How Football could start this Fall

[MinotBison]

https://footballscoop.com/news/dr-an...urn-this-fall/

[JohnnyExtacy]

Lol

The average Joe around the US cannot go to the hospital and get a Coronavirus test, but the NFL is going to go through thousands of tests every week so a game can be played.

OK then.

[MinotBison]

Lol

The average Joe around the US cannot go to the hospital and get a Coronavirus test, but the NFL is going to go through thousands of tests every week so a game can be played.

OK then.

Does seem a bit unrealistic. Just thought I'd throw it out there for conversation.

[Hammerhead]

Now imagine college teams testing rosters that are twice the size of NFL teams.

[bisonaudit]

Story talks about testing the morning of the game. Not going to get PCR test results that fast so this is all predicated on if new “spit test” antigen tests are accurate and widely available.

[Professor Chaos]

Lol

The average Joe around the US cannot go to the hospital and get a Coronavirus test, but the NFL is going to go through thousands of tests every week so a game can be played.

OK then.

Test sites around the country are actually shutting down due to lack of demand. It was reported last week that Minnesota had capacity to run 10k per day but voluntary demand was only for about 4k per day.

[Bisonator98]

I'd think it would be easier to test college FB players and isolate them in dorms then NFL players. Now I know most do not currently live in dorms but that may have to change if we are going to have a season. If you can set aside a dorm for the FB team and test everyone once a week I think it could work. Easier said then done probably.

[JohnnyExtacy]

Test sites around the country are actually shutting down due to lack of demand. It was reported last week that Minnesota had capacity to run 10k per day but voluntary demand was only for about 4k per day.

In colorado, you still cannot go to a hospital and get a test unless you are considered high risk, or part if a community outbreak. If you ste neither and test negative for the flu, the Dr basically tells you he is sure you have it, and to go home and quarantined. If you become sick enough to be hospitalized, then they will give you a test.

Testing around the country is a joke due to not enough tests. Apparently were saving those tests to use on 99% people who will test negative so they can play a game.

[Professor Chaos]

In colorado, you still cannot go to a hospital and get a test unless you are considered high risk, or part if a community outbreak. If you ste neither and test negative for the flu, the Dr basically tells you he is sure you have it, and to go home and quarantined. If you become sick enough to be hospitalized, then they will give you a test.

Testing around the country is a joke due to not enough tests. Apparently were saving those tests to use on 99% people who will test negative so they can play a game.

Looks like Colorado is taking the approach to prioritize testing for vulnerable populations and those working with vulnerable populations: https://covid19.colorado.gov/covid-1...g-for-covid-19

They claim that "Whether or not you are diagnosed with COVID-19, if you don’t need to be hospitalized, your treatment will be the same, no matter the test result. " I guess that means anyone at all with a fever or cough has to quarantine for at least 14 day whether they test positive or not. I guess if that's how they want to do it that's up to the Colorado Department of Health but I've seen articles from Florida, Illinois, and Texas talking about how decreased demand is shutting down test sites in those states along with the St Paul Pioneer Press article last week that said Minnesota had the capacity for 10k tests per day but only had demand for about 4k.

I don't think the Colorado approach is necessarily wrong unless they're letting test kits collect dust. If they have excess tests I hope they're using them to test nursing home residents and essential workers or just identifying some population samples to test in order to try to gauge the number of current asymptomatic carriers out there. I would agree that earmarking tests for professional athletes at the expense of the causes listed above is not the right thing to do.

[Bisman]

Bison Illustrated Podcast: NDSU returns loaded offense around Lance, Covid-19 will reshape NCAA

https://soundcloud.com/bison-illustr...e-around-lance