Iowa Athletics COVID-19 Discussion

[Denverhawk1]

Here is an interesting tidbit. To be clear I do not know the political leanings do the website.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2550-z

the study suggests t-cells carry a “memory” from previous infections and can help build an immunity for several years. I read on another site that somewhere between 40-60% of the population may be immune to covid due to their T-cell memory. So perhaps herd immunity can be reached with only 20% or less of the population being infected with covid-19 currently.

plus, there’s the positive outlook from this vaccine..

https://apnews.com/e4d5259bfc6c74fcb090d885737c55a6

so maybe some good news to look forward to?

 

[Northside Hawk]

There wont be a safe vaccine before this runs its course. We are likely looking at summer 2022 before that happens.[/QUOTE
Well then we can do one of two things. We can dive into the pool to avoid the hornets, knowing that the hornets will still be there the moment we come up for air. Or we can learn to live and adapt. If the CDC is correct and the number of infections is 10x the actual confirmed cases, then why are we so surprised when positive test rates hover around 10%? That’s right in line with what the CDC has been saying all along. Dr. Fauci, who is probably more qualified than any of us on this board, is optimistic of a late 2020/early 2021 vaccination availability. Of course we all know what will have taken place by then.

Mask usage is getting stricter all the time. Looks like we’re going to have to get used to them for a while.

 

[okeefe4prez]

Here is an interesting tidbit. To be clear I do not know the political leanings do the website.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2550-z

the study suggests t-cells carry a “memory” from previous infections and can help build an immunity for several years. I read on another site that somewhere between 40-60% of the population may be immune to covid due to their T-cell memory. So perhaps herd immunity can be reached with only 20% or less of the population being infected with covid-19 currently.

plus, there’s the positive outlook from this vaccine..

https://apnews.com/e4d5259bfc6c74fcb090d885737c55a6

so maybe some good news to look forward to?

If this thing is natural, there's a helluva chance that it ripped through parts of Asia and parts of Europe 1500 years ago and huge swaths of those populations already have natural immunity because it culled the weak. You just never know. I mean, I still don't want to unreasonably gamble with getting it or anything, but our understanding of this thing is in its infancy.

 

[Ree4]

If this thing is natural,

 

[okeefe4prez]

What, has it already been proven to be manmade? I don't really keep up with the news and because I have scientific curiosity, I try to keep all potential explanations open unless they are conclusively ruled out. 9 out of 10 doctors prefer Marlboro's.

 

[Ree4]

What, has it already been proven to be manmade? I don't really keep up with the news and because I have scientific curiosity, I try to keep all potential explanations open unless they are conclusively ruled out. 9 out of 10 doctors prefer Marlboro's.

The science has been beat to death that it was not man made for the last 3 months. Only conspiracy theorists are trying to keep alive the false belief that it was man-made. For somebody that has a "scientific curiosity" you sure dont seem to believe the actual science.

 

[HawkGold]

Growing up on a hog farm likely 5a8nts my view. Confined space indoors.....wham.

It takes time to develop vaccines. I don't trust the govt to properly test.

 

[Robowe]

 

[Chickenlounge]

So business as usual for an Illinois football game? 20% full. No tailgating. Covering your face so nobody sees you actually went to an Illinois football game.

 

[kicker22]

So business as usual for an Illinois football game? 20% full. No tailgating. Covering your face so nobody sees you actually went to an Illinois football game.

Who would have thought ticket sales in Illinois would have increased due to Covid.

 

[HuckFinn]

Who would have thought ticket sales in Illinois would have increased due to Covid.

Great to see some good humor on this thread!

 

[okeefe4prez]

Who would have thought ticket sales in Illinois would have increased due to Covid.

One of my best friends up in Chicago is an Illinois season ticket holder and has had tickets for close to 20 years. He said the DIA calls him like every other day threatening him with losing his seats if he doesn't renew. He said it is getting pathetic even for Illinois.

 

[Chickenlounge]

One of my best friends up in Chicago is an Illinois season ticket holder and has had tickets for close to 20 years. He said the DIA calls him like every other day threatening him with losing his seats if he doesn't renew. He said it is getting pathetic even for Illinois.

Why would he bother with season tickets when he can probably scalp them for $5 for great seats?

 

[okeefe4prez]

Why would he bother with season tickets when he can probably scalp them for $5 for great seats?

He is worried about that once in a blue moon season and wants to make sure he has points with the booster club for when it happens. He went to the Rose Bowl that one year Juice Williams and Rashard took them far (though they still lost to Iowa that year - we drove over to IC for the game and he was inconsolable when Illinois had that long TD called back on illegal formation). His points also got him decent tickets to the Final Four the year the basketball team was really good behind Deron Williams. It's really remarkable how shitty the Illini programs have become.

