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1. Non- affected? B. Adults...are we missing that schools are liable for these kids?

50 ADULTS in a bar isn’t close to kids in a school or a football field.

While schools can model some of what they do after professional sports and colleges, we have to remember high schools don't have near the resources either of those two have. I read the other day the NFL is looking at putting a style of masks inside the helmet. Not to mention the reason to play in the first place. Billions of dollars push these teams where high school is just playing for pride. Even with A/B, AM/PM, or alternating weeks there is a lot to think about; sports can muddy the pond unless the entire team is on one schedule. @hoops5 Transitions have to be cut to a minimum and public spaces cut out, including cafeterias. School will be nothing like we have known it before. I honestly am not looking forward to being the social distancing police. :facepalm: The guiding document heavily suggested a split type schedule. I would be shocked if schools didn't use some form of that model. Somebody would be in hot water if they didn't and it was recommended.

State of our nation. You sure have glossed over a whole lot. The fact those numbers are so low may be attributed to a two month statewide lock down. There may be some states that have had success opening back up, and I'm not saying we will not make progress here in KY, but our neighbors to the south have cooked the books.

The guidelines for reopening Kentucky schools have been shared through school districts. The list of guiding questions are thorough (16 pages), and give school administration a lot to work on. I could be wrong, but I only saw one that pertained to sports and extracurricular activities. How will schools and districts ensure that extra-curricular and co-curricular activities – such as clubs, student organizations and sports – are both safe and meaningful? Observations 1. One question doesn't point to extracurriculars being a high priority. 2. "both safe and meaningful" ---eek! I'm not posting the rest of the questions on here, but this could be hard to prove in comparison to what will be occurring in the school day. Before anybody loses their mind and accuses me of "gloom and doom," I'm just passing on the information in a realistic sense. The document used the phrase "new normal" several times and that sounded nothing like the old normal. To be honest, I don't even understand how a high school conducts in-person school following those guiding questions much less have any extracurriculars. I sure am glad it's all over my pay grade!

We live in a rural state and have been in two months of stay-at-home lowering the effects. Let's hope it stays that way, and we don't see what other places have seen.

Coaches are getting antsy and are worried about their kids, but until we see what happens after 2-3 weeks of reopening all arguments are moot. This thing has either gone dormant for the season or is a powder keg and sports are the least of our worries.

Nothing. Just a weak fallacy. If we are entering the "play at your own risk" stage wouldn't that count for everything? FWIW, I support every change in the game to avoid concussions.

I agree. That doesn't mean it is safe or even takes that into consideration. But I'm starting to realize I'm looking for things many aren't. On a side note...If we have football this fall with no real change in this whole Pandemic, the concussion issue is over, right?

The teens may not have the disease. That may not be the case when the world goes from 5 mph to 60 mph over the next few months. That comment was on the ability of containing this disease to one kid in a locker room, so maybe it will be less about when he contracts and more about the time he becomes contagious. Chances are that kid had been contagious for 3-4 days before he felt he needed to go to the doctor. He practiced, coughed on, drank after, yelled at, etc. his teammates during those 3-4 days.

Yeah, I could see where there could be publicity stunts and unreal expectations to make a few quick bucks. Let's hope it's a miracle. On a separate note, Wuhan reported 6 new cases over the weekend and by Monday had developed a plan to test 11 million of people in 10 days. Take that with a grain of salt. IMO, we are in for along road if this is what it takes to control this thing.

One problem with this take is we take precautions on teams to prevent the spread of staph, viral stomach bugs, etc. within teams, yet we are willing to risk the spread of a disease that is exponentially more contagious and dangerous. As a coach, that is hard to wrap my mind around when I think of the countless hours of training I have had just to coach the game of football. In all reality, we don't know what this disease does to teenagers. The reaction to CV has primarily been triaged with older folks getting the most attention, because they are on the verge of dying. But what does it do to kids? Some new info is coming out that is alarming. If 1 player catches CV the whole team will have it by day 2. There is no way social distancing occurs in locker rooms across the state, and if anybody believes that then I have the CV cure in my laundry room; I'll sell it to you. Absolutely can not happen. What happens when that one case pops up on a team? That team's season is basically over, and not just that one. Their two previous opponents (and their opponents and their opponents...) will have to be tested with their season in jeopardy. Fans can't happen. We still have people smoking in the stands. It's not many, but it has been nearly two decades since smoking was banned. It will take a miracle to get people to social distance much less wear a mask. HS sports in 95% of the cases in KY are shoestring operations with coaches doing everything from taping ankles to cutting the grass to driving the bus, and now they are going to be expected monitor and control the spread of a largely asymptomatic disease all the while being in the demographic that's in the most danger. No pressure. As I started this post I was like 50/50 about school and football this fall. When I started thinking of the real logistics of the game...I'm at about 10% now.

You can Google the CDC provisional deaths. TN is either lying or the entire nation should be using the treatments they are using. A remarkable thing happened yesterday with the death count being low as it had been since March 29. I'm sure there is a scientific reason and it was just a coincidence that yesterday was Mother's Day. Deep down I want to believe it was the will of these victims holding out on that day.

And kids showing signs of Kawasaki disease, a condition that causes inflammation in the walls of some blood vessels in the body.

How do we know if these ODs or suicides are not caused by the loss of a loved one to CV, or a medical worker that starts battling depression or anxiety after what they’ve seen? Both of these incidents have been reported.

Saw this on the news this morning. March 1-April 16th--46 days 35,000 Total Covid-19 deaths April 17th--May 4th (probable)--17 days 70,000 Total Covid-19 deaths 1. This was with a nationwide strict social-distancing and shutdown policies. 2. One of the popular models had a worst case scenario of 170,000 deaths by June 1; Seems plausible looking at the above numbers.

Selflessness is over. America just had a month in her. Buckle up. I’m certain the economy will come surging back once we get the full onslaught of the virus.

Other than entering, masks are a moot point in a restaurants. Remember we live in KY, shirts and shoes are sometimes an issue. Some people will break the rules, but that doesn’t support not requiring masks.

Really? How many people you see in businesses without shirts and shoes? That's just based on decency. But maybe you're right. We do have an ODD nation.

I thought it was pretty well known that masks are an added barrier to protect other people from you. No shirts, no shoes, no mask...no service. It ain't that hard.

Seems to me masks, reduced capacity, and social distancing is the only way we can open things back up until medical breakthroughs. Don't like it. Stay at home. Whole lot of "I want me cake and eat it too" on here.

Education is evolving into one of the most dangerous professions.

Something tells me it won't be that easy for the powers that be.

@PurplePride92 Not sure which of these threads that I asked the question in, but we are getting the answer in Iowa. Employees that do not show up to CV infested meat packing plants will lose their unemployment benefits and will have "quit their position."

Reopen too soon and CV spike = Economy crashes to levels we can't fathom with no propping up and no saving it then. Thank Goodness we have TN, GA, TX, and FL speeding this nightmare up! SEC,SEC,SEC! :lol2::scared::cry::isurrender: