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On 8/3/2020 at 1:10 PM, section314 said:

With you on this one. The last straw will be when one or two of the top QB's get a positive test. Obviously would never hope anyone, anywhere on the planet gets this thing, but in the NFL world, that would probably do it.

Top QB or a top HC missing real games, not a Payton earlier and D Pederson now.  

Let a Belichick or Reid go down and miss 3 weeks, then what? 

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On 8/3/2020 at 6:35 PM, nycdan said:

No...spreading for 1-2 days before onset of symptoms is the danger.  I a small group like the 100 or so people in the Tier 1 list, you could easily infect a dozen people in that time.  Then they have another day or two to infect people.  Basically, it's World War Z inside of a week.

You can for up to 14 days.  

I posted in the crucifixion of players who opt out thread in response to those who were trying to say that daily testing would keep players safe.  

Its hard enough to keep on of the 100 or so at the start of camp from getting it, good luck stopping it from spreading given how you practice football. 

 

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On 8/3/2020 at 2:41 PM, nycdan said:

That schedule won't work.

It can take up to 11 days for an infected patient to test positive.  Most cases will express in 3-9 days.  Worse yet, you can be contagious before you are symptomatic or showing a positive test.  I believe this is because the virus can develop in your lungs days before it travels to your blood where it can trigger a positive test.  Different doctors will debate the exact number of days but pretty much all agree about patients likely being contagious before they  are symptomatic.

So by the time a positive result shows up, everyone else in the bubble has been exposed.  You either bubble for the entire season, or you are taking calculated risks.  

Sorrento therapeutics - 30 minute spit test. 10 dollars per test. Coming soon. 

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1 hour ago, nycdan said:

That is interesting.  Definitely would be a game changer.

Absolutely. They're submitting it to the FDA for Emergency Use in another week or so. Not sure how long it will take after that. It was developed at Columbia University. 

They also have an 8 minute antibody test that measures both long term and short term (the kind you develop a couple of days after exposure or so) that hopefully will be receiving FDA approval any day now.

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