High School Football in US this Fall

[PlayerRep]

"While Connecticut is among 15 states and the District of Columbia that have upheld postponing football until the spring season, it is believed to be the only state that has had independent leagues form as a result."

"In Connecticut, high school football was canceled. A private league launched in its place."

"The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference’s decision was made in the wake of recommendations from Gov. Ned Lamont (D) and the state’s Department of Public Health to postpone football — which health experts say is among the most dangerous sports to participate in during a pandemic — until the spring.

The Connecticut Independent High School Football League already consists of 17 teams from towns across the state, including from Woodbridge, New Britain and Berlin, among others, according to Frederick, who has formed Meriden’s “Eastsiders” team largely with his school’s players. While the school board’s decision to allow his team to use facilities and equipment offset costs of playing, the teams in Meriden have relied heavily on donations, raising thousands of dollars to cover insurance, referees, medical personnel and announcers for each game.

Nearly a dozen players opted not to play for Frederick’s team because of the pandemic, but most of his players have had parents sign off on the season and pay a $20 fee for a six-game schedule.

“The bottom line is, I understand there is a virus, but we can’t live in this bubble,” said Amy Fitzgerald, the president of Maloney High’s football booster club and the mother of a junior player on the Eastsiders team. “It wasn’t an easy decision [to play], but I feel that it was the right decision for us.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2020/10/23/connecticut-high-school-football-coronavirus/

 

[SoldierGriz]

Someone please let me know when a single high school football player dies from the China Virus.

I will wait.

 

[grizfan95]

Someone please let me know when a single high school football player dies from the China Virus.

I will wait.

The main concern is not high school individuals.

Rather, the concern is regularly increasing the number of large group gatherings (a football game) that will then inherently lead to more spread. Through increased spread you then get more cases (see Montana the past month), where those members who are the most susceptible now have a greater chance of catching it and dying.

 

[PlayerRep]

Someone please let me know when a single high school football player dies from the China Virus.

I will wait.

The main concern is not high school individuals.

Rather, the concern is regularly increasing the number of large group gatherings (a football game) that will then inherently lead to more spread. Through increased spread you then get more cases (see Montana the past month), where those members who are the most susceptible now have a greater chance of catching it and dying.

Generally, large gatherings are not allowed at football games. Very few people. Spread out. Outside.

 

[SoldierGriz]

Someone please let me know when a single high school football player dies from the China Virus.

I will wait.

The main concern is not high school individuals.

Rather, the concern is regularly increasing the number of large group gatherings (a football game) that will then inherently lead to more spread. Through increased spread you then get more cases (see Montana the past month), where those members who are the most susceptible now have a greater chance of catching it and dying.

Those who are most susceptible of catching it and dying should be very careful. If I had a family member in this category, I would do everything to protect them.

I have been to three HS games all spectator limited, social distanced, and masks mandatory.

 

[grizfan95]

The main concern is not high school individuals.

Rather, the concern is regularly increasing the number of large group gatherings (a football game) that will then inherently lead to more spread. Through increased spread you then get more cases (see Montana the past month), where those members who are the most susceptible now have a greater chance of catching it and dying.

Generally, large gatherings are not allowed at football games. Very few people. Spread out. Outside.

I have been told the biggest concern is players on the lines who are asymptomatic, passing it to the opponent, opponent takes a bus ride home, more players are infected, see their families that night, etc. It's the realization that we are all interconnected.

 

[PlayerRep]

Generally, large gatherings are not allowed at football games. Very few people. Spread out. Outside.

I have been told the biggest concern is players on the lines who are asymptomatic, passing it to the opponent, opponent takes a bus ride home, more players are infected, see their families that night, etc. It's the realization that we are all interconnected.

The covid doesn’t start until 2-14 days after exposure. Most get it 4-6 days after exposure. No way exposure during game causes the exposed person to spread going home.

High school kids are with each other at various times everyday. Not just at football games or practice.

 

[PlayerRep]

I have been told the biggest concern is players on the lines who are asymptomatic, passing it to the opponent, opponent takes a bus ride home, more players are infected, see their families that night, etc. It's the realization that we are all interconnected.

The covid doesn’t start until 2-14 days after exposure. Most get it 4-6 days after exposure. No way exposure during game causes the exposed person to spread going home.

High school kids are with each other at various times everyday. Not just at football games or practice.

I did some more research. This is from an MIT site, and was in response to a question (similar situation to the discussed above).

"It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when, after exposure to COVID-19, an infected individual would become contagious. However, based on what we know about the incubation period for this virus, there’s almost no chance that your sister could have passed on the virus to your family members just 24 hours after being exposed herself.

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public-health authorities put the incubation period for the virus at 2–14 days, most people who become ill develop symptoms between five and six days after exposure. This is about the same amount of time needed, on average, for a PCR diagnostic test to be more likely than not to return a true-positive result.

On the other hand, research suggests that people who are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are at their most contagious in the 24 to 48 hours before they experience symptoms. But you would still expect there to be a few days between the time a person is exposed and infected and the time they begin actively shedding virus.

If we figure that infected people who become sick typically start experiencing symptoms a bit more than five days after exposure, we can calculate that infectiousness would, on average, begin rising sharply about three days post exposure. In other words, it’s safe to say that it would be exceedingly rare for anyone to transmit the virus earlier than two days post exposure; however, at some point after that, the risk would begin to rise significantly.

"https://medical.mit.edu/covid-19-updates/2020/10/exposed-to-covid-19-how-soon-contagious

Covid-19 Updates I’ve been exposed to COVID-19; how soon will I be contagious?"