his research, he also projects 3-7 deaths among those players due to COVID-19.
Jacobson made his projections from CDC data that estimates one death per 1,000 people who have symptoms in the college age group (18-22). Taking into account that range and medical care provided for football players, the death rate would be lower than the general population, Jacobson said.
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Kwajsker
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Oh yeah, and "Hey, sick people...people who have tested positive...stay home." Now there are less than 90 in the stadium.(edited after incorrect math had me originally post 9) Maybe a couple who know they have it and come anyway? Maybe 10? Maybe a number more that are asymptomatic (and likely won't pass it along to anyone anyway).
Hard to hear that opening a stadium is a guarantee that someone's elderly relative will get it. That just isn't true. That can be the fear, but that doesn't mean it is the reality.
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Am I understanding this cbssports thing correctly? 30 to 50 percent will get. Lets us 50 percent to make easy math. 6500 will get it. I believe it says that 1 out of 1000 that have symptoms will die in this age group. So, do they expect 50 to 100 percent of the infected to have symptoms? The amount of deaths appears to be calculated based on 1/2 to all having symptoms. Trying to figure out the logic.
Talking about 90k fans in the stadium? It’s not happening.
I actually hope we limit fan attendance to 25 percent. The more fans who contact the virus the greater the chance someone will try to shut down the games.
Regardless, there’s no way the state is going to allow anything close to full capacity. Be happy that we may get to watch our boys on TV this season.
I actually hope we limit fan attendance to 25 percent. The more fans who contact the virus the greater the chance someone will try to shut down the games.
Regardless, there’s no way the state is going to allow anything close to full capacity. Be happy that we may get to watch our boys on TV this season.
France is starting to allow up to 5K fans back for soccer matches starting on July 10. We should have some good info to use to evaluate fans in the stadium by this fall. Italy and Spain are evaluating the issue, but likely will do something similar.
