It’s happening at the University of Alabama

[Jacket Squasher]

Covid outbreak growing in the land of the gumps.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/30/1200-students-now-infected-with-coronavirus-at-university-of-alabama/

And it’s likely worse than is being reported also, faculty & staff being muzzled...
https://www.ajc.com/news/university...eak/7ZAHSQPNDRBINBEF3A6YAVMPRE/?ref=hvper.com

I hope UGA is not to follow. I am concerned based on all the reports of students running wild in packed bars downtown without masks, etc. Hardly surprising behavior from college kids, but it doesn’t bode well.

 

[wittk11]

We really need to root for this to not happen. Lord Saban will have college football suspended indefinitely if the tide cannot play

 

[USN_Dawg]

Who knows. NYTimes wrote a panic story about Camden County, GA schools last week too. There is a home game this coming Friday night.

 

[oilslick]

Not surprising. It will probably hit most universities this fall. The kids just don't feel that is very important in the big scheme of things like drinking, socializing, and partying. And, of course, they feel invincible at their ages.

 

[Hydrant Chaser]

Not surprising. It will probably hit most universities this fall. The kids just don't feel that is very important in the big scheme of things like drinking, socializing, and partying. And, of course, they fee invincible at their ages.

They pretty much are invincible from Covid.

 

[LONGTIMEUGAFAN]

As long as college football players listen to their coaches, there will be no worries. Cash is king and football brings it in.

 

[Artie Fufkin]

Covid outbreak growing in the land of the gumps.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/30/1200-students-now-infected-with-coronavirus-at-university-of-alabama/

And it’s likely worse than is being reported also, faculty & staff being muzzled...
https://www.ajc.com/news/university...eak/7ZAHSQPNDRBINBEF3A6YAVMPRE/?ref=hvper.com

I hope UGA is not to follow. I am concerned based on all the reports of students running wild in packed bars downtown without masks, etc. Hardly surprising behavior from college kids, but it doesn’t bode well.

It is happening in Athens I assure you. My daughter’s roommate has it and the four of them in the house are all quarantining. Lots of similar stories going around.

 

[LowerEastSideDawg]

As long as college football players listen to their coaches, there will be no worries.

I think it's safe to say that college football players sometimes do things they know their coaches wouldn't want them to do.

 

[GarrDawg]

They pretty much are invincible from Covid.

Except for the ones that aren't...

 

[gtanduga]

Covid outbreak growing in the land of the gumps.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/30/1200-students-now-infected-with-coronavirus-at-university-of-alabama/

And it’s likely worse than is being reported also, faculty & staff being muzzled...
https://www.ajc.com/news/university...eak/7ZAHSQPNDRBINBEF3A6YAVMPRE/?ref=hvper.com

I hope UGA is not to follow. I am concerned based on all the reports of students running wild in packed bars downtown without masks, etc. Hardly surprising behavior from college kids, but it doesn’t bode well.

my buddies son is at Bama. His GF tested positive but no symptoms they told my friends son to quarantine for 4 days.

 

[Jacket Squasher]

It is happening in Athens I assure you. My daughter’s roommate has it and the four of them in the house are all quarantining. Lots of similar stories going around.

I am sure. I hope your daughter comes out of it ok. I think it is just a matter of weeks before most major colleges go 100% online. I am of the opinion that that was their plan all along once they secured their enrollment for the semester.

 

[LawDawg86]

Pretty sure my son, The Traitor, at Bama has it. He tested negative, but his roommates tested positive. He's getting re-tested tomorrow. It's not like they've all been going out or anything. But when you have thousands of 18-21 year olds living together, it's going to happen. He says it's going through the entire street he lives on, which has hundreds of student houses that hold 5-10 kids each. This is why I said earlier it will burn right through these large college towns.

He feels like total crap and has for about 4 days. Thinks he is on the other side of it.

 

[Jacket Squasher]

my buddies son is at Bama. His GF tested positive but no symptoms they told my friends son to quarantine for 4 days.

Quarantine for only 4 days? Was your friend’s son tested for Covid?

 

[Hydrant Chaser]

It is happening in Athens I assure you. My daughter’s roommate has it and the four of them in the house are all quarantining. Lots of similar stories going around.

I was out last night and it’s the bars, and the lines to bars, that are the issue. Restaurants in Athens are doing a very defensible job. Sororities are surreptitiously booking places off campus to get together post rush.
If freshmen in the dorms get it they have to stay at the GA Center.

 

[GOPUGA]

Who cares about numbers? How many are sick and have symptoms,? How many hospitalizations? How many deaths?

I know Tennessee has been playing high school football 2 weeks and I've not heard any issues

 

[Spe77]

Covid outbreak growing in the land of the gumps.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/30/1200-students-now-infected-with-coronavirus-at-university-of-alabama/

And it’s likely worse than is being reported also, faculty & staff being muzzled...
https://www.ajc.com/news/university...eak/7ZAHSQPNDRBINBEF3A6YAVMPRE/?ref=hvper.com

I hope UGA is not to follow. I am concerned based on all the reports of students running wild in packed bars downtown without masks, etc. Hardly surprising behavior from college kids, but it doesn’t bode well.

