Profound23 wrote:prophet_of_rage wrote:MadDogSHWA wrote:
This is not science.
This is not science.
This is not science.
That response is nonsense.
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I'm probably going to regret pointing this out, but that article doesn't say the guy caught COVID again; it says he was symptomatic for over two months and was still testing positive. In other words, he never recovered from his initial illness. If you read the article, it says he was feeling better but still not 100 percent as of the beginning of May, which is when the article was written. The article also said the doctors weren't sure if he was still contagious because a positive test result could just mean there was still viral RNA in his body but no active viruses that could infect others. Everything I wrote about is from the article and the doctors quoted within the article. If you don't believe me, click on the link and read it for yourself.
Overall, it seems like people are having trouble with reconciling two simultaneously true facts about the disease:
1) It is a novel disease that will cause a greater than normal number of people 20+ to have at least a very unpleasant illness that may take a couple months to fully recover and may even be fatal, particularly for those who are over 60 years old and/or have a pre-existing condition such as obesity or diabetes.
2) For people of the age and health profile of the average NBA player, the chances of death or even long term damage are fairly remote. Those chances are not nonzero, but they are remote enough that a cautiously optimistic forcast for the situation might predict that the NBA will get through the disease without any players suffering more than a flu-like illness.
In any case, it appears both the NBA and MLB are prepared to accept that at least some players will contract COVID during their seasons. Hopefully none of the players develop serious complications.