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<blockquote data-quote="RamblinRed" data-source="post: 728001" data-attributes="member: 1776"><p>The idea of purposely trying to get this is a very bad one and if I was an AD and found out my coach was allowing it i'd fire him for cause immediately.</p><p></p><p>There are multiple reasons not to do this.</p><p>First, it is not just about deaths. How many people get seriously ill. According to the latest CDC data, 2.5% of 10-19 yr olds and 3.7% of 20-29 yr olds who test positive for COVID19 end up in the hospital. Even if you say that is undercounted by a power of 10 that is still roughly 3/10ths of 1 percent. 3 out of every 1,000. </p><p>Just as an FYI, the percent that end up on a ventilator is 0.4/0.5% and the percentage that die are 0.1% for both populations. Drop those by a power of 10 and you are still talking about 1 of every 10,000 young people dying. </p><p></p><p>Second, we have no idea if there is any herd immunity (which is the whole point). The new study that was just published today of Spain's seroprevalence testing (the largest in the world so far) put the percentage of Spaniards who have been infected at 5%. the highest level was 14% at a state around Madrid. The less noticed news in that study is that a significant portion of the people who initially tested positive with anti-bodies, did not test positive for antibodies by phase three, which suggests any immunity may not be long lasting. As 2 concurrent essays in the Lancet Journal said, we are not going to reach immunity through getting sick. If we are to reach immunity at all, it will be through a vaccine.</p><p></p><p>Third, do you want to play Russian roulette with who gets sick. You have no idea who might get a serious case. What if it is your star QB, or best defensive lineman. What then.</p><p></p><p>This tweet about Nick Markakis talking to Freddie Freeman should wake anybody up</p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1280162686110744576[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>If Von Miller can get really sick from it, if Freddie Freeman can get really sick from it, then anyone could be the unlucky statistic that gets sick and then potentially misses the season.</p><p></p><p>Fourth, we simply don't know about long range affects. How badly is it going to mess with your system and do you want to take a chance that it doesn't do anything serious to it. I remember reading an article with a doctor back in the height of the first surge in April and he was talking about people coming in to the hospital who had had only minor symptoms and then decided to go into the hospital and he said some of them had lungs that looked like they had been smoking for 30 years.</p><p></p><p>Fifth, it would be unethical. The University has a responsibility to keep students safe from unneccesary dangers. Encouraging students to get sick would run counter to that. </p><p></p><p>The entire idea when facing an infectious disease that you don't understand it to lengthen the game. Get as few people infected as possible and give yourself time to learn as much as possible so you can minimize the number of dead and serious ill. Doctors will learn better processes. Researchers will learn more about the disease and how you might attack it. Hopefully eventuall you get to medical therapuetics and vaccines that make it become a minor issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RamblinRed, post: 728001, member: 1776"] The idea of purposely trying to get this is a very bad one and if I was an AD and found out my coach was allowing it i'd fire him for cause immediately. There are multiple reasons not to do this. First, it is not just about deaths. How many people get seriously ill. According to the latest CDC data, 2.5% of 10-19 yr olds and 3.7% of 20-29 yr olds who test positive for COVID19 end up in the hospital. Even if you say that is undercounted by a power of 10 that is still roughly 3/10ths of 1 percent. 3 out of every 1,000. Just as an FYI, the percent that end up on a ventilator is 0.4/0.5% and the percentage that die are 0.1% for both populations. Drop those by a power of 10 and you are still talking about 1 of every 10,000 young people dying. Second, we have no idea if there is any herd immunity (which is the whole point). The new study that was just published today of Spain's seroprevalence testing (the largest in the world so far) put the percentage of Spaniards who have been infected at 5%. the highest level was 14% at a state around Madrid. The less noticed news in that study is that a significant portion of the people who initially tested positive with anti-bodies, did not test positive for antibodies by phase three, which suggests any immunity may not be long lasting. As 2 concurrent essays in the Lancet Journal said, we are not going to reach immunity through getting sick. If we are to reach immunity at all, it will be through a vaccine. Third, do you want to play Russian roulette with who gets sick. You have no idea who might get a serious case. What if it is your star QB, or best defensive lineman. What then. This tweet about Nick Markakis talking to Freddie Freeman should wake anybody up [MEDIA=twitter]1280162686110744576[/MEDIA] If Von Miller can get really sick from it, if Freddie Freeman can get really sick from it, then anyone could be the unlucky statistic that gets sick and then potentially misses the season. Fourth, we simply don't know about long range affects. How badly is it going to mess with your system and do you want to take a chance that it doesn't do anything serious to it. I remember reading an article with a doctor back in the height of the first surge in April and he was talking about people coming in to the hospital who had had only minor symptoms and then decided to go into the hospital and he said some of them had lungs that looked like they had been smoking for 30 years. Fifth, it would be unethical. The University has a responsibility to keep students safe from unneccesary dangers. Encouraging students to get sick would run counter to that. The entire idea when facing an infectious disease that you don't understand it to lengthen the game. Get as few people infected as possible and give yourself time to learn as much as possible so you can minimize the number of dead and serious ill. Doctors will learn better processes. Researchers will learn more about the disease and how you might attack it. Hopefully eventuall you get to medical therapuetics and vaccines that make it become a minor issue. [/QUOTE]
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