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by pmoose (2020-07-10 10:02:00)

In reply to: These seem preposterous. Someone will get this and get sick  posted by SEE

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The current fatality rate for those in the 10-19 age group is 0.067% (I know, some players are older than that, but it is close enough to make my point). If there are 120 teams with 100 players each in D1A, that's 12,000 players. If a major outbreak happened and infected all players in D1A football (a little extreme, but just trying to make my point) and this statistic holds, 8 players would end up dying.

While an outbreak probably wouldn't infect all D1A football players, the risk that a large enough one happens that ends up with at least one player dying from COVID appears to be quite high, and that is before factoring in if any of these players have pre-existing conditions.

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