It’s been discussed elsewhere, but the issue is really about the sensitivity of the PCR tests.

Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be.
The usual diagnostic tests may simply be too sensitive and too slow to contain the spread of the virus.

Some of the nation’s leading public health experts are raising a new concern in the endless debate over coronavirus testing in the United States: The standard tests are diagnosing huge numbers of people who may be carrying relatively insignificant amounts of the virus.

Most of these people are not likely to be contagious, and identifying them may contribute to bottlenecks that prevent those who are contagious from being found in time.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.amp.html

 

[REEDCREEKDOG]

They pretty much are invincible from Covid.

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I was out last night and it’s the bars, and the lines to bars, that are the issue. Restaurants in Athens are doing a very defensible job. Sororities are surreptitiously booking places off campus to get together post rush.
If freshmen in the dorms get it they have to stay at the GA Center.

Saw the Latter Day Saints folks on campus having a buffet lunch. Not a mask in sight and sitting shoulder to shoulder to eat. Who needs bars to ramp up the infection rate?

 

[anon_rk74cn2rd0qzw]

Most of those cases are from July 31. There was a testing lag. Exactly zero were sick and hospitalized. The fake fear has to stop.

 

[RADawg70]

Who knows. NYTimes wrote a panic story about Camden County, GA schools last week too. There is a home game this coming Friday night.

And there was an editorial this morning stating that football should not happen in 2020.

 

[davedawg35]

Covid outbreak growing in the land of the gumps.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/30/1200-students-now-infected-with-coronavirus-at-university-of-alabama/

And it’s likely worse than is being reported also, faculty & staff being muzzled...
https://www.ajc.com/news/university...eak/7ZAHSQPNDRBINBEF3A6YAVMPRE/?ref=hvper.com

I hope UGA is not to follow. I am concerned based on all the reports of students running wild in packed bars downtown without masks, etc. Hardly surprising behavior from college kids, but it doesn’t bode well.

All this stuff is insane to begin with. I looked this morning

Covid outbreak growing in the land of the gumps.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/30/1200-students-now-infected-with-coronavirus-at-university-of-alabama/

And it’s likely worse than is being reported also, faculty & staff being muzzled...
https://www.ajc.com/news/university...eak/7ZAHSQPNDRBINBEF3A6YAVMPRE/?ref=hvper.com

I hope UGA is not to follow. I am concerned based on all the reports of students running wild in packed bars downtown without masks, etc. Hardly surprising behavior from college kids, but it doesn’t bode well.

looked on the cdc website the numbers updated around 160K people have passed due to Covid of those only 1500 are between the age of 0 and 34. This is bullish!+. Play football.

 

[Jodeco]

Ok so scratch “making love to cousins” off your possible list of cures.

 

[ugahairydawgs]

I drove through DT Athens Friday night around 7 or so. Was pretty packed, no real drop off from what it usually looks like when students are in town. Mask usage was around 50%. Didn’t see many outside of college aged people.

If this was 15 or so years ago I would probably have been doing the exact same thing. Hard to make them change their behavior. Rest of us just have to kind of hope for the best with the whole situation.

 

[Jacket Squasher]

I drove through DT Athens Friday night around 7 or so. Was pretty packed, no real drop off from what it usually looks like when students are in town. Mask usage was around 50%. Didn’t see many outside of college aged people.

If this was 15 or so years ago I would probably have been doing the exact same thing. Hard to make them change their behavior. Rest of us just have to kind of hope for the best with the whole situation.

I agree it’s hard to get college kids to be smart when it comes to social things. Going back to in person classes was probably ill advised for that reason, but as I’ve said I think that decision by the schools was about $$ first. All this does make me concerned about football happening though. I am definitely in favor of playing the season, but it is probably quite unrealistic to expect that there will not be some very wide scale outbreaks at some big schools, still yet to come. Obviously that is not good for college football.

 

[Matthewrmccarty]

I would bet schools let kids come back to secure tuition payments, and most schools will send kids home/online but let off campus housing so football players can stay... which is the best thing for football

 

[MetroDawg21]

It is happening in Athens I assure you. My daughter’s roommate has it and the four of them in the house are all quarantining. Lots of similar stories going around.

I doubt it is as egregious and ignorant as what’s going on in Tusca. They are a different kind of ignorant over there

 

[RingoTheBell]

I am fearful. Staying inside until further notice.

 

[Togwo]

I am sure. I hope your daughter comes out of it ok. I think it is just a matter of weeks before most major colleges go 100% online. I am of the opinion that that was their plan all along once they secured their enrollment for the semester.

Yep. Problem is more pronounced in the dorms/Greek houses etc.,,than in classes. The YMCA Camp at Burton,had @ 250 kids (of @500) get infected in only 4 days,this Summer,and they were outside most of the time ,except at night in the cabins/dorms.

 

[Artie Fufkin]

I am sure. I hope your daughter comes out of it ok. I think it is just a matter of weeks before most major colleges go 100% online. I am of the opinion that that was their plan all along once they secured their enrollment for the semester.

