Re: 2020 ndsu football season
Originally Posted by
Buffalo.Rider
"a disaster waiting to happen" ? Yes, the sky is falling too.
"too many" "not enough" "too high" "not enough" You are entitled to your opinion, but you provide no metric. What is too much or not enough?
Here is a metric that is measurable: If people are dying from the virus because they can't get medical attention, then there is a problem. I might add, if people are dying because they should go to the hospital for something else, but they won't because of fear-mongering about COVID-19, this is just as big a problem. However, in no place in the US are people dying from the virus b/c of insufficient hospital capacity. As for it inevitably coming as you seem to assert - the data doesn't support this.
We are getting off topic here, but should NDSU open up this fall including football (and other sports)? I say yes.
In an irresponsible way? No.
They should see a two-week drop in coronavirus cases, indicating that the virus is actually abating. They should have fewer than four daily new cases per 100,000 people per day — to show that cases aren’t just dropping, but also below dangerous levels. They need at least 150 new tests per 100,000 people per day, letting them quickly track and contain outbreaks. They need an overall positive rate for tests below 5 percent — another critical indicator for testing capacity. And states should have at least 40 percent of their ICU beds free to actually treat an influx of people stricken with Covid-19 should it be necessary.
https://www.vox.com/2020/5/28/212705...tates-map-data
If people are dying from the virus because they can’t get medical attention, then you are way, way past the problem point.
In Arizona it’s happening right now. Out of ICU beds in some municipalities.
I didn’t say inevitable. Just because they aren’t adequately prepared doesn’t mean they can’t get lucky.
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