07-07-2020, 04:00 PM
Here is an article from a professor of medicine from University of Virginia about the long lasting symptoms some experience post infection.... blood clots, chronic fatigue, possible lasting lung damage, heart tissue damage and/or irregular beating.... It can even bring forth diabetes in certain individuals.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-doctors-know-about-lingering-symptoms-from-coronavirus
I wouldn't play sports this year. If I made a million dollars why risk my health to please people this year when there is no vaccine or true treatment pathway. If 1 athlete dies to please a crowd that is sad.
The R-nought factor is 5.7 for COVID-19. That means for every sick person you can expect a spread to 5-6 people. That makes it very hard to contain.
https://www.healthline.com/health/r-nought-reproduction-number#covid-19-r-0
The death rate is still 4.4% in the US. And in some other developed super-powers it went as high as 15%.
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality
So if 1 person can spread it to 5 or 6... and it kills between 5-15% of people and those that recover can have lasting damage for years... yeah if I'm a millionaire athlete I wouldn't risk my future for 1 jacked-up season that will go down in history with an asterick.....
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/what-doctors-know-about-lingering-symptoms-from-coronavirus
I wouldn't play sports this year. If I made a million dollars why risk my health to please people this year when there is no vaccine or true treatment pathway. If 1 athlete dies to please a crowd that is sad.
The R-nought factor is 5.7 for COVID-19. That means for every sick person you can expect a spread to 5-6 people. That makes it very hard to contain.
https://www.healthline.com/health/r-nought-reproduction-number#covid-19-r-0
The death rate is still 4.4% in the US. And in some other developed super-powers it went as high as 15%.
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality
So if 1 person can spread it to 5 or 6... and it kills between 5-15% of people and those that recover can have lasting damage for years... yeah if I'm a millionaire athlete I wouldn't risk my future for 1 jacked-up season that will go down in history with an asterick.....
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