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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.

As of Monday every business I went into all the employees had on masks. In the auto parts store, I didn’t wear a mask, because I saw I was the only car in the parking lot . FWIW, my mask was in my pocket if business picked up, or I was asked to put it on.

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.

I agree with the idea no good can come from confronting someone not wearing a mask. Businesses have every right to turn away antimaskers. On the flip side, don’t come at anyone for wearing a mask.

A few reports from Europe over the wkd. 1. Spain reported that serology reports are showing only 5% of their citizens have had the virus. Their numbers are still worse per million than the US. 2. France opened some schools and have already had to shut some down as kids have tested positive of COVID-19. 3. Sweden still not a model.

Apparently, I wasn’t on Lake Cumberland at the right time. sad.

Corporate America wants us to wear masks? Maybe you’re right; a false sense of security that will get us out making and spending the almighty dollar instead of worrying about the health of millions who are susceptible to death from this virus.

In case no one recognizes that’s the Rattlesnake Stone Cold Steve Austin. Who knew he turned into a sissy mask wearer? Disease has brought many a tough man to his knees. The real survival of the fittest is those who adapt to the world around them.

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?

Until an effective antibodies test we are all guessing. My issue is that Kentucky would have seen more deaths earlier if we had CV running rampant. Deaths nor hospitalizations didn't start occurring until the disease made its way into the state, and then we shutdown before the :poop: hit the fan. When New York City is only showing 21% of citizens have been exposed it's really hard to believe that Kentucky has had 60-70% exposed for herd immunity. KY has to test more until that happens we are guessing and both options with guessing are bad.

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.

Just to clarify...you believe the few cases in Ohio spread it around the Midwest fast enough to develop a herd immunity?

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.

Geographically Sweden is 11% larger than California. California has 37 million people vs. Sweden's 10 million California 60,000 cases and 2400 deaths. Sweden 25,000 cases and 3000 deaths We know these numbers grow exponentially, but just for giggles let's adjust these by population. (3.7) Sweden (adjusted) 92,500 cases 11,100 deaths

This is what I see many schools doing.

I saw this morning that a group of Laurel County students challenged the school district's graduation plan that prohibited parents from attending a filmed 10 student graduation. The judge ruled in the students' favor, and now the district has to reevaluate. What are some of the best options out there for graduation? IMO, Laurel County's seemed reasonable. If parent's are allowed only 2-3 students could graduate at a time, which would take FOREVER!!

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.