Why there will be football.

[TrapGame]

Doring on SEC Radio this morning said the P5 teams are going to play. There's way too much money on the line. The fear porn has to stop and we need to get on with our lives.

[Todd4State]

Doring on SEC Radio this morning said the P5 teams are going to play. There's way too much money on the line. The fear porn has to stop and we need to get on with our lives.

And it needs to stop being so one sided. Yes there is risk for infection. But at the same time it's not fair to people that want to live their lives and aren't afraid. It's also not fair to players that want to play either.

[Dawg2003]

And it needs to stop being so one sided. Yes there is risk for infection. But at the same time it's not fair to people that want to live their lives and aren't afraid. It's also not fair to players that want to play either.

The problem is that all those people end up in ERs and put a financially strain on the healthcare system that we all have to pay for. That's not fair. They also cause us to have to delay elective procedures to other people, which isn't fair to those people.

[Dawgology]

The problem is that all those people end up in ERs and put a financially strain on the healthcare system that we all have to pay for. That's not fair. They also cause us to have to delay elective procedures to other people, which isn't fair to those people.

No...they don’t actually. About 10% end up in the hospital and only about 5% end up staying more than a couple days. Additionally, many of those in the 5% are actually already in the hospital for other issues they just test positive for covid while there...but they don’t put that disclaimer in the stats.

[TrapGame]

No...they don’t actually. About 10% end up in the hospital and only about 5% end up staying more than a couple days. Additionally, many of those in the 5% are actually already in the hospital for other issues they just test positive for covid while there...but they don’t put that disclaimer in the stats.

Well, that would ruin the fear porn.

[thedawginme]

No...they don’t actually. About 10% end up in the hospital and only about 5% end up staying more than a couple days. Additionally, many of those in the 5% are actually already in the hospital for other issues they just test positive for covid while there...but they don’t put that disclaimer in the stats.

10% of how many?

[Liverpooldawg]

No...they don?t actually. About 10% end up in the hospital and only about 5% end up staying more than a couple days. Additionally, many of those in the 5% are actually already in the hospital for other issues they just test positive for covid while there...but they don?t put that disclaimer in the stats.

Actually if your numbers are correct that will overwhelm the healthcare system. It is already overwhelmed in Jackson. They are full and sending patients elsewhere. We are already sending people out of state but that won't last long. They won't be taking out of state people if this keeps up.

[Mobile Bay]

No...they don?t actually. About 10% end up in the hospital and only about 5% end up staying more than a couple days. Additionally, many of those in the 5% are actually already in the hospital for other issues they just test positive for covid while there...but they don?t put that disclaimer in the stats.

I saw one study that was written about in the telegraph out of London. The study concluded that between 1/3 and 2/3 of the deaths were from people in such bad shape they were unlikely to survive the year anyway.

Half the deaths are in nursing homes. People in those places are on deaths door and likely to die of the regular flu, a cold, or just the fact that they are old and near death. Your lifespan in a nursing home is 6-18 months normally. And I am going to be honest here. When my relatives that have been in homes have passed, I felt not sadness but relief.

This is no reason to destroy our economy and cede world power to China.

[Liverpooldawg]

And it needs to stop being so one sided. Yes there is risk for infection. But at the same time it's not fair to people that want to live their lives and aren't afraid. It's also not fair to players that want to play either.

What you do directly impacts the people that don't believe as you do. That isn't fair to them.

[MrCoachKlein]

What you do directly impacts the people that don't believe as you do. That isn't fair to them.

Almost sounds like the people who want to quarantine should and those that don't shouldn't. Then the actions of those that don't quarantine wouldn't affect those who are, but then again I believe individual freedom > collectivist ideals.

[Todd4State]

What you do directly impacts the people that don't believe as you do. That isn't fair to them.

Life isn't fair. Doesn't mean that others have to stop living.

[Cowbell]

What you do directly impacts the people that don't believe as you do. That isn't fair to them.

You realize this works both ways right? Bars and restaurants having mandatory limits will effect more lives long-term than the people actually negatively impacted by the "epidemic". My wife spent 4 days in the hospital alone with this so I think I have some clear vision to say that.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Doring on SEC Radio this morning said the P5 teams are going to play. There's way too much money on the line. The fear porn has to stop and we need to get on with our lives.

This is true of athletic depts. but it's also true of the local economy. I mean if they play and there's no fans allowed that doesn't really help the local economies at all. You're not going to have people stay the weekend in Starkville, Oxford, etc. just to go to a bar and watch the game on TVs. They can do that at home and it's a lot cheaper and I fear that not having fans would have a lingering effect for decades on the economies of college towns as people either A) realize that it's A LOT cheaper and they enjoy it about as much just sitting at home or B) they realize that they'd rather do other things with their weekends in the fall.

[Maroonthirteen]

Doring may be right in that there is college football this fall. However, if the covid spreads like crazy among players......money won't be a factor. It will be shut down.

I fully expect school and football to start and both shut down by October.

Don't be mad Clay.

[TrapGame]

Doring may be right in that there is college football this fall. However, if the covid spreads like crazy among players......money won't be a factor. It will be shut down.

I fully expect school and football to start and both shut down by October.

Don't be mad Clay.

We got way too many people walking around with a COVID diagnosis and no symptoms. This virus has a 98% survival rate and we are treating it like the Black Death.