 

[tweeterhawk]

Welp, the 2020 season is looking less and less likely. Emmert oughta just shoot the pony now and put it out of its misery.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ya...ge_football_season_in_doubt/s1_12680_32392565

 

[tweeterhawk]

Welp, the 2020 season is looking less and less likely. Emmert oughta just shoot the pony now and put it out of its misery.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ya...ge_football_season_in_doubt/s1_12680_32392565

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sa...paul-finebaum-mark-emmert-ncaa-president/amp/

 

[tweeterhawk]

The science has been beat to death that it was not man made for the last 3 months. Only conspiracy theorists are trying to keep alive the false belief that it was man-made. For somebody that has a "scientific curiosity" you sure dont seem to believe the actual science.

So great to see this board attracts such braintrusts. You clearly are smarter and more nuanced than this Nobel Laureate who thought he had demonstrated rather conclusively the Germ is indeed man made.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/...1HL&cid=20200717Z1&mid=DM593382&rid=918563367

Bravo, Ree4! BRA-VO!!!

I’m looking now to see how we can nominate you for some major award or something.

 

[Ree4]

So great to see this board attracts such braintrusts. You clearly are smarter and more nuanced than this Nobel Laureate who thought he had demonstrated rather conclusively the Germ is indeed man made.

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/...1HL&cid=20200717Z1&mid=DM593382&rid=918563367

Bravo, Ree4! BRA-VO!!!

I’m looking now to see how we can nominate you for some major award or something.

The same guy who doesn't believe in vaccines?? Hahah yeah I'd really trust his opinion. Also quoting a quack website on alternative medicine? Nice reach.

https://www.livemint.com/news/world...was-man-made-in-wuhan-lab-11587303649821.html

"Just in case you don't know. Dr Montagnier has been rolling downhill incredibly fast in the last few years. From baselessly defending homeopathy to becoming an antivaxxer. Whatever he says, just don't believe him," tweeted Juan Carlos Gabaldon.

https://wtvbam.com/news/articles/20...cy-theory-that-covid-19-was-man-made/1027684/

In response to your "linked" study:
Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D., professor of virology at Columbia University, has since called the research paper "nonsense" and that "The manuscript is replete with incorrect science."

The virology professor told ABC News, "It is absolutely 100% impossible that SARS-CoV-2 was made in a laboratory. The elements in the virus, SARS-CoV-2, all came from bat SARS-like CoVs that circulate in nature."

 

[haydensly]

The same guy who doesn't believe in vaccines?? Hahah yeah I'd really trust his opinion. Also quoting a quack website on alternative medicine? Nice reach.

https://www.livemint.com/news/world...was-man-made-in-wuhan-lab-11587303649821.html

"Just in case you don't know. Dr Montagnier has been rolling downhill incredibly fast in the last few years. From baselessly defending homeopathy to becoming an antivaxxer. Whatever he says, just don't believe him," tweeted Juan Carlos Gabaldon.

https://wtvbam.com/news/articles/20...cy-theory-that-covid-19-was-man-made/1027684/

In response to your "linked" study:
Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D., professor of virology at Columbia University, has since called the research paper "nonsense" and that "The manuscript is replete with incorrect science."

The virology professor told ABC News, "It is absolutely 100% impossible that SARS-CoV-2 was made in a laboratory. The elements in the virus, SARS-CoV-2, all came from bat SARS-like CoVs that circulate in nature."

If it's on the internet, it true, right?

 

[HuckFinn]

The same guy who doesn't believe in vaccines?? Hahah yeah I'd really trust his opinion. Also quoting a quack website on alternative medicine? Nice reach.

https://www.livemint.com/news/world...was-man-made-in-wuhan-lab-11587303649821.html

"Just in case you don't know. Dr Montagnier has been rolling downhill incredibly fast in the last few years. From baselessly defending homeopathy to becoming an antivaxxer. Whatever he says, just don't believe him," tweeted Juan Carlos Gabaldon.

https://wtvbam.com/news/articles/20...cy-theory-that-covid-19-was-man-made/1027684/

In response to your "linked" study:
Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D., professor of virology at Columbia University, has since called the research paper "nonsense" and that "The manuscript is replete with incorrect science."

The virology professor told ABC News, "It is absolutely 100% impossible that SARS-CoV-2 was made in a laboratory. The elements in the virus, SARS-CoV-2, all came from bat SARS-like CoVs that circulate in nature."

Damn. Stop confusing us with the facts. It is stressful.