Thanks. And her classes have gone from 75% in-room to 100% online in two weeks. All of these schools knew exactly what they were doing - get them in with the enticement that it’s going to be “close to normal” at least for the upper classmen and then go full online as soon as the tuition checks clear. They are panicked about short-term cash flow but they are doing major damage to their credibility long term.

 

[NewnanDawg44]

Except for the ones that aren't...

Exactly! Just like all of those people that were struck by lightning this year. My recommendation is that every single person stay in their home until our world is 100% safe.

 

[TimberRidgeDawg]

Quarantine for only 4 days? Was your friend’s son tested for Covid?

My son at UK tested positive. Took them 6 days to tell him the results. He was completely Asymptomatic and fully believed it’s a false positive. Apparently the tests are too sensitive and results are too slow to have any real positive impact. Told him to quarantine for 4 days and not tell anyone. Apparently media is trying create a panic beyond what is necessary. He’s done with Covid Jail today. UK makes everyone test. UGA is voluntary. You go nuts testing everyone and you’re going to get a crapload of positives with asymptomatic or minor impacts and then you start doing the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon with contact tracing and the end result is a shutdown. I would guess there would be a lot of positive cases at UGA if they mandated testing but you’ll never catch the asymptomatic ones which could really drive the counts up with voluntary testing.

If a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it, is there a sound?

 

[Munson21]

Contain the virus? Lol. Covid gonna Covid, most people overwhelmingly will be just fine. Slow the spread? Flatten the curve, extend the curve. This is a tune up for the next China Virus.

 

[zingerdawg]

Quarantine for only 4 days? Was your friend’s son tested for Covid?

That is happening at my daughters school too. New guidelines. Contact is either two or three days without symptoms and you are cleared. I think the quarantine period is now ten days too

 

[Clay17]

Except for the ones that aren't...

And whom might they be? Have you heard something we haven't? Have any college athletes died?

 

[EmptySuitDawg]

Covid outbreak growing in the land of the gumps.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/30/1200-students-now-infected-with-coronavirus-at-university-of-alabama/

And it’s likely worse than is being reported also, faculty & staff being muzzled...
https://www.ajc.com/news/university...eak/7ZAHSQPNDRBINBEF3A6YAVMPRE/?ref=hvper.com

I hope UGA is not to follow. I am concerned based on all the reports of students running wild in packed bars downtown without masks, etc. Hardly surprising behavior from college kids, but it doesn’t bode well.

My son is home visiting today. He’s already had it but yes, spreading like wildfire.

 

[ouherschelwalker]

Pretty sure my son, The Traitor, at Bama has it. He tested negative, but his roommates tested positive. He's getting re-tested tomorrow. It's not like they've all been going out or anything. But when you have thousands of 18-21 year olds living together, it's going to happen. He says it's going through the entire street he lives on, which has hundreds of student houses that hold 5-10 kids each. This is why I said earlier it will burn right through these large college towns.

He feels like total crap and has for about 4 days. Thinks he is on the other side of it.

yep...happening in Lubbock....my son has two former HS classmates there that tested positive and got it from one of their roommates...all asymptomatic...my 25 yr old nephew who graduated from UGA 3 yrs ago got it two weeks ago at one of his frat brothers’ bachelor party...he hunkered down with Tylenol and Gatorade per his employer’s instruction for 2 weeks and worked remotely...his fever got to 102 and the Tylenol broke it overnight...he also experienced general lethargy and some pain in his chest but minimal cough. After a couple of days, he felt normal again with no symptoms.

 

[DawgofAges]

Cases don't equal sick people. Hell, they don't even equal people. The CDC has already dropped the recommendation for testing unless you have symptoms-even after being in contact with an active case.

 

[DerkDawg1027]

Except for the ones that aren't...

Which is.... you know..... none of them

 

[ouherschelwalker]

They need to just track hospitalizations and move on like it’s flu season, because it’s going to go through colleges like shit through a goose....Obviously those with compromised immune systems and conditions that make them susceptible need to take every precaution, but life will go on for the normal college age kids with average to good health.....and it needs to

 

[theoriginaltexasdawg]

Covid outbreak growing in the land of the gumps.
https://nypost.com/2020/08/30/1200-students-now-infected-with-coronavirus-at-university-of-alabama/

And it’s likely worse than is being reported also, faculty & staff being muzzled...
https://www.ajc.com/news/university...eak/7ZAHSQPNDRBINBEF3A6YAVMPRE/?ref=hvper.com

I hope UGA is not to follow. I am concerned based on all the reports of students running wild in packed bars downtown without masks, etc. Hardly surprising behavior from college kids, but it doesn’t bode well.

What are you concerned about? The teachers/staff? Honestly curious.

If our team all got it right now vs. intermittently losing starters throughout the season would you not pick now (since you can’t pick 8 weeks ago)?

 

[jjf-44]

My daughter and one of her roommates has it. It went thru 15-16 last weekend after having a 21st birthday for one of the roommates. It’s not pleasant but not as bad as the flu according to them. We need to track hospitalizations. There’s not much else you can do.